The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-14
LOST TWENTY THOUSAND.
At n Forty-Hour sitting at the Poker
Table.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.


New York, July JOHN Wakely lost
$4,000 to Tom Powers and Tim Kenney at
a single forty-hour saance with cards last
week, and Tom and Tim went around
and passed two 81 600 notes over Jim's bar
for quart of Polly water"
Such we're the words whispered in the
ears of every sporting man in the Ten
derloin to-day. and they conveyed nothing
more nor less than the truth.
There we're forty hours of nerve-racking
play, broken only by brief stoppages for
meals.
At the end of that time Wakely, hag-
gard, pale, but calm, Informed Mr. Pow
ers that he guessed he wouldn't try TO
force his luck"
Mr.. Powers removed the shade from his
eyes and allowed that he could stand
little sleep himself. "
Wakeley passed a roll of greenbacks
and inquired only, How much am |
shy?"
Powers counted them and looked at
tab on the table.
only about $1,000" he said. Come
around TO my place and l will hand il
over to you" Wakeey is said to have re-
Piled Powers and his partner, Tim Ken
ney, agreed, and. later in the back room
of his hotel he handed over the $4,000.
Kenney pocketed the money, saying:
Thanks Let's have a drink"
Wakely didn't want to drink, and said
so.
Never mind; give me a pint of appoin
aris," said Kenney. The bartender
obeved.
Give us another" commanded Powers.
"WeN split it,"
be Hoft1a xUos r1larad on the har
Kenney pulled o4t a brown-backed blu
and tossed it on the counter Keep the
change" he said and with a brief Good
morning" to Wakely, passed out. Pow
ers also threw crumpled note on the
bar Put it in the drawer, jim" he said
There aren't many left like you"
Each of those bills was of $1,000 denom-
nation.
Tells How 1t Was Done.
YES, it is true enough did lose $4,000
at poker" said Wakely to-day ITO be
exact. the figures were $20,6OO The game
ran nearly three days, with brief stops
for meals, 1t isn't hard to lose $50, 800 in
a game of poker If you stick at ii long
enough. And ii isn't so hard to lose to
such good fellows as Tom Powers and
Tim Kenney. | was in the game to win,
but luck was against me. Along about
midnight l looked at my hand and saw
four diamonds, all good oneS-three, TOUR.
five and six spots. lis a good chance |
said to myself. and / played it. Tim was
dealing. and l was sitting next. The next
time ] looked efter my one-eard draw the
eight of clubs had taken the place of the
queen Of hearts, If it had only been the
seven ! might have won the pot but so
far as l know the sevens and the deuces
were not in the deck
There was a thousand went on that
hand, but that was nothing to the next
one. l amt much of a buffer but / tried
IL. Tom Powers was betting them strong
and Tim Keuney was seeing TO IL that |
got whpsuwed l don't know just ex-
actly why, but before l knew j. 1 was
nothing less than $1,000 TO the bad and
the post wasn'ta as full as il got to be before
l finally called. Tim had an ace fun on
queens and Tom three kings. The best ]
could show was the deuce and four OF
spades, seven and jack Of hearts and ten
of diamonds. As we weren't PLAYING ca
sino l was out Of il. Another time | had
all Of them from one TO four, but the five
was missing. Then l got four black ones
--clubs-and I tried to pull another from
the deck. 1t wasn't any use.
"ln the end | quit S2O600 behind the rear
end OF the procession. but so long as Tim
and Tom got 1t It's all right. They blew
a thousand each for a pint bottle Of apol-
hnaries in my bar after Il was all over.
They are the right sort"