Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-06-06
Some Poker Stories.

Some Poker Stories.
Poker, the national game, has
many curious happenings. On
April 9th last there was a game i'm
progress in South Eighth street,
near Walnut street, Philadelphia.
Ono of the players was Arthur S.
Poulterer. Cards were dealt, and
Poulterer held up three fingers and
received three cards. He picked
them up one by one, his face gradu-
ally flushing with excitemennt. AS
he placed the last card in his hand
he laid them down and slipped
slowly from his chair to the floor
dead. His hand was four aces! He
was well-known gambler.
About fifteen years ago, when the
extreme western border of Dakota
was coloniZed, there was a lively
squabble about what the new county
should be called. There were four
commissioners whose duty it was to
decide on the name, and at the board
meetings the vote for the name of
the county was always two and two,
and public feeling began to run
high. John Winn suggested that
the four commissioners should take
800 white chips apiece and play a
game of poker to decide, the chips
to represent So each. This was
agreed to, and the game commenced
with the entire population on hand.
For two hours little gain was made,
and then jack pot came around,
for which seventy-three hands were
dealt before it was opened. Finally
Commissioner Edwards opened it
for 500. He held three kings, Judd
La Moure held zigzag and the
others dropped out. Edwards drew
ono card, La MOure dealt himself
five cards and the betting COM
menced. Men with revolvers kept
the crowd from the table. After
several raises there was So, 600 in the
pot, private money, besides the
chips. Tnen the hand was called.
Edwards held three kings, and La
MOure had drawn a full, three fives
and a pair of fours. He rose to his
feet and cried:
Gentlemen, this is Nick enZie
county, and so it was and is called.
The game lasted eighteen hours, and
La Moure and Winn were carried
shoulder high around the town, which
saw no sleep that night. The cards
held by La Moure are to be found
among the orchlves of the county,
labeled La Moure's Five Card Draw.
On February 9th last there was a
little game in progress in Butte,
Mon., when Miles Fenton and Gen
eral G. S. Warren came together and
commenced throwing dice. General
Warren had an option on a $50, 900
mining claim near Centerville. And
| after little talk about it the two
men came to an understanding that
they would throw dice, and that if
tenton won he should pay Warren
Sl5,OOO for the claim, and that if War
rem won he should pay Fenton 500
600 for it. The town turned out to
see the fun, and the result was that
Fenton paid $4,000, and the $50, 900
claim changed hands while the
drinks were being called for.
1t Is we'll known that the average
gambler is somewhat superstitious
as to how he carries his money, but
Abe Slupsky, Of st. Louis, broke the
record some years ago. He ran a
secondhand clothing store at one
time in st. Louis, and eventually
merged into politician. When the
Republican convention was held in
Minneapolis, Abe went there with
-, 900 to wager on Harrison's no mi
nation, and for fear he would he rob-
bed on the train he had the money
changed to the smallest number of
bills he could get, and smoothly
placed them between the shoulder
blades in his back, pasting porous
plaster over them to hide them and
hold them secure. The plan worked
we'll, and, although he had a hard
time travelling, he was satisfied when
he put his money up, and better
still when he cashed in.