Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1906
NEW NEW PHASE OF POKER.
An Innovation I'm the Game, Called
"LooloO,'' Finds Many VOuaries.

An Innovation In the Game, Called
"Looloo," Finds Many vOlaries.
Congressman and his rollers gen.
orally about Washington are indulg-
ing in new variety of poker to while
away the dog-days and the monotonous
tariff grind. The "looloo 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 United States Senate. This
official seems to have aspirations in
the same line that made the late Gen.
Robert C. Schenck of Ohio famous.
Encouraged by the success which re.
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to give the American game of poker
q worldwide reputation, according to
the Washington correspondence OF
the Chicago Tribune, the present
Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States
Senate has set out upon a poker re.
form crusade, and the result is the
startling innovation which may ulti-
mately result in the overthrow in the
West of studpoker and of straight
poker in the East. For Mr.. Bright's
new version Of" how to play poker"
a deck of fifty-three cards (including
" the joker'') is an absolute necessity.
The uses to which "the joker" can be
put are manifold, as viii be shown
later on. Before party of five or six
gentlemen sit down to play the loo
loo game" q few hints derived from
personal contact with Sergeant-at-
Arms Bright will be found instructive
as we'll as interesting. To begin with,
the joker can be made anything that
the holder may desire, ill out pair,
make up flush or a straight, five
aces, and as matter OF fact this one
card can be made . very valuable fac
tor in opening and closing jack pots.
Having disposed of the joker, the next
thing in order will be the arrange
ments of the combinations to be used
in the "loo-loo" game. First comes
one pair. then two pairs, followed by
blazer" This consists OF five court
cards, for instance pair Of kings. pair
of queens, and knave or jack. 1t
takes three of kind or better to beat
" blazer" Then comes . " straight"
which in turn beats three of q kind,
and next in order is "skip," COM
posed of alternating numbered cards,
for instance, three, five, seven, nine,
jack or knave.
While holding hands of this new
game il will noG do foe. the fostuuate
possessor to overlook a tilter," which
comes next after . "skip" and just
ahead OF q" flush." A" tilter" is .
hand in which deuce is the lowest,
card and q 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 . "til-
ter" After the "tilter" comes .
flush," then FULL" four of q kind,
straight flush," and q skip flush"
In the case OF the latter il 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 alternat-
ing numbers. Five Of kind will beat
. skip flush, and this is where the
joker comes out strong. For in an
emergency it can be the fifth ace,
fifth heart, in fact anything that is
needed to make up five of a kind or
color. Now comes the hand from
which the game derives its name,
loo-loo," and this is brought about
by means Of . six-card draw. Who
0VOA W0hSo w ul0AO y IOO'lOO tuiOWS
away the five or book, as it is known
in poker, and draws six cards with the
expectation of making three pairs.
Should the player be lucky enough
to bring about such combination in
the sixcard 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 q
government bond for obtaining money
from the bank vaults. It 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. Upto date, however,
no one has cent q loo-loo hand over
TO the Treasury Department, which is
presided over by scion Of Kentucky,
who is supposed TO be an expert on
all that pertains to the American game