Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

Than we have the ring reflector or
magnifisr. which is used for reading mol
Gators. 1t can be attached to any ring, and
by starting one corner of the top card from
the pack, lust far enough to read the In
dicator, the figures look twice as large as
they really are. The poker ring is also a
pretty little continuance for marking the
cards while plsyiDg in perfectly safe and
systematic manner. 1t is generally worn
on the third finger of the left hand, and Is
provided with q little needle which pune
lures the cards you wish to mark. -.
The dealer was asked il there wasn't
some way of surely winning at cards with
ont using ''cold decks" he gave little
sniff, bat admitted that some slight Of
hand performers could juggle csrds as they
wanted them. =,
"Aud there ia one other way" he said,
(which is known as running up two
hands This is a very difficult trick, cut
difficult as it is there are still few games
where a sharp player can work it once In
a while. To execute this coup de main the
PLAYER, if he is without partner, takes
seat TO the right OF the --LATEST man IN the
game. When he sees that this person is
ant 10 win an ante he passes ont, and,
taking the deck, runs the hands up so that
ore man will have, for instance, three
lacks, while he keeps tor himself three
aces. As the cards face you commence
with your own hand, for when the cards
are turned over to deal the first card as
they face you will, of course, be the last
card dealt, and az you sit ~ the right OF
the dealer you will receive it. Commence,
therefore, by taking an ace, and clip as
many cards underneath that card az there
are players on the right. Underneath these
cards place a Jack, and below ss many
cards as there are players between you and
the person you wish to receive the jacks
Repsat this until the desired hands are IN
u-oper order. When the cards are turned
over to deal the jack will be the top card.
Some men can run up two hands ike this
in tgeve seconds. When every
thing is ready ask permission to
shuttle. and do so carelessly, ard
then REQUEST the dealer to run them. If he
is green he will do so, and the cards will
come out as you desire. Flushes are the
easiest to put up, and till you get used 10
it you had better devote your attention to
them.n
Having got the dealer started on this
strain be talked along at great rate.
1.-THE log stock is great act" ne said,
eleefully rubbing his hands, "but this ma
peuyre cannot be performed without
mariner. A pair is put up by the dealer
with the correct number of cards at the top
of the deck 10 have the pair fall to himself.
After giving the deck good shuttle, keep
ing the stocked cards on top, he slips part
of the pSck over the pair set up, leaving
narrow Jog or break at the side, and
between such portion Of the pack and
put up hand. His partner sitting at bid
right takes the cards on the top OF the
stocked hand by the ends, with the thumb
and little finger of the right hand. Then
with his left hand, using the thumb and
middle finger, he takes the cards stocked
underneath, drawing the latter out, and
placing them on top of the Others, thus
leaving them the same as if the deck had
not been cut. The intelligent player, after
once winning with his pair, gives them to
his mariner on the next deal, then allows
them to run naturally once or twice until
ne secures another pair to put up:
GLAZED cards prepared beforehand by rub
bing them with fine sandpsper, are the
best for use in this trick, as they adhere to-
gethsr better after being subjected to the
above treatment, srd do not slip about II
shufiing. The player can thus set them
to a fiae break evenly and they are much
easier to cut of.
"Playing 'seconds' is also a favOrite
method with many first-rate gentlemen.
TIE best manner to pley it is by trimming
one of the thumb nails to fine point and
during the course of the game prick the
aces and kings on the face in the left nsnd
corner Of each, thus bringing the puncture
on the right hand corner of the cards when
thew sre face down. Deal the cards from
the end, and by Selling the corner OF each
card with the thumb, and forefinger OF the
right hand You can detect instantly the
prieked cards as they come on top. When
Won feel one of the pricked cards slip 1t
hack and deal from underneath until you
come 70 yourself, then secure it for your
own hand. This will often give You a
pair or two pair, and occasionally three OF
a kind. If properly done a great advantage
is thus gained. No partner is required, or
stocking of the cards There is no better
or simpler trick than this to clean party
out in the course of an evening.
NOW, about the nastiest thing q man
can run up against in game Of poker Is
pack of shippers. They are made by Sc
iectiue out Of the cards you wish to use in
order to win at the game you are accus'
toned to play in, and trimming the pal
ance Of the pack tri1e narrower. ibis
leaves the selected cards, which are cut
slightly convex on each side in order that
by taking hold of the deck in an ordinary
msrner to shuttle, the ends will all be the
same width or nearly so, while by sliding
one hand along the sides to the centre OF
the pack you can get good hold on
the cards selected and pull them
from the remainder OF the deck.
This can be performed in second, and
will not excite suspicion unless the hand
il too often played during the game. In
poker you can select to advantage tolls'
fours OF fiushes. In full hands you can
have quite variety by cutting two threes
of kind and q set of fours to strip. In
two-handed game when given the cards to
cut, simply draw the wider cards out,
placing them on top, and when your oppo-
nent has dealt you your hand you can see
what five cards he must have, SO can judge
best 6hether to bet or drop out.
'In four-hsnded game, By 'butting' in,
or shutting q card between each OF the Sc
lected ones, you con make the cards run TO
opposite players, and If working with a
mariner at your right, you have no trouble
in getting one of the hands lus put up.
In sevsn-up the acss or jacks are generally
selected and the balance trimmed. Inc
plsyer in two-hsnded game strips the
three cards and, by placing them on the
top of the pack, OF course is bound to re-
ceive them, having an advantage no one
could long stand up sgsinst."
The dealer assured me that If used
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