The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

laid down his three lights made a roach for
It was now my turn to think the whole three
Is there so much smoke In here said /,
that you three people can't perceive that I've
got a king.high straight
:" 'Straightf said the man with the three
eiRhts. Straight be damncdl You've got ono
k kl%S sp on s REshiRsi n htsse Sld 10 are SiSS GH' any $nSh ;Ss
three OF 'em gave mo the hparsc hoot in chorus.
asked ,em 10 get Ground me and pinch me.
because i wanted to find out II | wps dreaming
their chairs and roaring like so many wild
That's what / got for not inayuiring" bSforehnnd
into the kind of draw 1 stacked up against in
'The next poker knock / got was down In Santa
barbara. l got into u game of draw with
three hotcl clerks. all good fellows, but all ad.
diuted to tho nursery poker they play out there,
and again 1 forgot to nail 'en up against tho
wall and mako en- eXudo information about tho
kind OF game they purposed playing. We got
along all right for an hour or so. md at tho end
of tho time l was comfortably well ahead of the
game. 1t Kind O. tickled me, too: when , caught
the joker on tho draw throe or four times and
boat EN- out on their own ~game-which is n
silly game. and about as brniny ns bcun.bag, all
ton to draw to sfraights. md, having made
this much progress. ] really didn't think L was
game. T6at'skShero did the Leaf year figuring.
"l gave myself a neat mess OF eluhsEfour Of
s Wsys bsen iu unS az" in b boF i s" 20 fmshes ! h nnS this a.,
looked good. Two of the other fellows drow two
cards each, and tho other man asked for one. l
gloomy and depressed. An ace.high flush has
always been good enough for me on this side Of
The three hotel clerks evidently thought
they were pretty we'll fixed, too. and. although
there was nothing frantic about the betting
T"s down G' to f fhe Fron IN wS %ss it t sot 50 ' urge
be there was a general suggestion for 3 call
and q showdown. Two Of my fellow players
that h%a ' Me @o;n fmaIt e shSs Sha ' Rer S'f lons sw bnd Is' in
this neck OF the woods. We'll. FLASHED my ace.
high flush Of clubs on them, and was just about
to say something about easy money when tho
man with the best threes scoopcd in tho pot.
have left your specs at home, my boy.
said l. thinking he was only fooling. Pass that
For why Z said he.
Then l looked him over and saw that he was
For why = I repeated: We'll. the %instruc-
tors at whose feot snt to learn what is learn
able about the game OF draw poker always
taught me to believe that a flush Is better than
Yes said he, but didn't you draw n card p
what the devil difference docs that make =
Inquired.
to Pushes; You've got to hold EN- pat,
well. that was the worst lab l had yet re-
ccived, but i had TO stand for 1t, on the 'do-as-
thc.Romans.do' principle.
I'm San Diego I got into a game with some
play anything but jack pots. At tho start off OF
the game-the first ~hand-none Of tho four Of us
could open it. II went around three times, and
on the fourth deal caught a pair OF queens.
Two, Of tho other fellows stayed, l caught
another queen. and played the hand for all It
was worth. When vase called 1 showed down
my hand, and had EN- roth beat.
Foul hand said, they. You didn't have
| openers and they looked Mt me suspiciously.
1.-The dickens you say!' snid /. L went in
with a pair of queens and caught another one
there they arc
But you needed aces said they. all at once.
1T went around four times, and Jack pots Gra
| progressive. Of course. Dye mean to say yo,
didn't know thatf Sorry. old man. that well
have to split the pot
Are they always progressive out hercf'
asked.
"'Always,' they answered. and that settled it
The pot was split"