Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-25
\ LITTLE GAME OF DRAW.
How Two Nice Jackpots Were Bagged D!
an Utter Novice.

How Two Nice Jackpots Were Ragged by
an Utter Novice.
There was little game Of draw on tne
other night. Four friends sat around .he
table. One ef them was novice. no nao
never played. game of poker in his iue,
but he was not averse TO paying Tor q 4it.ie
instruction, he said, and besides ne nau
to have something to do whereby 10 wnile
away what would otherwise be very SUI
pid night. -. ,.,,rs
He asked all sorts Of foolish questions
and threw his chips in SO -ecklessly that
his three friends were sorry for him. IL
did Seem tn be q shame for him to lose so
mich money. but then he wanted to play,
and il WASN'T their fault if they held the
better hands. Finally jack pot came
aronnd and the novice, who sat next to
the breaker, raised the ante to the limit.
some one els, saw him and went chip or
two better. Then the novice tilted her to
the limit again, and after he had done so
looked over his hand and asked, what
did you say straight flush would Deatf
The other players gasped. One OF them
said that it would beat anything IN the
pack but royal flush, and the three
promptly threw up their hands. The nov
ice smiled blandly as he raked in the big
stack of chips Then he threw his hand
down on the table. 1t was simple straight,
and that was all.
s.What did you say that was straight
flush for?" asked one of the others who
had laid down three seyens and pair OF
jacks.
..Well," said the novice "it is, amt 1t!
They're all rcd, and they run along IN q
sequence.
Then the three carefully explained that
the cards had to be all of one suit to he a
flush, and after much questioning the now
ice seemed to understand.
The game went along for time. Hands
ran low, and not many chips changed own
ers. About IL o'clock there was another
Jack pot. The novice raised the opener to
the limit again, and the next man, who
had tours, cane back at him with another
big raise The other players staid, and the
novice raised back. This made pot with
considerably over 500 in it. Everybody
staid on the last raise, and the dealer said
Cards, gentlemen, in a subdued sort OF
voice.
Hold on!" blurted the novice, II want
to ask another question. I'm little mixed
on this straight flush business. If I've got
five cards of the same suit, and they form
q sequence, Two got straight flush, have
nots"
The other players remembered the for
mer jackpot and winked at each other
They fastened to assure the novice that
his supposition was correct, and the man
with tours followed the openers chip bet
with raise to the limit The bright smile
that came over the novice's face when he
learned what straight flush was had not
faded. He was actually anxious to get his
chips into the center of the table. He
raised back to the limit.
"That's a good bluff" said the man
with tours, and he tilted back.
The two Others who had been trailing
with fairly good hands all this time, drop
ped out and the novice and the man with
fours bet until there was nearly $500 on
tho table. Then the man with fours grew
compassionate and said to the novice:
NOW, don't want to make the learning
of this game too expensive for you. Your
little bluff went once, but it won't go this
time, so I'll just call you"
Then the novice laid down a straight
flush in clubs, running from seven to
jack, and the man with fours fell back in
his scat in helpless condition. When he
recovered, ho said slowly: I'm quit this
game. Such n lod blamed fool as you
couldn't leacn to play poker in 10000
years"
81 don't doubt that" replied the novice
as he cashed in his chips. "They used to
tell me the same thing when l was il
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