Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-08
New Senatorial Poker.

Congressman and high rollers gener-
ally about Washington are indulging
III new variety of poker 10 while
away the dog days and the monoto-
nous tariff grind. The "loo loo game"
is the title Of this new diversion, and it
is alleged to have been fathcred by
Sergeaut-atA Arms Richard J. Bright of
the United States Senate. This official
seems TO have aspirationsi in the same
line that made the late Gen. Robert G.
Schneck of Ohio famous Encouraged
by the success which rewarded the ef-
forts of Gen. Schueck to give the Amer
lean game of poker a worldwide repu-
tation, the present Scrgeant-at-Arrns Of
the Senate has set out upon poker re-
form crusade, and the result is the star.
ling innovation which may ultimately
result in the overthrow in the West of
stud poker. and of straight poker in
the E st.
For Nj. Brght's new version of
how to play poker" deck Of fifty
three cards, including the joker, is an
absolute necessity. The uses to which
the Joker can be put are manifold, as
will be shown later on. Before q
party of five or six gentlemen take
their seats to play the loo DO game =
few hints derived from personal con
tact with Sergeant-at-Arms Bright will
be found instructive aS well as interest
ing. To begin with, the joker can he
made anything that the holder may de-
sire. Oil ont pair, make up u flush, 4
straight, or FIVE aces, and - matter
of fact this one card can be made Il
very valuable factor 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 n knaVe or jack. Il
takes three of kind or better to beat
a blazer. Then comes q straight,
which in turn beats three of a kind,
and next il order is 4 skip, COM
posed of alternating numbered cards;
for instance, three, five, seven, nine,
Jack or knave.
While holding hands of the new
game ii will not do for the fortunate
possessor TO overlook ''tilter," which
comes next after skip and just ahead
of flush \ Utter 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 to overlook
the value of a titer After the tiiter
comes a flush, then a full, four OF a
kind, straight flush, and u 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 num-
bers. Five CT kind will beat a skip
flush, and this is where the joker comes
out strong For in an emergency 1t
can be the fifth ace, a fifth heart-in
fact. anything that is needed to make
up five of kind or color.
Now comes the hand from which the
gam derives its name, loo loo, and this
is brought about by means of siX-card
draw. Whoever wants to make loo
loo throws away the five cards, 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 a combjna-
ton in the six card draw all that he has
to do is to send his loo loo to the near
est bank-saviugs, national, or State
where it will he found as good as gov
ernment 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, no one
has sent loo loo hand over to the
Treasury Department.. which is pre-
sided over by scion of Kentucky, who
is supposed TO be an expert on all that
pertains to the American game of
poker. y. J. Sun.