The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-10

vi Happy Results FROM 4hpruQ6nG To-
vestments and DiscouraginR Blows
when Winning Seemed Sure.
Stories Told by a Group OF Good
n Players.
From the Chicago Herald
ibid you ever make study Of this thing
called luck in pokerP' asked the tall man.
They were in the lobby at the hotel at
that after-dinner hour when it is too late
to do business and not yet time for the the
s.er. One was a horseman who had won
and lost fortunes at various ventures all the
way from combination pools to copper
mines. One had been a manager of base
ball club and had given overactive work in
the field for better paying business behind
the counter of a sporting goods house. One
was an actor-and good one. And the
other had never been known TO do anything
but deal, unless one except occasional in-
vestments in real estate OF the profits from
those deals.
NO." said the gambler. THAT game is
beyond me. The chances are too even
Why. did you|
"Well, yes," said the base ball manager
~ have studied the matter once in a while
game to study it. You are too interested
for philosophy if you happen to have your
money in the center Of the table. But l
remember one time when made study of
it, and | thought 1t was the most entertain
ing thing in the world. I thought every
Que else in the room would be interested in
it. But when l pulled my notes as they
broke up at 2 o'clock in the morning and
tried to explain how the thing had gone
ha wi Of
hurry to get to good stove, where they
could warm their feet, and the losers too
distracted and too chagrined to listen to
anything"
surely they would have had patience to
listen to Tom here while ahe recited to
them the storm scene from King Lear"
interjected the dealer. But the tall man
shook his head.
And right here, gentle reader, do not you
shake your head likewise and tell me that
sporting men do not, as rule. use language
as good as this l have put in their mouths.
If you will cultivate the acquaintance Of
sporting men as assiduously as l have,
though I shouldn't advise you to
do It unless you have your board
Cessful ones are really accomplished
men. They will talk the choicest of
language. tell you about books and plays
and evince q knowledge of music that
would put critic to shame They are not
even profane-if they know their business
well. And if you did not know the paths
they follow for the acquiring of pelf you
would think you had stumbled into COM
pany of principals from the west side
schools
mo. they wouldn't listen TO an invitation
to drink. So l simply comforted myself by
kno wing l had something for which they
had paid and put the notes in my pocket.
LOST TO THE LOW MAN.
"In the first place, when they formed the
game there were just four men at the
table. 1t was an ordinary jackpot game,
with 81 limit, and they played for an
hour without any one being over IS either
way from the beginning. Then two more
men came in, and they changed it to a
regular poker. with S. limit. Then the
goddess Of chance began to disport her.
self. One fellow, who confessed he had
but $40 with him, won everything he
wanted. 1t wasn't question what he
should draw TO. 1t didn't make any differ
ence what he drew to. He could help or
ill anything. BY that time the others were
losers more or less. One man was $50 out.
OF course he could afford it. but that don't
help a man to stand the loss like philos-
opher. He mad been beaten by everybody.
Presently he had a pat straight on his own
edge, and he was passed out That pretty
near broke his heart.
But the very next hand, he being the
dealer he got pair Of aces. No one opened
80 he opened it himself. The lucky man
sitting next to him stayed with pair of
nine spots. The lucky man took notion to
give the loser a show, SO he threw away his
pair and drew three cards TO two clubs.
The dealer took three and caught his third
ace. But If that lucky man hadn't made a
kiDg-high club flush am a liar.
Things went on that way for an hour
Then they took off the limit altogether.
The lucky man was $500 ahead of the game
and the loser was more than that much out
One man went broke and left the table
The winner got up, went over to the vacant
chair, because it was nearer the register ana
he was cold, and his luck followed him.
The loser sat into his late chair, but the
goddess wasn't to be fooled. She knew
where her favorite was gone and she went
to him."
But don't you suppose she would have
stayed in that chair if her fa7orite had
stayed there"
''Of course she would. II didn't make any
difference to her where be was She was
bound to be with him. They changed decks
whenever the losers asked them; but 1t
made no difference. One time the winner
had nine, ten, queen and king of hearts, and
he stood raise. l was sitting where l
could see the LOSERS hand, and was amazed,
for there were three aces. He tilted the
raise, and no one but the lucky fellow re-
NAMED. Then the dealer gave the uulucky
man his fourth ace, and-would you believe
itl-the jack of hearts to the winner. IL
made him straight flush, and he beat the
loser again.
Then one time the loser got four Fights
before the draw. 1t w1s a jackpot. Some
one opened it and the man before the loser
raised it. The loser, mad from his herd
luck, raised it again. OF course IL was
bad play. Every one staid out but the win
ner, and he said: I'll give you a chance
Tor your white alley He threw away three
cards, holding the nine and ten Of spades.
The loser drew one card for play, and
after the draw bet IS. Well, sir. the win
ner laid down his hand on the table. Said
ne: have caught three other nine spots.
III just call you"
Now, there is no use playing against
such luck as that"
Il watched game of poker once from a
more expensive chair, )" said the horseman.
and it impressed me much in the same
way. There was fellow in who didn't
know whether three of kind were better
Or worse than a flush, and couldn't remem-
per when he was told. But he had bis rab-
OF loot with him, aud be could win any
SGnlng we put in the middle Of the table.
Uhe time he opened jackpot on three
nInRs. had three queens and raised him.
ne stayed and threw away two cards. They
we're turned over accidentally and saw one