The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
a LITTLE CAME OF DRAW.
He Was = Novice, burt ne, Had a BIT
81 OF LendvilIe Experience.

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He Was . Novice, burt he Had q BIT
OF LendvilIe Experiences.
There was - little game of draw
on the other might. -Four friends sat
around the table. One of them was: a.
NOVICE. Lie had never. played a game Of
poker in his Life, but he. was not ave:se
to playing for a little Instruction.. he
said, and, besidas, he, lad to- have some
thing to- do whereby to- while away
what would otherwise be. q 7e1N stupid,
night. Il
| He asked all sorts Of foolish ques-
tiOns' and threw his chips in SO reckless
H that his, three friends were sorry for
him 1t did seem to be q shame for
him to, lose so much money, but, then,
be, wanted to, play, and it wasn't their
| fault if they held the, better hands.
Finally d jack pot came around and
the novice, who sat next to the breaker,
raised the, ante to- the limit Some one
else saw hinr and went Il chip, or two
better: Then the novice tilted her to-
the limit again, and after he had done
SO looked over his hand and asked:
"What did you a say straight flush
would beat?"
The other, pls.. ers gasDed. One Of
them said that it would beat anything
in the pack but a royal flush, and the
three promptly threw up their hands.
The novice smiled blandly as, he raked
| 10 0f Of no,
threw his hand down on the table.
It was, simple. straight and that was.
all E$.2... ...
what did you say that was a straight
flush for?" asked. one Of the others
who had laid DOWN three. sevens and a.
pair Of jacks:
WELL said the. novice; ut is, amt
| it, They lie all red,. and they run along
ia a sequence" .--.-
Then the three. carefully explained
that the cards had to- be all of one suit
to- be q hllsll and, after much ques-
tioning, the novice seemed to under
stand. -'" <"...' ~ H~
The game went along, for a time.
Hands: ram loM andi not many chips
changed hands,. About IL o'clock there
was another Jack pot. The novice
raised the OPENER. to, the limit again.,
and the next man,, who, had fours, came
back ut him with another big raise:
The other players stay ed. and the nov.
ice raised back. Eliiss made IL pot With
considerable over $1O0, in it. Every
body stayed ON. the last raise, and the
dealer said, Cards; gentlemen in IL
subdued sort Of voice. s.,.,.
Hold on,'' bL1nted the novice, 81
want to ask another question:. I'nl
4 little mixed on this straight flash
business If Eve got tivt. cards of the
same sort, and they form Il sequence,
I've got a straight fuslA have L not:''
rho o+',c-, players remembered the
former jack pot and winked at each
other. They hastcnedi to assure the
novice THAT hiH supposition was correct.
end the mann with fours followed. the
openers chip, but with Il raise to- the
limit. The bright smile that came over
the 'noviceS face when he learned what
4 straight flush was; had not faded.
He was actually anxious to get his chips
into the, center Of the1 table, He raised
Z back to- the limit ~.
That's a good bluff,'' said the man
with fouus, and he tilted back.
The TWO others, who hid been trailing
with fairly good hands all this time.
dropped out, ahll the novice and the
man with fourss bet until there was
nearly $500 ON the table. Then the
man with foe1rs grew compassionate
and he said to- the novice: 'Now, ]
don't Wa1lh to make the learning of this
game too expensive for you. Your lit
tie bluff went once, but it won't go This
time, SO I'll just call you
Then the novice laid down Z straig gilt
: flush in clubs, running from seven to
| lack ssnM Tho. man. with fo1rS fall, hack
I in his seat i'm a helpless cor'l:t on.
: When he recovered he said slowly: III
: quit the game. Such 4 do(.- bla1,,ed fool
! as you couldn't learn to play poker
f in 10000 years." 800: --.-.
n Il don't doubt that,'' replie,l the nov
J. ice, as he cashed in his chips. ''Thcy
8 used to- tell me the same thing when ]
\ was in Leadville. buffalo Express.