The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-10
wAsHINeroN's NEW CRAZE.
Loo Loo" or Reformed Poker, Takes
Congressman and High Rollers.
From the Philadelnbfa Record

Congressman and High Rollers.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Washington, Aug. 5.-Congressmen and
high rollers generally ABOUT Washington
are INDUCING in a new variety of poker to
while away the dog days and relieve the
monotonous tariff grind. The LOO Loo"
game is the title of this new diversion,
and it is alleged to have been fathered by
Sergeant-at-Arms Richard J. Bright Of
the Senate
This Official seems to have aspirations
in the same line that made the late Gen.
Robert Schenek of Ohio famous. En-
couraged by the success which rewarded
the efforts of Gen. SchenCk to give the
American game of poker a-world-wide
reputation, the present seargeant-at-arms
has set out upon poker reform crusade,
and the result Is the startling innovation
which may ultimately result in the over
throw in the west of stud poker, and of
straight poker in the east.
For MIR. Bright's new version of How
to play poker deck'o of 80 cards. includ-
ing the soker, is an absolute necessity.
The uses to which the joker can be put
are manifold, as will be shown later on.
Before party of five or six gentlemen sit
down TO play the Loo Loo game, a few
LA-l4N NCllNOu lIOil DSESOudl COuldCl W1bH
Sergeant-at-Arms Bright will be found
| instructive as well as interesting.
NEW POWER OF THE JOKER.
To begin with, the Joker can be made
anything that the holder. may desire: I'LL
out pair, make up a flush or a straight
! five aces, and as a matter of fact. this
one card can be made a very valuable
| factor in opening and closing lack pots
| Having disposed of the Joker the next
thing in order will be the arrangements
of the combinations to be used in the Loo
Loo game.
! First comes one pair then two pairs
| followed by blazer This consists OF
! i've court cards. for instance, a pair of
| kings, pair of queens and a knaveor Jack.
| II takes three of kind or better to beat
a blazer. Then comes a straight, which
| in turn beats three of kind, and next in
order is skip, composed of alternating
| numbered cards. for instance, three. 1lve,
| seven, nine, Jack or knave
While holding hands of this new game
| it will not do for the fortunate possessor
| to overlook a "tilter,' which comes next
after SKIP, and just ahead of flush. A
filter is hand in which a deuce is the
| lowest card, nine spot the highest card.
it frequently happens that in the early
stages of the game the novice is apt to
overlook the value of filters.
After the filter comes a flush. then a
full, four of kind, straight flush and a
skip flush. In the case of the latter it
| is made up of alternate cards of the same
| suit whether hearts, diamonds. clubs or
spades, and is much harder to get than
| the plain skip in the alternating mum
Der Five of a kind will beat d skip flush
and this is where the joker comes out
strong. For in an emergency it can be
fifth ace, or fifth heart in fact anything
that is needed to make up five of kind
or color.
THE GROWING LOO LOO.
Now comes the hand from which the
game derives its name, LOO Loo" and
this is brought about by means of a six
| card draw. Whoever wants to make a
Loo Loo throws away the five cards, or
| book, as it is known in poker, and draws
| six cards, with the expectation of max.
| ing three pairs. Should the player be
| lucky enough to bring about such a com
bination in the siX-card draw, all that he
has to do is TO send his Loo Loo to the
| nearest bank, savings, national or state
where it will be found as good as a gov
eminent bond for obtaining money from
the bank vaults.
1t is possible but highly improbable
| that more than one Loo Loo can be played
in one evening where the game is strictly
| on the square. Up to date, however, nc
| one has sent a Loo Loo hand over to the
| treasury department, which is presided
over by a scion of Kentucky, who is sup
posed to be an expert on all that pertains
| to the American game of poker.