Telegram-herald., 1890-07-28

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really : game q sGccFs. After the sse ea-ds
ha1 been dealt He5rss eEfaee1 1ors thaa or.
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h1e1 t1s Hebrew ca-l-1 as oEgCEens Qaierly
showed foar sees sne the queen. ahich ever
matched tas fguF kings hid - tao former.
There sas soEne laughter ~ TIE Hebrews sx-
pensc. elt be gguid zos see H. Hs saias W
dfd ~ msa take 70 Queenf II Fos foolish nil
hi1 70 DO So Any poker player blizdloiced.
u course. could see he point"
ToA ooaL1EEE's hIG GAME.
'One q the largest games o. poker ever
heard q ~4s played by Colo1el 7. Porterheuse
Ochlltree, says exCoaYTessrlan Wise q Vtr.
gini8. The auburn haired Texea was then
upholdirg the diguity q a large porticn Of
Texas as = Representative Ia Congress Oc-
css.onally be devoted a few evening hours 70
the seductive game Of poker with number oi
eongeni1I Congressman. ore morning CCl0nel
Ochiitree appeared 4n0ag his colleagues look
ing rather fgtisued bat his Conversational Gni
nation Is "a no measure Impaired lie said
n his OF haut way; Well / have had great
night Tllh lie boys l never played such a
game of poker before n al ny life. Fer tine
u looked as Il I were going % DC secold
Monte CEistc- The gold OF that old dreamer
Tantalaus began % Pile Up IN reality before
ne. 1 bet Oftea and be, heavily. and won
II was great game ana shall never forget il
ss long IS live Yes. lost $1,000 when the
game ended- Gentlemen. the worst part Of IL
was that SD was IA cashP When Tom finished
there was unnrill-d hllarity of course and no
one doubted his thrilling poker story"
De WOLF HOPPER HAS BEEN THERE
De Won Hopper. the comedian. says: Talk
about getting frOthy, eating easel as Hamlet
said and losing faith IN mankind: saw case
In point last season. Now If there is any kind
Of game that win bring out ones true nature
and make Quaker roll OF oaths faster than
the famous troopers in Flanders, IL is draw
poker. DO not speak as q coy neophyte for I
have dallied With the golden possibilities Of a
jack pot until my betting nerves have almost
shaken like real Aspen tree.
The opera company was with last season
was en- route for city out West, and a few Of
US whiled the tedium OF the journey away by
playing draw poker Five were in the game.
Eugene Oudin. Stevens, my present manager,
Cripps, Digby Bell and myself The betting
limit was two dollars ard can Just tell the IN
initiated that II doesn't take long - lose fifty
Dollars or one hundred dollars at n two-dollar
limit oudin knew nothing about the game.
He knew when he had pairs but he did not
know their betting value and so when ne would
pass out we breathed easier. II is hard 70 bet
against green player. He is liable to show up
big hand that would paralyze the scientific
player and upset all calculations green
poker player Is like . mule, you never know
just when or how hard he Is going to kick you.
but sooner or later you get kicked
"As the cars with their incessant rattle. rat !
tie and dumpety dump. dump. rushed over
miles Of the tracks II became more and more
apparent that Oudin was one OF the most colos- l
sal yerdant players that ever shu0led card
Imagine bow Stevens, Digby and felt playing
with an amateur that upset all OF our scientific
calculations. Yet we played and Bell was q
anxious TO get big bet and retrieve his losings
The opportunity came soon hand was dealt I
and the small antes put up. All Of Us passed (
out except Bell and Oudin. The former drew /
three cards 20 two aces, ard got two more aces
A perspiration Of delight gathered upon Bells
brow and Iocularity almost bubbled from him,
50 secure he felt IN being able TO win back q
large sum from Oudin. Bell gathered up
number Of chips, put them down as II he was
uncertain whether 70 bet or throw I'd his hand
and Gnally in a nonchalant way. pushed up a
two-donar chip as hit. His face assumed a
serious look. sero-coulic caricature study for
an artist "a he watched Oudin. His idea was
that Oudin would raise him and he BcID
would keep coming back until he completely
swauIpcd Mr.. Oudin- The latter put down a
orandrew two-dollsr bill and said: 7 call you'
Bell arose, throwing his four aces on the table.
and as he did so Oudin placed his hand In view.
revealing king full, and in the king full Oudfn
had called Bcll's two-dolar bet. Bells voice
rose TO high pitch as he shouted: There is no
God' then he made blue strcaks In the atnos-
pAere Of the car and finally Just one roar of
blank. blankety blank oaths came from his lipa
-Four dollars won on four acesl Ye men who
aspire 10 nobler things than bobtail fushes.
pause briefly and think OF four aces capturing
two dollars a1d then prate OF justice, luck and
hopeless lack Of opportunities.
"Ah but there are games and games One
day the De Wolf Hopper family, consisting OF
my wife and I. were playing poker with several
others for small ante This Is not going TO be
q funny story, although ny wife won and kept
the money for our household expenses. mere
~ tell this story TO illustrate the peculiar
freaks Of poker HANDS. The limit was one dol
lar and the game Jackpot poker. Ny wife
opened for one dollar. aad pluckily remained
In on nothing and so did another venturesorne
gentleman Ny wife stood pot, drew one card
md the ve,tu-esor2e gentleman drew one. Then
The betting began, aud Il was quite lively FOR
awhile. DO rot know but an intuitive kind Of
! feeling. a still soft voice seemed TO whisper
nio my car; dc Woh. sou arc beaten all hol-
ov; you arc not Ia the game. ny boy and vet
a oravado I remained il Some one called
and show q hands was made revealing a
furious coincidence: We al had straights. aud
ny VIC, having the highest, razed IN that pot
n money for No and my heirs and assigns, for
'Tcr. But here comes the si8gular part Of the
'oincidences held the smallest straight-one,
10. three, ctc-. and 50 did the vcnturesone
yrut ler1a who lost. I had an acc Of hearts,
leuce q spa -. tray q Giamo.ds-indeed. q
black and red straight. and, strange 20 say. tho
Tenturesoue gentleman had black and red
straight TOO. T. was very peculiar-a perfect
rsak-ard suppose might play draw poker
lntll tho rn of time Itself crumbled and fell
ato the crater q chaos and nothing and yet
iever have hand Ike it a-afn. much less 70
iavo ve1turcsono scntler1an's % match T.
Tax about Eo9t0os and Jonahs. there are some
ncn w1o can't Sc az . poker table without
iaeering TIC cards. I could tell tale-sut I
iesr Ey cue and nnst - oa the stage 70 sere.
isde kugelque. Pokeris a relative gane-vs
"a have orr s1tes Good-hve~
FRAvV HATToN TErTs CT FuyNY GAVE
Frank HattOn, ct Postmaster General and
'fitcr = tie Washington Post tells this.
Poksrf What a world u uncertainty the
Fori ccufures Up. y Is hopeful evasire.
lusive. nIusive. seductirs and tfr-- absorbing
rsme. Hcgle and Gunrsr. iadeed. al great al