The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
THE GAME OF MUD POKER.
At Ono Time 1t Was Highly Thought OF In
tho Wild and W DOLLY West.
From ne Kansas CITY Star.

From IA. Kama, CRY star.
You don't sec a game OF stud very often nova
days, remarked the old-umo sport but IL had its
day. In tho earlier times stud poker and faro
were about the only gambling games In the West
and think stud poker was played moro than fAto,
because no extensive layout was needed for stud.
as Is the case with faro.
"Thero have been games OF stud poker running
In Kansas City within the past few years. but I
don't know OF any now. The law got after them
very hard, and then the percentage was too big in
favor Of the house. The game in its prime was
played where there was licensed gambling. Then
one man, all employee Of the house, dealt all the
time played hand himself and ran tho bank an
we'll. This gave the house a chance 70 manipulate
the cards II II could. II gave the dealer the advan-
tAge OF always playing from big stack OF chips
and every time pair showed up a chip went into
tho hole in tho centre OF the table. Four or ave
fellows could sit down 70 game with IS apieos,
and In couple Of hours all the money originally
In sight had gone into that hole as percentage.
II was q great graft" tho old sport remarked
regreuully.
Tho game Of stud poker he continued, was
played Ike any other game Of poker 90 far as the
values Of hs SsIf b are HGneeTnSS and tho differ
was cal cd the card in the hole. Every man put
UP hts ante, after looking al his hole card II he
dealt face UP, and the man with the highest card
not. az they sew III, The other three cards were
IN sight doing tho betting after csch card was
dropped At the end the whole thing Lcpended
upon what player might have in the hole
\ man with three aces in sigh, was no better than
Tie man WIN three sings, for tho latter might have
the holder OF thc three aces in sight might have a
fourth IN the hole and a cinch hand
IL Was great game 10 draw q man on. for II
ne had a good hole card or something In sight
no hated To lot go II the other fellow was betting
pretty strong on leading hand II became quito
wa great game for Cinnamon in the mining
camps, and II was quiet crowd al the table you'd
sometimes sec. cowboy or a miner or two
q half breed Indian, The soldiers used TO play
ia great deal In the towns near the garrisons
There were some big stn krs played in these
games OF stud, When the whole hing depended
AZ times. saw fellow wrtc "A till Of sale for
1000 sheep one night when sheep were worth
20 head, ana make raise with the paper The
hand in sight and IL shook The other fellow nerve
The buffalo hunters used 10 como into tho lit
ue towns along The eloysione River in the spring
and drink and play stud until their hard earned
lively around the stud tables. The game was
SUCH an apparent good thing for tho house that II
led TO the nIst legislation In the West against
The law defined the game as being ono where one
man dealt all the time and the table had a hole
The 10, "1 csS gamblers got around
and letting The man playing for the heS-e eI@aS,
the hole percentage The doom OF stud poker
came when Montana and nearly every other
gambling, but after all, II men had 10 gamble in
game they could play. barring faro