The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
AN INTRUDER IN POKER.
THE Lulu A WESTERN ADDITION
TO n GAME OF DRAW.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-'Now. the lulu Is all
right. and an amusing bit OF novelty OF the
horseplay kind when all OF the players sitting
in the game are familiar with the institution F.:
but its calculated to CREME widows and or
phans when people who don't know about IL
get into a game where il obtains said n man
from Buffalo. Wyo. Il. for one don't exactly
approve OF these side show propositions that
get tackled on to the legitimate game OF draw.
They're like foo,notes saddled on to an inter
esting book Of travel. say: you want to go
right on with the straight text. but those fine
printed footnotes pin your eve and you've got
TO read them. whether you want TO or not.
There are enough combinations, and a burned
sight too many. for that matter. In the old
fashioned game OF poker. without the intro
duction OF kinky plays.
Take the Joker in the game o. dras y. for ex-
ample. Now. / came literally within an ace
once OF getting cut into ribbons on account Of
my ignorance OF Joker draw. That was a good
many years ago. and the introduction OF the
Joker in the game was n dead new one on me.
The very flrSt time ] went up against q game
With the Joker in / caught three acee and then
corralled the other one in the draw. II was
table stakes. and l tapped on that hand. Of
course: and when the CO wman who had seen
my tap started to rake in the pot, throwin
down a royal flush with the joker on top. /.
being young and sappy and pulp-headed then.
didn't know any better than to begin shooting
OF my mouth q whole lot. The cowman was
reaching for his knife when the other two fell
lows in the game pushed me out Of the room
and saved my life.
We'll. the lulu is even a queerer proposition
than the Joker in draw. 1t takes a man some
little time to get used to the lulu and to look
out for IL: but when he's got IL. why'--
Suppose you lust check your reel for a min
ute while you tell us what the dickens a lulu
is interrupted one OF the listeners. rs it
shoshone for 'lallapoloosa.' or WHAT"
Others OF the party acknowledging complete
ignorance Of the lulu. the Wyoming man looked
surprised.
"A lulu" said he. is three hearts and two
clubs. l thought that every pappoose had at
least heard about it, any
That's what we call a counterfeit full back
here" said one OF che party. and it doesn't top
a pair OF deuces In a greasy deck around those
parts. What does it. beat out your way?"
ANY hand in the deck" replied the Wyo-
ming man. "A royal flush don't count any
bigger than an eight high when there's a lulu
out. It's not altogether n Wyoming ~institu-
ton, either. although it originated in uhey-
enne. They play lulus now ali over Colora-
do. Idaho. Montana. Oregon. Nevada and
Washington. and I understand that the lulu
has recently been incorporated in that weird
game OF cards that California people call draw
poker. A tin-horn named Tom Wainwright
who struck Cheyenne with a flyer faro layout
about twelve years ago introduced the lulu.
Where he picked It up l don't know 1t
caused a heap Of trouble Mt first. did the lulu.
but the folks on. my way kind o. got used 10 It
now. so that roofing for the lulu ls a regular
feature OF a nights play at any old table you
fall against. Now the lulu can only be hold
once in an evenings play. That's an ironclad
rule with regard to II. It's considered. ! sup
pose. that the game would be jebauched out
OF reason il the lulu.should be something 70
look for as topping everything throughout the
entire space Of Shutdown. 80 that, as l say.
it's only. good. for ono whirl. It's got to be
pat. too. Fellows who didn't understand this
end Of 1t have got into trouble by drawing 10
and filling lulus. and then trying to take pots.
SiSIti Ss's q F = luia that hsa{ b sffhlH Ied & n m, t Rs draw d9s s1.
lows to ras. lulns UP, too, When a chap
Ing all the r~est:of the players drop out because
they've got nothing in their hands worth draw.
takes his chances OF getting It again when
there nay be s zone good hands out against
isn't, ethical poker, because it's a cinch, and
gentlemen. the tenderfset say, don't sock II TO
Tess to he gents. when we ioresatRer over
goes. Anyhow; The lulu'sa thing OF mutual
the man who gets It is privileged to paupe cize
his friends without the least conjunction.
troduce ethical poker out in the saRebrush
belt needs sanitarium treatment.
atgn9ra9ce OF TIE luln hasn't. to my knowl;
years past. but tho innovation surely did cause
the lulu figured. ~ Sheridan. ,Wyo'., back in '6ii..
out. where four OF the tables we're ESsr reserved serve. Tor for
draw ga mes between Carhart,s patrons. with a
s ssa1,eG sas < Ssn tSr q u. s h6u limit, THREE Ri,S 81, sshes SDgsIl
standing that there was TO be a:lulu. They
were all mon Of substance. and they had been
ure of draw spread around the Territory. They
had been playing for an hour or so. running
when a uulst-lookinG chap who had been
,bsm 2 ;be over me G "a al (, ,ookihE on, asked
in, They look 1t for granted that he kEe v about
the lulu. go they said nothing to him about il.
himself to be a good loser er' He BET ss sar siSw Spd
according to the value OF the hands he caught,
was "a amite a good pile IN the hole after ,Eo the SI pln ns
I hsd gone Si On s aHr an h.s hnIr or So ,Dd He eb took his
men with whom he was playing found him
rather an agreeable tablemate. even II he did
appear to be a hoodoo.
Finally Duke Denham. who had a forty
mile ranch near Sheridan, with so many sheep
on IL that he hadn't been able to get a count OH
them for Ave years. examined a hand dished
out to him by the stranger with a certain fixed
air. He looked to us-thsre were 1--WE or six Of
be something doing on that hand. Tor we knew
his rather innocent and TRANSPARENT style OF
play. He was sitting with his pack against the
wall. however, and we couldn't see what ks
had. Denham had done the anteinG and the
other two shespmen passed 1t up. The stran-
ger STAYED, WIN four hves in his hand there
wasn't any particular reason why he shouldn't
have, stayed. l watched him when he picked
I'M his cards. and | could see that he was good.
for there wasn't a Sign Of the nice, thing he had
his So ante to the centre and reckoned he'd
stay,
ing said Derham. who was fonu OF raising it
before the draw.
Sure said the stranger, III take off the
lid. il you want II that way.
That's me- replied Denham. and then the
limit was removed before the draw-a thing
that's not often done out nv way. Donham
looked 2 bit too excited for a man who mon,
keys with big poker az he showed fve 500
gold pieces into the middle and said that he