Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-18

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good stakes is common. All the subur-
ban trains out of New York are the
daily scenes of gambling some are
especially provided with cars fitted ND
Tor that purpose. Thousands of per-
sons. women as well as men, play poker
Tor amusement-penny ante and five
oent or ten cent limit 1t is very easily
learend, SO far as the technical use of
the cards gCes-never really mastered
In other respects. The best poker PLAYER
IN the world is but an approximation.
There are three things of Importance
besides knowing the game-cards,
courage and Judgment of human ma
ture. The last is the greatest of all.
The ability 10 read the human collnte-
nance-to cast the probable value Of a
nutter OF an eyelid, to detect the slight
esq trem0r of muscle. 70 accurately
gu2ge the information of a v0ice-these
are requirements; and to be able to do
all or these with each and every new
opponent would be perfection.
Men are very different. and no two
men at poker can be measured by the
same standard If to study man is the
proper study Of mankind, poker is the
greatest. school ever invented
Theoretically four aces beat any
lesser hand held against them. AS an
interesting fact, perfectly familiar to
every lover Of the game. nc hand at all
Is necessarily winner, the outcome
largely depends upon the nerve and
Judgment of the player A pair of
deuces and a royal flush of nerve have
been known TO work wonders.
There is where the fun comes in.
You can count safely on nothing
except, OF course, that the other fellow
Will do you if he gets an opening.
Just keep your eye on him. If you
have an eye in the back part of your
head, too il viii be of great assistance.
Never presume on human honesty in
q game Of poker 1t will save hard feel
ing. If not money.
The man who is the soul of integrity
in ordinary business will turn YOU
down In horse trade and do YOU up
at poker without a twinge of conscience.
The essence Of poker skill lies in de
ceit-and the more deceitful you are
the more likely YOU will be to come
out ahead.
Women make good poker players,
but never play any poker with money
in it with woman. She can't help cheat
ing, and when YOU catch her at it YOU
can't punch her in the nose or kick her
out.
When a man can draw one card, with
f0urs in hand. with exactly the same
impressive cOuntenance or expression OF
diGdenCe he viii wear i'm drawing to
q bob-tailej flush. he will have almost
mastered the art of poker. There is but
one step higher. and that is TO be able
TO read such q face correctly.
A popular form of poker out West is
known as freeze out It Is a duel to
the death-that is. the players agree in
the beginning to play until one man
has ell the money This sort OF game
sometimes lasts only an hour or So
sometimes for days and nights.
It originated, probably, in the dis
gust always manifested around the
table when a winner quits ahead
Such a man is called "a gutter. AS
soon as he gets ahead on some lucky
turn he gets up and leaves. giving the
rest no chance Of getting their money
back. It is better not TO begin than to
be a gutter.
Some men are so sensitive about this
that they frequently miss church on
Sunday morning. They don't like TO be
considered cutters.
Another plan for obviating this is
TO fix an hour for closing the game. say
10 o'clock sharp, win or lose. This not
only circumverts the GUTTER but
relieves the "stayer" and keeps the
peace at home. Il is sometimes better
to be "a gutter than having your wifo
playing freeze out with you for the
next week. A gutter may become
popular with poker players only when
he begins to put up paper instead Of
cash
In poker checks or any other prom
Uses don't go: it is C. o. n.-cash on the
nail Nobody Of experience Of the
game Will trust anybody who plays it,
That is another beauty of the institu-
ton. You just shake on all moral OBJ
legations and meet every man on the
dead level of a common humanity.
A mans check or word of honor may
go for thousands on Wall street asd be
no good at poker. Cash is a necessary
rule Of the game. If YOU haven't cash
to- spare. you'd better stay out Of it,
Better to stay out anyhOw.-New York
Herald.