Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-26
4 uTrLE CANE or DRAW.


Isnlaville ExpeRience.
Thev vas = little game Of draw On the
ether nixht Four friends ut around tho
sahle One Of them was . novice. He had
sever played . game of poker in his life.
bus be Was noe averse to paying for little
instruction. he said. and besides he had to
hare something TO do whereby to while
AWAY what would otherwise be . very
stupid night
He asked all sorts Of foolish questions
and threw his chips in 50 reckleSSiy that
his three friends were sorry for him. II did
seem 70 bs a shame for him To lose so much
money, bat then be wanted to play. and it
wasn't their fault If they held the better
hands Finally a Jack pot came around.
and the novice, who sat next to the opener,
raised the ante to the limit, Some one else
saw him and went him 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 say u
straight flush would beats"
The other players gasped- One OF them
said that it would beat anything in the
pack but u royal fash. aud the three
promptly threw up their hands. The nov
ice smiled blandly as he raked in the big
stack Of chips Then he threw his hand
down ON the table. 1t was q simple straight,
and that was all.
what did You say that was a straight
flush fori" asked one Of the others, who had
laid down three sesens and pair Of jacks.
We'll" said the novice, lit is, amt it,
They nc all red, and they run along in u SCI
qnenoe.'
Then the three carefully explained that
H., L. Il ~ i.s.a
flush, and after much questioning the nos-
ice seemed To understand.
The game went along for time. Hands
ran low. and not many chips changed own
ers. About II 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 at him with another big,
raise. The other players staid, and the
novice raised back. This made pot with
considerably over 500 in il. Everybody
staid on the last raise, and the dealer said.
Cards, gentlemen" in u subducd sort Of
voice
Hold orr blurted the novice, Il want
to ask another question. I'm a little mixed
on this straigh, flush business. II Eve got
live cards of the same suit and they form a
sequence, I've got straight flush, have
not?"
The other players remembered the former
jack pot and Winaed at each other. They
FASTENED to assure the novice thal his sup
position WAS correct, and the man with
fours followed the openers chip bet with a
raise to the limit. The bright smile that
came over the novice's face when he learned
what a straight flush was had not faded.
He Was actually anxious To get his chips
into the center OF the table lie raised back
to the limit.
THAT u good bluff" said the man with
fours, and he tilted back.
The Two Others who had been trailing
with fairly good hands all the time dropped
out, and The novice and the man with tours
bet until there was nearly 500 ON the table
Then the man with fours grew compassioI-
ate and said to the novice: Now, don't
want TO make the learning of this game too
expensive for you. Your little bluff went
once. but it won't go this time, SO I'll just
call you"
Then the novice laid down straight flush
In clubs, running from seven to jack, and
the man with fours fell back in his seat in
"a helpless condition. When he recovered,
he said slowly: Jpn quit this game Such
"A dodblamed fool AS you couldn't learn to
play poker in 1o,0W years"
Il don't doubt that" replied the novice
as he cashed in his chips. They used to
tell me the same thing when was in Lead
vile. buffalo Express.