The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-02
POKER WITH $1,000 CHIPS.
a FAMOUS GAME At LEA FILE
Nv THE E1RLP DAYS.
Five uieh Rollers sat Dows 60 ~. and Life
a- We'll ~ Money Was Lost ut ~ There
~ was = JACK Pot with $50, o n Hand.

~ THE " DAYS,
five uieh Rollers sat nows 60 n. and Life
rs wen ns Money Was Lost ut ~ There
n was = JACK Pot with 100000 n Hand.
wILKEsBARRE Pa, Dec. lon the register
Of the Wyoming Valley Hotel In this city mp
pears the entry "wilfred 4. 1IerrIck. Colorado
written in a scrawling hand. indicative of little
practice with the pen. To those who do not
know him IIerrick looks like n prosperous bust
ness man. lie Is about ~ years " age, OF mag
nilcent build, with n pleasant face. and n
lavish display Of Diamonds. After lie
had registered and while hn was sitting
In the lobby Of the hotel u Wilkesbarre
man strolled in. recognized Iicrrick MS nm
old Lcadvillc acquaintance, and greeted hin
with Hello! Whit. how arc you - and n hearty
hnnd shake. " hich was returned with Hello.
Wall. glad to see you" The Wilkesbarre man,
Walt Diilrv, then introduced Tlerrick to several
acquaintance as Il Icadville friend who had
made a barrel OF money In Colorado mines. and
told them on the quiet that lie was the highest
player in Colorado. After several rounds of
drinks the conversation turned naturally to
Leadvi'lc In She old days. when everything was
wide open aud everybody ramblrd.
whit" suddenly asked Dillcy. do YOU fight
the tiger or shuttle them up any moro? ?"
Not much. Walt. I've RhoUt quit" replied
IIerricK. since they've got To putting a bride
on the game you can't win s. IL you beat four
aces with u straight flush. A s! or S. limit
poker game and 81 to cascs and ten to doubles
at faro Is the best You can get for your money In
most places now. The game amt what IL used
to be in the old days when you played for the
dust in sight, and you could net as high rs your
pile would permit. There was no briGlc ON the
gatnc those days, and II you could beat II pair Of
tens You could win more dust than you ever see
on the table in any game now"
what was the biggest game you ever played
in. Wifi"
The biggest game / ever sat In, and the one
Ivy which both money and life were lost. was in
Phil Goldcn's place in tive rear of the Tabor
Grand Opera House in Leadville. There were
five men in the game, all pretty high rollers.
excepting. perhaps. myself. The players were
II. A. W. Tabor, owner Of the Little Pittsburg
and Chrysolitc mines. and his partner in the
Clarendon Hotel, W. II. Bush; Dick Dillon, dis.
COvcrcr md half owner of tie Little Chief mine:
John Arbucklr, half owner OF the Morning star.
Evening Star, and Waterloo mines; II man
named Louis Cohen, who was ut the head of tho
syndicate that bought tho London minc on Mos
quito range. OIL which the Hungarian Count put
up The big windmill and spent $3.50, 600 before
he quit. aud myself.
Each mar bought $4,000 worth Of clips at
the start, with the whites NJ So. blues at 500,
A''A| ~ ~ WV "hNA N'li''o - slNOOp = VIZ
played the old fashioned game Of poker. where
the dealer antes and you can pass your hnnd and
come IN again IL the pot Is. opened. The modern
Jack POT had not yet been introduced into poker;
The PLAYERS all had plenty Of money, and liked
q stiif game. The ante was S25, and the game
ran along with VARYING success 70; all, excert
,Gs game came ,up. ]. was Tsbor's deal,
left, went a hundred blind, Arbuckle straddied,
making i tour hundred TO draw cards, Bush
dropped out, as l didn't have a pair. Tabor got
~; and when 1t came 70 Cohen he made the
play. Arhuckle stood it, and so did Bush, Dill
When it came to drawing cards Cohen stood
pat; ,Arhuckle drew two TO three sevens and
caught two tens; Bush took one card to four
hearts and caught his man; Dillon took one
card to queens and cights and didn't Ill, and
Tabor caught "a nine spot drawing To- mines and
deuces.. 1t was Cohen's first say, and he bet of
two yellow chiys. Arbuckle swelled him three
yeilows with his seven full. and Bush called him
with his fush. When 1t came to Tabor he studied
and then whoopcd her up for 1--WE yellows more.
Cohen shifted about In his chair as though very
nervous shut,ed his chips in and out, getting
chips and slide them into the pot. In counting
his chips he apparently made a mistake and
the others interested noticed The mistake no.
body said a word: Cohen put in, all his chips
raised 1t Sl5,9T5.
ut lhuN U VII klt" tldl 'OHtn WOulu play
n pair OF dcuCes or n bOb-tail flush as high as he
would a full hand or better, so that the TACT OF
OF his having stood pat. did not cut any figure
in the play. Arbuckle called promptly, putting
up 100000, knowing that he had nearly a thou
sand the best of 1t, besides holding a full hand
and having an even chance 10 win. Bush hest
tated awhile and then threw his hand in the
deck. Tobor. besides holding a nine full a very
good hand in such a game-and knowing Cohen's
weakness for blufing, was also after that extra
yellow put into the pot by Cohen, and as the OPP
lOrtunities for catching the willy fellow mapping
were rare indeed. he was not slow in putting up
his cash.
I've got a nine FULL said Tabor. throwing
down his hand face up.
THAT let's me out said Arbuckle: I've got
n seven full.'
Nell,' said Cohen. as he raked in the pot, Il
got fonr aces. You fellers fought | didn't know
dot yeller ship vas mixed init dose vites up. |
fought you diuk dot, I'M | know ] couldn't
loose him init four aces ven We don't blay
shtraighIs.'
when the game closed | was about even.
Cohen was away winner, OF course; Tabor was
stuck pretty deep. as was Dillon; and Arbuckle,
besides losing II lot of cash. owed Bush Sll 900.
Out of that game and that debt there grew a
quarrel which ended in Arbuckle being shot in
the back On Harrison avenue one night, and
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