The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-07
NEW SESATOKftL POhbK.
sergeant-at-Arms Bright Said to be the In
yentor.

A special from Washington says: Con-
gressmen and high rollers generally about
Washington are indulging in a new va
riety of poker to while away the dog
days. and the monOtonous tariff grind.
! The TOO loo game IS the ute OF thlS
| new diversion, and IL Is alleged 10 nave
| been fatherel By Sergeant at Arms klCn-
ard j. Bright Of the United states Senate.
/ This official seems 70 have aspirations IN
the same line that made the late Cen
| cral Robert G. Schenck, on ono. famous
! ENCOURAGED by the success which reward
ed the efforts Of General Schenck 10 give
! the American game of poker World
/ wide reputation tie present Sergeant
alarms Of the senate mas set ou1 upon
a poker reform crusade, and The result
! is the startling innovation. which may
| ultimately result IN the overthrow IN the
| West OF stud poker, and Of straight
noker I'm the East.
! For Mr. Brights new version of how
! 10 play poker a deck Of hfty-three cards,
! including the joker, is an absolute ne
cessity. The uses ID which the joker can
| be put are manifold. as will be shown
! later on Before a party of five or six
| gentlemen sit down to play the loo loo
! game, a few hints derived from personal
| contact with Sergedut-at-Arms Bright
| will be found instructive. as we'll as inter-
| cstiug. To begin with the Joker can be
| made anything that the holder may de-
! sire. iii out pair make up a flush or
| straight, or five aces, ana a. matter
| OF fact. this one card can be made a very
] valuable factor In opening and closing
| jack pots.
Having disposed Of the Joker the next
| thing I'm order viii be the ARRANGEMENTS
| OF the combinations t. be used in the
loo loo game. First comes one pair. then
! two pairs. followed by a blazer" This
| consists of five court cards; for instance.
! pair OF kings, pair Of queens, ana
| knave or Jack. II takes three Of
! kind or better TO beat a blazer" Then
a
| three Of kind, and next in order IS
skip composed # alternating number
! I'd cards; for instance, three, five, seven,
nine jack or knaye.
While holding hands Of this new game
IL viii not do tor the fortunate posses~or
10 overlook litter when comes
next after skip ando just ahead OF a
flush litter is hand in which
deuce is the lowest card and a nine spot
the highest card. 1t frequently happens
that in the early stages OF the game
the novice Is apt 10 overlook the Naue or
a litter. After the filter comes a flush,
then a full. four Of a kind. straight flush
and n skip flush IN the case Of the
latter il is made up OF alternate cards
Of tho same suit, whether hearts, di1-
mOnds, clubs. or spades. and is much
harder TO get than the pain skip I'm the
alternating numbers. Five OF Kind
will beat a skip flush. and this is where
the Joker comes out str ne. For in an
emergency il can be- he MIN ace,
fifth heart-in fact. anything that t.
needed 10 make up five OF n kind or
Now comes the hand fr- m which the
game derives lis rame. 100 %. and this
IS brought about by means Of sl%-carl
draw Whoever wants % make loo
loo throws away the Ave cards. or book
as 10 is known m poker. and draw six
cards. with he eNpeCtatoI of UakinE
three pairs. Should the player be lucky
enough 20 bring about .uch q combine
ton i'm the siN-card draw AN that he
has 10 do is 20 send his loo loo T. the
nearest bank-saynes. National or state
where it VIII be found as good as
Government bond for obtaining money
from the bank vaults. II 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 10 date however. no one has sent IL
loo-loO hand over 10 the Treasury Depart
ment. which is presided over by a scion
of Kentucky who is supposed 10 be am
expert on all that pertains to the Ameri-
can game OF poker.