The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-10
GAMBLERS BIG GAMES
Scratch Winnings Made at Keno
and Faro Games.
SOME GREAT LUCK STORIES
Running a Bank for Three Days
on a Capital of Five DOL
lars stud Poker
Hands.

lars stud Poker
Hands.
Albany Letter to New York Sun.
1T does beat all how cards will some
times keep a-runnin' one way for a
long time" remarked Old Soho, apro-
pos of nothing in particular. during an
informal meeting OF the Gladstone club.
as he toyed with a stack of red chips.
which. like all their blue and white
companions in this city, have become
useless, except as counters in an in
nocuous game OF whist or casino, since
the reform wave came along and closed
up all the places where men used to
gamble on the green. Old Soho heaved
a meditative sigh, refiectively stroked
his white chin whiskers and looked up
and around to observe whether any of
the other members were listening to
him. Having satisfied himself that
there were at least three or four who
were ready to give willing ears to the
yarns that he spins on the slightest
provocation. or no provocation at all,
he continued
II remember one night years ago.
when Paddy Martin was running a
keno joint up here on Broadway. i
made the biggest scratch of my life.
goin' out when a friend o. mine comes
in an / says to him: 'Lemme have SO,
will YEP He puts his hand in his pock-
ct an pulls out $40 an gives IL to me.
! go in an bet just one card for half
a dollar. an I win the pool. Well, I
don't play no more keno that night,
but go over to the White House an 1
go UP again the bank an win s2,700.
simply can't lose. win all the time
that night"
GREAT LUCK STORIES.
As those who had been listening were
old and well-seasoned members of the
Gladstone club. whose purpose is, and
is distinctly specified in its articles of
Incorporation, the promotion of the So
cial enjoyment and the intellectual de-
velopment of its members, they did not
show that they had been profoundly
impressed by Old Schos narrative.
They had often heard him tell similar
stories, all OF which he warranted to
be true in every detail. But the old
man was not discouraged by the APP
parent want of appreciation on the part
OF his audience. With a little prelimi-
nary cough, which had no suggestion
of an apology in its sound. he began
again:
Il remember another time. up in
Saratoga one night 1 see Gull Holland
win SIS with cents off the roulette
wheel in Gale Mitchells. Then he goes
over agin the faro bank an win some
thing like $1,000"
This time the solemn looking mem
Der. with the long. flowing. black mus
tache. felt himself impelled to ask:
How could he win anything with 2
cents? They wouldn't let him put 1t
down"
''Oh. yes. they would. They'd let him
put anything down, even a brass but
ton, and pay him, too. OF course. they
knowed him well an he'd been losing
quite a little money"
A brief period of silence interviewed
during which the old man strolSed his
whiskers three times. Then he resumed
his DISCOURSE
AN then again. I've seen the cards
run agin a man all night. / remember
one night when / was dealing faro
bank in Chicago there was a man play
ing-he was the brother OF some sena-
tor; forgot his name now-an' he lose
80 bets right straight off the reel. He
gets a stand-off now an then, but he
never picks a bet off the layout. Bime-
by he win a few bets, but putty soon
he lose again, an along lords midnight
/ guess he's putty near broke. He
reaches down in his pocket and pulls
out $50 bill. an he hands II over an
says: Put that on the five 1 put IL
on the five and she loses the next turn.
Well, that man he just gave one gasp
an fell back in his chair. Some of the
players that was sitting 'longside OF
him began to rub his hands an one
man called for water. They thought
he'd tainted, but / looked at him Just
ed; he's dead Ye see, I'd seen a fellow
die just like that once before, an /
knowed the signs"
Then the solemn looking fellow spoke
up again and remarked:
well. now. I'll tell you people just
one little story. It's little. but it's true.
i see a fellow go up against the faro
bank up in Johnny Mack's one night,
and he had only a half dollar to begin
with, and he begins to play the high
card. and I'm blamed IL he don't beat
every turn through a whole deal, from
top to bottom. At the end of the deal
ne has about si6''
asked the smooth-faced. dark-haired
member with the streaks of gray at his
temples.
only 50 cents, Ave white chips, all
the way through the deal"
Then he couldn't have had sic, even
IL he beat every turn. for there are only
% turns in a deal.
Jaw. say. you're too particular. He
might have bet a little more towards
the last. Anyway. he had about sl6."
Did he win any more or did he lose
IL all again?' inquired the member
with the flowing gray mustache and
the SLOUGH hat
II really don't know; came away
Just then"
You must have been broke"
"Why?"
Elise a team Of horses couldn't have
dragged you away"
"oh. don't know. / guess I've come
away winner as often as most peo-
pie"
Yes. I guess that's so. too
Talk about being broke" resumed
Old Soho. who had been smoking Wig