Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-10-29
CONGRESSIONAL GAMES.
\ Representative Vino Had His Faith
an old 4 l1pp some hat shaken

an old Adage Somewhat shaken.
CGI@rcssmen play poker just the
s;cue a. other mortals who like to tempt
fortune. That is. some of them do.
Almost fabulous tales are told of poker
games at the capital in the old days
hefo the wah. There have been
few games here since then, and it is
probable that draw poker will continue
to I've one of the diversions among sport
i've statesmen as long as the American
people continue to send their represent
tatiyes to Washington to make laws and
While away idle hours on the banks of
the Potomac. Several of the Senators
are s3id to he good players and there
j. more than one member of the House
who knows the proper time to bet on a
boitail flush.
Some of the Missouri members of
Congress play what is called right
stiff game. They seem to know the
game thoroughly. 1t was evidently
taught to the natives ont there in the
days of " Pixies Peak or bust, and they
have not forgotten the principles of it
since. Som" of the Missourians have
old adagcs about the game. or rather
a,lagcs that they have followed for
many wears. t" which they adhere with
great regularity, One of these is that
the same hand never falls twice in sue
c'SNion in the same quarter, on the same
principle that lightning doesn't strike
twice IN the same place.
My faith i'll this adage, said one Of
the Mi~Sorrians. short time ago. has
never been shaken but once. There
were SIX of us IN a game out in the old
Missouri State a few years since and
the limit was small. We NIissonrians
play mostly to amuse ourselves and the
stakes are never high. had been play.
Inc in average luck and was little
".i"ai of the game. Having secured
tN" pairs. queens up, | called Young
gentleman sitting on my left. He
h.andlv exposed four sevens as he grace
tHlly ra&cd in the chips On the next
deal | was the age and got pair of
;'"NS. The man who had just held four
srYrns drew three cards. and the others
drew one. two and three respectively.
Ny chances for the pot looked quite
san. thought, but upon picking NJ
q" three cards had asked for, found
TREE aces. making my hand an ace full.
10 my delight the betting opened quite
lively The first man bet the limit,
orl> to be raised by the three players
who succeeded. I raised. of course
when it came to me, and the battle fl
r1ily settled down between the man
who hal held the four Scycns aud my
IF. reasoned that as he had held
f'Vrs on the previous hand it would be
quite Impossible for him to hold them
a,;uin. As tours were required to beat
ny ace full ! raised him twenty times
- hc"am" quite automatic in raising
n:, back. and va, quite pale in the btI'-
T. in. ! he>itated for Il minute but
t..' memory of the hand before naryed
re and kept up the raising. |
C. 'jln t raise him out, and | finally
ra..''i. tie was 50 nervous that he
could hardly speak. but that didn't
prevent him from showing rnr four
~i>",. He had ! ED pair of size, a. /
IT. drawn the ct Ter two. while ! h.li
. iuIl hand N.,h this oic exception
have never known tours to fail t. the
same lauu twice in succession Ait,r
all. tie great point in poker is to k0oW
l"at "ilrn to lay down yow han.j
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