The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-30
GOOD POKER STORIES.
Some Great Draws TO Poor Hands
Made in the Old DAYS.
A California Expert Relates How
Fours We're Drawn to Ten High-The
Lonesome Ace That Pounds It's Eel
ro- IT. A 81. II, a cr,,r.. q.

lows-Five Aces in Square Game.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
"Bnly' Hurt, the noted poker shark.
drifted into a reminiscent mood the other
evening in San Francisco when some one
told him that in local cardroom straight
flush was held in each of two games
simultaneously in progress MIR. Hunt
proceeded to tell of some extraordinary
hands and wonderful draws that he had
seen in his experience, which reached
from the rudest mining camps of the
west to the most luxurious clubs of Lon
don
when speak about great draws and
big hands refer, of course, to square
games" he remarked .'Nuthing is
strange in a crooked game Every man
around table would Hold FIVE aces if
you dealt them to him, but there would
be nothing remarkable about that but,
speaking of five aces, Rnewof five aces
being held in a square game.
I'm New Orleans, you know, there is
big poker going on every night and there
are only gentlemen in the game AT the
beginning of the game each one takes $500
worth of chips. No money ever passes at
the table. The game is unlimited Well,
il has a limits, 900, but IS, 600 is about
the same as no limit They always PLAY
with two decks of cards, and while one is
dealt the other is sh uff1ed ready for the
next deal. About two years ago four
gentlemen were playing in the game. One
had straight flush pat and another held
three aces before the draw. Phey soon
exhausted their little $500 worth of chips
and then bet their thousands! Finally
the man with three aces called for
the draw. In the draw he got two
more aces, making five aces in, his hand.
He showed his, hand right away. say
ing there was evidently mistake in the
deck. The man with the straight flush
claimed the money. Then the two left
the decision TO the other gentlemen about
the table and the referees decided the
bets OFF By mistake the extra ace had
been shifted from one deck into theother.
Now, perhaps it wasn't very remarkable
that one card should get into the wrong
deck, but think of that ace being next
another ace, and that these two aces
should be dealt to man who already had
three aces in his hand, ALI ever the
south that hand is famous d. a....
SOME coon HANDS BEATEN.
"Once was playing in a game in the
Russ house in this city" continued Mr..
game, by the way. One time when / was
dealing a man across the table had aces
up and ] held a king full on queens |
knew what he had and / knew there was
another ace right. at the bottom of the
pack" % ~ -.
Il thought you were telling us only
about square games. Billy" Interrupted
an Enquirer reporter.
We'll, the draw was square, +" answered
Hurt. II knew what he had before the
draw and knew where third ace lay in
the deck. | did not know what card |
gave him when he called for one Now
you know man might play hundred
years and not hand out that lonesome
fourth ace right from the top of the pack
Well, that was where the fourth ace lay,
and the fellow with his ace full, of course
broke me with my king full. That was
as remarkable draw as ever occurred. L
knew the position of three OF the aces
and the card he drew was the fourth, to
which l had paid no attention, because
the chance that he would not get twas
sufficient for me to bet against. Do you
know. the man who loaned me that $500
thought | purposely played away his
money and then divided with the other
fellow. | guess he thinks so to this day,
but L tell you, boys, I was a good deal
more surprised than he was when l saw
that ace full spread out on the table.
Il held four tens pat in game l was
playing in at Sioux City" continued Mr..
Hurt, as some one asked him his highest
hand that ever was beaten Zone Of the
men playing was very drunk. He had
been plunging all the time, betting high
whether he had anything or not. was
waiting for big hand because l knew
that as soon as it came could break him.
My four tens came Just at the right time.
There was jackpot and L had the first
say l opened it gently, say for $25, be-
cause l knew the drunken fellow would
come back at me. He did with big raise.
l just called him, because | wanted more
play after the draw, and he was sure to
bet everything he had, looked over my
hand slowly as though in deep thought,
and then called for one card. III draw
to the strength of my hand gil me three,
said the other fellow. Then l made
heavy bet and he came at me harder We
kept at each other back and forth until
all his money was on the table. l showed
queens! He had drawn two more queens
to his pair. -l
AN HONEST HAND BEATS A SKIN DEAL.
81 saw square hand win in a crooked
game in clubhouse in Butte City, Mont,
If you insist upon something about crooked
games when l went to tell YOU about
square games. There were five men play
ing. Two of them were in together to do
up another two, but they didin want to
take anything from the fifth fellow, who
was kind of friend of theirs, though he
did not know there was anything wrong
about the game. One of the two who
were doing the crooked work rung in a
cold deck and he dealt great hands to the
two fellows that were to be skinned
One was four Mines think, and the
other jack full. He was careful to give
no pair to the man he wanted TO be-
friend and he dealt his partner the
winning hand. He thought it was the
winning hand. Well, to the surprise Of
the men who had put up the cold deck,
the fifth fellow with no pair stayed right
in and saw every raise They didn't dare
kick him or wink at him, SO he piled his
money in with the rest. In the draw he
took card aud then he was raising more
than anybody else around the table.
There was 81, 800 in the pot at, the show
down and the fellow that had no pair
won it all. The man that fixed the deck
had paid no attention to suits; he was
looking out only for pairs and1threes and
fours. He dealt the fifth man a four
straight of clubs and the one card he drew
made straight flush
The best draw / ever saw was in
Olympia, during a session of the Wash
ington legislature. One senator there
was wild about poker He wanted to
take the bride of every hand To win a