The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-17
BIG POKER STORIES.
THEIR TEXT THE REMARKABLE VA
CARRIES or LUCK.

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al Confession of One of "thc Company"
al suppose Senator Wolcott is one Of
the coolest men living when engaged in
game of chance, said Albert Watson
of Denver. Like most men whose early
manhood has becn spent on the frontier,
he learned the value of poker hand and
the best way to keep cases az soon as he
learned law, and he was known as lin
It, player all over Colorado before his
famo as lawyer had spread outside Of
Denver. When playing faro, he always
did and does yet bet as much on the
turn of card as the dealer will allow
him to- and when he sits in poker
game the other people want to keep
their eyes wide open and play their
cards mighty close up to their chests.
"Wolcott once found himself in
game of poker where three of the other
players were playing sure game. They
were professionals and were after big
bundle of money that he had in his pos
session as well as looking for that which
the fifth player, mining operator
named Durkin, was known to have.
Wolcott knew in 20 minutes after the
first hand was dealt that the intention
was to rob him and wearied his wits
trying to find q way out Of the game
without making trouble, but he couldn't
discover means to save him. At last
he was dealt pat flush of diamonds
made up of the 3, I, s, and jack. He
skinned those cards over and did
mighty piece of thinking. He felt in his
bones that flush would be no account
in the world when it came to show
down, but he Clipped i'll and staid to
draw cards. To his surprise, he wasn't
raised before the draw.
HE looked over his bright red dia-
monds and concluded to draw card, in
order, if possible, to strengthen the Sc
quence. He pondered long time be-
tween discarding the spot or the pic
ture, and at last tossed away the jack
and called for card. The dealer looked
surprised at his wanting any, but gave
him the card. Wolcott picked il up and
found he had got the 6 spot of dia-
monds. He never turned hair. The
quence of diamonds and just staid
along, letting the other fellows do tho
raising. AT last it got down to WolcotJ
and one of the professionals. Finally
there was "a call, and the other man
showed four queens. Wolcott laid down
tho B, @, Z, and of diamonds and
swept in the pot. The game stopped
right there Ireckon that was the great
est piece of luck that any man ever had
i'll poker game.
When Mr.. Watson had concluded his
interesting recital and the wonderful
draw had been expatiated upon, one of
his listeners remarked that he reckoned
it was his deal. "This is a story of luck,
too, he remarked, "but of different
character from that experienced by Sen
ator Wolcott A friend Of mine who
lives out in Maryland was playing in q
little poker game not long ago. The
paraphernalia Of the game was primi-
tive, consisting Of single well thumbed
deck of steamboat cards, with grains of
corn for chips. My friend was followed
by n regular tempest of bad luck, and
his corn was town to very few grains.
He agitated his mind for minute or
two and then suddenly announced that
he had forgotten to give his horse water
and would have odoit He went ont os
tho house. and beino familiar with the
nremises made his vov to the corpbonse
and putting in his hand in the dark got
an ear Of corn and put it in his pocket
Then he went to the stable, after max
inp n bip noise Mt the pumn To LET the
fellows inside beIieve be was moistonipo
his animal and returned in n few min.
ntes to tho house. He sat down and nro.
ceeded to mil ont tbe .chins, h.. bad
nl,ced in his nocket whom ba left and
which he had sphstontiallv added ~
meantime You can imogina his con.
sternation when be fonpd that be drew
forth his original dozen white .chins
with twice fiat many red He had man
a,od 70 And in the darL tho only red on,
;n tho cornbonse -
am make n nersonaI confession afte,
that F." said Henry Miller when IN,
lapgh subs;dad "Som, veors ogo 7 wa,
nrone now and then to indulge in tb,
delights of draw. and there was n frien,
living near me. over in Georpetown
afflicted with intermittent insanity O
the same sort that visited him at inter
walls coincident with nv own. Conse
ouentlv wa usually hunted the anima
together One pipht we came over thi
IN a nlace on Ninth street where a npb
lio game. with table stakes was nrett,
ponnlar. Along about II o'clocl, W.
both got broke and concluded to %,
home. The night had grown stormy
and it was sleeting like sin when W,
Iost tho .cIrh as a. ,,.s oaIIo, ,aa,.oi