The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-13


with two queens and I was right in
my superstition: Ralston had two aces
Well I picked up my hand and
looked it over carefully after the draw
/ shall never forget it. When had wo-
mans face looked so sweet-and it was
the ordinarily ugly black queen Of
spades. There was $22 coo in the pot
Ralsten got pair with his aces. Now
what did [ do2 1 knew it from his
face and could tell it the minute he
looked at his hand. I meditated. hesi-
tated, coughed, looked i'll and squeezed
my cards time and again as | deIib-
Grated, and 1 knew all the time l had
him beaten. He bet a chip-sl00 I raised
him, and the pot was worth $50, 000-- He
simply called. although he started to
raise me back. That was my lucl1iest
draw, and it was q one-eard draw at
that
I recall now two of the biggest bluffs
| ever made. got away with both pots.
We were playing an unusually stiff
game one night. I was all of So. 900
winner. and two others. Reese and an
EnSlishman named Bradley, were
pretty heavy losers 1t was getting
early in the Elornig, and as we all had
business to look after that day. we
agreed that this pot should be double
! our regular jack pot. of $500 each. and
then we should quit Well, there's
where I made the biggest bluff of my
/ life. There were six in the game
Reese opened the pot for $1,000. The
next two men stayed / was the next
man hesitated. / had already re-
marked Was going to quit winner
and I'd have to have big cards TO stay.
I I deliberated longer finally stayed.
The other man dropped out and the
/ Englishnan, Bradley. who was from
/ Toronto. called the $1,000 bet and
raised $1,000 as quick as a flash. There
was now $1,000 in the pot.
The opener, Reese, saw the raise,
and, l thought. started 20 raise him
back The next two men dropped out
hesitated longer than before and fin
( ally stood the raise Now we all looked
at the pot, $500. and drew cards.
Bradley was dealing. Reese took two
/ cards. After starting TO take one,
| drew three and said. You better draw
honest and Bradley dealt himself one,
/ then hesitat5d a moment and then
dealt himself another. You should
I have seen us skinning our hands. I
! could feel in the air that there was go
ing to be some tall betting whether we
bettered our hands or not. They nat
urally sized NE up for aces. had
1920 in and might as well stand the
! raise. They, of course, had three lit
tie ones each. Reese bet $1,000, and [
| thought and called Bradley played
always with snap. He saw the $1,000;
(
| saw the $4,000 and bet $1,000 more.
acted as if I hated to lay down aces
UP and called simply Bradley saw the
| s. 900. raised it $4,000. [ thought he
/ was going to bet $4,000. I think he was,
but weakened. That gave me assur-
ance for the play 1 was figuring on
( making. Reese called the $1,000. They
/ we're just about showing down their
/ hands. You see I sat between them
/ and had simply called each time. when
| said. Hold on, I'm in this ] call that
| IS 900 myself They each had 900
/ and $4,000 on the table Reese laid
I down three mines and the Englishman
/ laid down three tens, and said: I
know BaIdwin's hand. He went in
! with two each and got a full OF four
aces. III bet a case of wine he's goe
! three aces or better Well. I showed
down two Jacks, nothing more. We
! had the wine and that ended the game
/ There were FIVE in a big pot once
when 1 tried to drive them all out.
! Campbell. He stayed I had played
( my hand high, but all / had was aces
up. [ drew one card I made up my
mind to bet $4,000 without looking.
which I did. Campbell had a jack full
| on eights-that unIucky hand. he
| called me and didn't go back. Imagine
/ my surprise when looked at my hand
/ and found I had drawn the third ace.
! After this play one of the party re-
marked: Lucky. you're so lucky that
/ if you'd draw to a shovel full of dirt
| you'd get a fruit farm or a placer
! mine I've frequently been told that
/ if I drew to a pair of reins I could
I draw q racing stable, and the truth
lis I have always been lucky in the
/ aw.''--New York World.