The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-07
AurrLe GAVE or DRAW



TAerg uas % lft'e rHme of draw ou the
other night Four frands s1t nr0u D the
table Ono of fhem NHsH novice D bad
never PLAYED "a game r ra.erinl life.
huf ht Ha. rHf HfDr.o tH paving f1r Ifle
instruction he lIl. au1 besides le 90 90
have something t0 do whereby to Iila
ouHy uhat would Otherwise bo cry
stupid night
1ie asked sIl sorts of foolish qu, ions
and throw DIS chips iu s0 rerhlcssl. bat
Bis thre friends wDru sorry fIr him did
seem tu hH n Shame Cor 'm tu lU.a sr uch
MONEY! hut then ho wanted t0 play a o.
wasn't their fault f they hnid the ffter
lHud. Finally i..E pat came ai und,
end The novica who 500 uryt fo fhoo ucr.
rli-ed the ante to fhe limit Some o. else
saw him and wont lIm "a chip rtwol ttcr.
Then tho novice tilted her to the init
again, and after be- had dome -o loos, yer
his hand and asked "What asa you ~ a
straight 1ush would ho1tf'
The other players Easpcd. ono of lem
said that De- would hUat anything The
pack but royal flush, and The ree
promptly threw up their hands m 1v-
See smiled blandly NJ he rakcd in n biz
stack Of chips Then he threw hi- nd
down on thetable. II was simple str. .lht,
and that wa, all.
"What did you say that was str yht
flush i0rF asked one of the others. WI lad
laid down three sevens and "a pair Of cks.
well % said the novice. 1T Is. ain itY
They're all red, and they run along In a Be
quence.n
Then the three carefully explained that
the cards had TO be all OF one suit 10 be a
flush and after much questioning the nov
ice seemed TO understand.
The game went along for a time Hands
ran low, aud not many chips changed own
ers. About II o'clock there was another
jack pot The novice raised the opener 10
the limit again. aud the next man, who lad
fOurs, came back al him with another big
raise, The other players staid, and the
novice raised back. This made pot with
considerably over 800 in it Everybody
staid on the last raise. and the dealer said.
Cards. gentlemen in subdued sort of
voice
Hold onPi blurted the novice. Il want
TO ask another question. I'm a little mi Ned
on this straight flush business. five got
five cards of the same suit and they form a
sequence, I've got n straight flush, have |
noty'
The other players remembered the former
jack pot and winkcd at each other They
hastened 20 assure the novice that his sup
position was correct, and the man with
fours followed the openers chip bet with a
raise 20 the limit The bright smile that
came over the noyice's face when he learned
what a straight flush was had not ia led
lie was actually anxious TO get his chips
into the center Of the table. lie raised lack
to the limit
That's a 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 fours
bet until there was nearly 500 on the table
Then the man with fours grew compassion
ate and said 10 the novice: "Now. ] don't
want to make the learning Of this game 90
expensive for you. Your little bluff " mt
once, but IL won't go this time, 80 III ust
call yOun
Then the Doyice laid down straight { fh
In clubs, running from seven 20 Jack, nd
the man with fours fell back ia his SCI IN
"A helpless condition. when he recoyc "a,
he said slowly: "l'll quit this game : en-
n dodblamed fool rs you couldn't lear 10
| play poker in l0OOO years"
| II don't doubt that" replied the no lee
as he cashed in his chips. "They use 20
tell me the same thing when was In l., ID
] vile. ."-Builalo Express.