St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-10
nerves have almost shaken like real


poker. Five were in the game, Eugene
Oudin, Stevens, my manager; Cripps,
Digby Bell and myself. The betting
limit was 81, and | can just tell the un-
initiated that it doesn't take long to
lose $50 or 800 at twO-dCllar limit
Oudin knew nothing about the game:
He knew when he had pairs but he did
not know their betting value, and SO
when he would pass out we breathed
easier. 1t is hard to bet against green
player. He is liable to show up big
hand that would paralyZe the scientific
player and upset all calculations. A
green poker player is like mule--you
never know just when or how hard
he is gong to kick you, but sooner OF
later you get kicked.
LAS the cars with their inceSSant rat
tie, rattle and dumpety dump. dump,
rushed over miles of tracks it became
more and more apparent that Oudln was
one Of the most colossal verdant play
ers that ever shuffled card. Imagine
how Stevens, Digby and felt playing
with an amateur that upset all OF our
scientific calculations. Yet we played
and Bell was loser. Naturally he was
champing OH the bit, anxious to get a
big bet aud retrieve his losings. The
opportunity came soon. A hand was
dealt and the small antes put up. All
of us prssed out except Bell
and Oudin. The former drew
three cards TO two aces, and got two
more aces. A perspiration of delight
gathered upon Belts brow and jocular-
ity almost dubbed from him, so secure
he felt in being able to win back a large
sum from Oudn. Bell gathered up
number of chips, put them down as it
whether
throw up his hand, and finally, in a
nonchalant way. pushed up two-dollar
chip as hit. His face assumed serl-
GUS look, serio-comic caricature study
for an artist, as he watched Oudln.
His idea was that Oudin would
raise him, and he, (Bell,) would
keep coming back until he
completely swamped Mr.. Oudin.
The latter put down brand-new
two-dolar bill and said: L cali YOU
Bell arose, throwing his four aces OH
the table, and, as he did so, Oudln
placed his hand in view revealing
king full. and in the king full Oudin
had called Bells tWo-dollar bet. Bells
voice rose to high pitch as he made
blue Streaks in the atmosphere OF the
car. -Four dollars won Oh four aces.
Talk about houdooS and Jonahs, there
are some men who can't sit at poker
table without Queering the cards. l
could tell tale-but / hear my cue and
must go Oh the stage to serenade
| Angelique. Poker is relative game
we all have our anteS. Good by"
Henry Vyaterson's Nerve.
J. NJ. Hill, of New York city, says:
81 will never plry cards OH general
principles. Still, know what a game
| of poker is if | should accidentally
stumble on one. Now, as to rafting
| good players who bet in NapoleOnic
way, that fairly lifts the hair on a
rovice'S head, [ suppose Henry Wat
tersou, of Louisville, KY, would take
the premium. He is breezy, and has
dashy way that no one can resist adj
miring. | heard of a game of poker he
| played where he was sadly caught on a
big bluff. He was at the table with j.
| p. Dougherty, whom everybody in this
city ought to know if they do not, and
several other first-class players. The
mere fact that Watterson was
| in the game was sufficient to
indicate that big stakes were now
and then placed on the table,, 1t
was jackpot poker, and now and then
the pot became alarmingly large. But
Watterson did not grow dizzy, and he
bed with cavalier sang froid. The fact
| is, the great editors poker nerve is the
admiration of thousands of players. His
| face does not change, no matter If he is
betting high on bob-tail flush. Some
one opened tile Jackpot, and Waterson
and Dougherty came in, each drawing
three cards. When it came to Waiter
sons time to bet he coolly put up 500.
| The Jackpot contained several hundred
besides, and no one wanted to give up
at once. But the assured way i'll which
the editor put up his money caused all
to drop out except Dougherty.
He saw the bet, and raised it another
| hundred. WatterSon never heSltated,
| but went another hundred better. All
! sorry for Dougherty. for they imagined
| that the editor mad big winning hand,
and was drawing his opponent on.
After three one-hundred-dollar bets had
| been made, Dougherty, to the astonish-
ment of those present, called Waiter
son. The latter put his hand on the
table, and showed that he had been bet
ting on a pair of deuces. Dougherty
raked in something like $1,000 with a
pair of sevens. Every one present adj
mired the editors bluffing nerve, but
great praise was bestowed upon Dough-
erty for his unbounded confidence in a
pair of sevens. No one can tell when
Watterson is bluffing or betting on a
big hand, and that is one reason why he
is such a great player.
MIR. Bottoms Straight Flush.
A big game of poker was played on
ST. SimOn's Island, Ga, few nights
ago. The principal players were North
ernerS who came over from Savannah
for day. After an hour or so of play,
with scarcely enough difference i'll fort
une to warm up the players, a Jackpot
was made which was not broken until
four OF five deals had swelled it to hand
some proportions. Young John Z. Mer-
rift, finding three queens I'm his hand
threw in twenty-dollar gold piece with
great confidence. Jay Hugh Bolton eX-
amined his hand and found pair OF
lacks aud the ten, nine and seven OF
diamonds, one of his jacks being also OF
that suit. With the alternative of draw
ing to his four flush, Bolton remarked
that it would cost $50 to play and posted
the cash. All the players threw up
their hands except Merritt, who
merely saw the raise. Mr.. Merritt took
one card and got his fourth queen. Mr.
Bolton split his jacks, and drawing tt
his four-fush took in the eight. OF dia
monds, making his hand a straight
| HUSH. MI. MGIlIIG Casually lSiIetl hON
that his hand was worth 1000 and pu
that amount in the pot.
my hand is worth s5,O0O," said Mr.
Bolton, in tone whose nervousness;
caused Mr.. Merritt to think that per
lfaps an attempt to bluff was in prog
reSS.
''Five thousand more," said Mr.. Mer
ritz
''Fifteen thousand more," Mr.. Bolton
retorted
"Thirty thousand MORE" responded
Merritt.
Bolton deliberated a minute, threw
an 81. 0. o." to balance the pot ant
said, Il call" -Four queens" SAT-
Merritt, reaching out for the stakes
mot so fast, if you please-a straigh
f1ush." said Mr.. Bolton. Mr.. Merritt
face fell and Mr.. Bolton pocketed hi
winnings, something over $4,000 Oh
that hama.