The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-30

was enough to make poker game exciting.
And il was exciting.
Finally each got hand which they evil
IDENTIFY proposed TO stay with, and every
1 thing went uD-money, two gold watches
and the indispensable bank checks. Il was
ouly matter Of time when they would get
to the mine. Finally there was quite a
pause.
Have you got anything else, CharleyI'
How much is the mine worthyn
"Your interest about 10000 guess
1--WE got that. and raise you"
So the other interest went in. Charles
winning hand showed two deuces, three
/ and four His UiS-d-UiS held two kings,
two aces and a three, neither Of them
! sensational hands, yet considered good
/ enough 10 hold out with q mine at stake.
| This mine is now producing ore valued at
about as much per month as the entire
| property was worth at the time Of the poker
| game.
In a poker game played In Denver one
| July day in 1884 there were four diamond
| rings, two watches, 5000 In money. two
pairs of handsome and costly sleeve
buttons and number OF scarf pins. In
this game sat an ex-governor, a we'll
known smelter man, an eastern congress-
man and a California miner. The man from
the east scooped in the pot and won by
straight
OLA HOT VI RDll III mug
gets was won by lucky poker player in
Denver in 1871. They came from Clear Greek
county, and were brought here for the pur-
pose Of being put in a bank. twas strictly
a miners game. with all sorts OF blufiing,
and it lasted all night, with the result that
the man with the nuggets did not place them
in a bank, for the reason that he had too
much confidence in paralyzing hand in
which three tens were conspicuous, while
his opponent had something worth photo
grapning-three jacks, two mines.
rather singular poker game was one
played in Denver about two years ago, and
is remembered by number of prominent
people who witnessed it. There were five
sitting in that game and all stayed in. One
gentleman drew one card, another two
cards and the three others three apiece.
The man who drew three cards raised and
was followed up until there was $4,000 at
stake on the game. The first gentleman, it
transpired, was running a beautiful bluff
on two pairs, while the man who had drawn
two cards laid down an ace full, and those
who had drawn three each laid down In
turn four queens, four tens and four jacks.
1t is said that this is the only instance of
the kind where cards ran in such q way ia
Colorado. The game WAS played at the
Windsor, and there was a railroad man,
an ox-mayor, a lawyer and two prominent
business men in it.
An amusing instance is reported as OCCUR
ring on a stock train coming from a point
In New Mexico to Colorado. A large ship
ment of steers was made to this point, and
the owners of the cattle Travelled in a ca
boose. There we're four of them. Now,
there is only one natural result OF four New
Mexico cattlemen travelling together in
car for any length of time, and that is a
poker game. There is a great deal OF
beautiful scenery on the way IN from New
Mexico. but scenery is cheap and not al
ways novel TO look at. With poker It is an
other story.
The game went along very we'll for
couple of days. On the third day the oon-
ductor, going through the caboose during
the afternoon, was laid out with astonish
ment at hearing the remark: 81 raise you
five steers" Suiting the action, the person
who spoke them put five matches on the
board. He was followed up with more
matches, each one representing a steer, and
still the game went on. When the ship
ment arrived in Denver it was owned by
two instead Of four men.