The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

boforc the draw, and. I knew where n third acc
lay In the deck. didn't know what card 1 gave
mnn might play a hundred years and not hand
o ogt I'M mat n lonesome Mo fourth acc right from the TOP
nee lay. and tho fellow With his ace full OF
course broke me with i.y kir.y full. That was
as rcinarkablea draw az ever occurred. I knew
drew was tho fourth. to which I had paid no az
tention, because tho chance that he would not
you know tho man who loaned mo that $500
thought pnrpoSely played away his money and
thinks so to this day; but. honor bright, I Was n
coed deal more surprised than he wns when I
saw that acc full spread out on the table.
Then there was. n wonderful draw that I
inaGo once In John Morrissey,s magnificent club
hsnso q saratogS Springs II tho summer Of
Ing like 1t In several years. Tho remarkable cir.
cumstancc, too, is that my most extraordinary
s!nce been q United States Senator on this coast.
&, W sinsD fT bat 81 es9n%I nS Emo, and TSs s, reckless all
or not. OF course ho won several pots by bluff.
Ing, because no ono would emil him for n big bet
without holding anything; was waiting for a
tho right time. There was a Jack pot and hal
cause { knew tho plunRer Would come back at
me. lilo did with a big raise. I just called him,
he Was sure wT To Bet @ eSeSy PbtdiS s he had sd0 H ! ioo Sea
over my hand slowly as though In deep thought
and :hen called for ono card.
I'm draw to the strength OF my hand; gi' me
three said the other follow.
Then l made n heavy bel. and he came ut mo
harder.. We Kent at each other back and forth
until all tho money about HIS person tsoinc 5000.
! bclievel was on the table. Tshowod down my
had drawn two more queens 10 his pair. n I
had stood pat instead Of drawing. one card he
card that came to time in the draw was a nine
spot and the two queens were together. OF
"once in Denver I oSeriooScd a crooked game.
wherc rich suckers were playing professionals,
and / saw n square hand win against crookedress.
but they did not want to take anything from the
though he did not know there was Snythins;
wrong about the game. One OF the two who
and dealt great hands to the two fellows that
were to be skinned. One was four mines and the
o to the q mar man rue he wanted wa MeS 't to- bef rio stIe md mo pI ha
dealt his partner the winning hand. He
Thought i was the winning hand. Well. TO
the cold deck, the NTH fellow with no pair
stayed right in and saw every raise They
a card, and then he was raising more than any:
in the pot at tho show down. and the follow that
had no pair won 1t all. The man that fixed tho
looking Oily for pairs and throes and tours. He
dealt tho nth man a four straight for clubs, and
the one card drawn made a straight flush"
What was the very best draw you ever saw =
asked the reporter.
I've been asked that hundreds OF times, so
I'm quick with an answer. The best certainly
hoe Club in Salt Lake City. nsc or six years ago
the man who dared to be crooked With cards
would have been shot then and there. I was
ers. a rich banker and cattle ranchcr. was wild
over poker. which he had learned u year before.
MS w y Shna1 to take * t ,b Sih bride E. on ever every hand b, odo To 70
him.. Ono time In the club there was heavy bet.
ting before the draw. The plungcr was in and
| rat until III M pnnnnr Nyno IN M - .ptt 90
there could he no betting after the draw. He
put down his cards and never saw a ' worse
was going to throw away the bunch and call for
five cards when he noticed that he held the ninc
and ten OF clubs.
"'Ell draw to a straight flush; give me three
said i'd he e. and, d 90 You n1 k nov. the 2, three hon,s cards ra that that
man had a pat jack full. another three kings.
There's sometimes a bit OF humor amid the
reer OF a professional gambler, and a draw that
myself made one day in an impromptu poker
ing from st. Louis to Kansas City. Three of the
second-class gamblers who, work the Pullmans
ness as soon as / saw them. but none Of them
knew me; Two Of them were dressed as country.
n %sn sad IL th sh shi s,a Sia I'D ias w ssn s ls@Sn RlnE; . a ThSs
Of euchre. One would remark that he would like
c sS sst R Moa sSfh asr nsnd Win 1T a R Ri%h. s Weii. and / s an:
, ssnts ed to o. play Snch n, with, With them hem: but first |
= "Sh. w hs sA'B' 4 h"' y N'hl'o VI pawn
on the trains. Sometimes l have made the ac-
auaintance Of gentlemen on the trains and af-
terward played with them In their clubs or ho-
tells. but on the trains l have played nothing,
save an occasional game Of whist. I could not
resist, though. attending to the case OF those
three common train gamblers. l happened to
have n pack exactly like the cards with which
| they were playing. l took from it an ace. Then
Joined in the game and bided my time. Ten
that he'd like to bet his hand in poker. and the
others said they'd agree to change the game.
holding the hands dealt to them for euchre. l
consented also. and we bet our money. They
bet all they had, including a roll of bogus bills
called 'spieis,' used for that work. Then l
showed four aces and pocketed all thu money.
You should hear them roar when i stuffed
my pocket with the money. Isauntered through
the other Pnllmans and met an old professional
gambler. who had gone into some legitimate
business in Kansas City. | laughingly told him
about my fun with the three gamblers back in
the other car.
Heavens and earth he exclaimed. You
don't mean to tell me that those cussed idiots
took yon for a rich chumpi Why; man alive. I
backed those fellows myself to work these trains.
and now They've dropped all the dough to one OF
the princes in the profession"