The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-01
A LITTLE GAME OF DRAW.


He VAS "A Novice, nut lie ltad u tit OF
Leadvillc Experience.
There was II little game of draw on the
other night. Four friends sat around the
table. One of them was a novice He had
never played Il game of poker in his life,
but he was not avelse to paying for little
instruction, he said, and besides he had TO
have something to do whereby to while
away what would otherwise be very
stupid night.
He asked all sorts of foolish questions
and threw his chips in so recklessly that
his three friends were sorry for him. 1t did
seem to be shame for him to lose so much
money, but then he wanted to play, and it
wasn't their fault if they held the better
hands Finally jack pot came around,
and the novice, who sat next to the opener,
raised the ante to the limit. Some one else
saw him and went him a 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 beatl"
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
and that was ALL
"What did you say that was a straight
flush for?n asked one of the others, who had
laid down three sevens and a pair of jacks
well" said the novice, lit is, amt iti
They're all red, and they run along in a Sc
quence."
Then the three carefully explained that
the cards had to be all of one suit to be a
flush, and after much questioning the nov
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, came back at 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 onl' 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
sequence I've got a straight flush have
noti"
The other players remembered the former
jack pot and winked at each other. They
fastened to assure the novice that his sup
position was correct and the man with
tours followed the openers chip bet with
raise to the limit. The bright smile that
came over the novce's face when he learned
what a 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 good bluff" said the man with
tours, 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 tours
bet until there was nearly $500 on the table
Then the man with fours grew compassion
ate and said to the novice: Nov, | don't
want 10 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 straight flush
In clubs, running from seven to jack, and
the man with tours fell back in his seat in
helpless condition. When he recovered
he said slowly: "I'll quit this game. Such
dodblamed fool Us you couldn't learn to
play poker in 10000 years"
Il don't doubt that" replied the novice
as he cashed in his chips. They used to
tell me the same thing when was in Lead
vile. buffalo Express.