The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30
GUN PLAY THAT FAILED.
UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO STOP A
PohFlR SESSION.

Gambler From Filming the Cash
icr's Hand 90 the Table Win IA
INnife-Participant Convinced nc
HAD Bis Moneys worth. Although
Ne Was $1,000 Behtnd.
From the Chicaeo Inscr-O-ean.
"Niost % the stories that are told OF
Sensational games OF poker" said a com
merr.al traveller who recently returned
from "a tour OF the Woatern STATES, ARE
usua.iy placed a htfle outside the denseIy
populated part Of the country. aud are
told a. occurrences OF twenty years or
more ago. NoW 90 may bo true that
aeroer poker was PLAYED hy tho last gen
sTatiou thsn r. usual nowadays. though
] dout< o. Certainly there b more poker
played to-day than ever before. and
though much OF 90 s. small playing. and
Eoes on with surroundings thai are ilke,y
20 prevent any great display % feroclty.
there is Ful a vast deal OF % that Is
played FOR blood. a. the gamblers say.
and b. men who are ready and willing 60
take long chances to win. honestly n they
can. but 10 win anyhow.
And even to-day IL Is possible for a
man Who IS known among the gambler
as game sport 20 get inso gam. in
whlon he viii be accommodated with any
stakes he may prefer AID no may D.
pciiealiy certain when be sits down 60
pay lhAt ne il no against the hardest
proposition Ia poker tina, can be found IL
he does not understand the same MI
enough 70 see any crookc,i play that may
be attempted. he mlxbt better pass over
Ms money without playing aud save the
time. but ~ b. has al the requisite con-
hoence in his own ability. ard sufncient
Gmoans OF cash % make "a worth while
Tor the other fellows. o. can Eet al the
eNcitcmcnt lac is looking for
1 had an experience myself only q few
months ago that ] must say seems 90 me
90 be worth ell tho money ID cost me. and
! dropped nearly 81 90 In the game before
o broke up suddenly. ] don't often flay
as heavily as that. but i must confess a
strong liking Tor the game and a prefer
ence Tor large stakes. IL happened that
had put W a couple o. hundred on a
nyer with a Chicago broker, a friend OF
mine. some three weeks before. and had
cleared 800. Il occurred 20 me. after
some study. that ] was never likely 10
rave similar stake that ! could 80 well
sffor1 90 put into poker game. and that
sheu. ~ ever, was tho opportunity for The
game Of ms life.
Accordingly. looked up friend VIII,
while he was the chief Of police. sun liz
ed a good game. and told him ] was
warming for excitement 20 the tune or 4
tfuusand and didn't care how hard y
game I went against 90 long az IL should
be played on the square. He knew me
well enough not TO waste time IA talking
sense. SO he said Very well. sonny n
you're hon-bent on being naughty III let
you In on the game I play in. It's square
enough. I'll guarantee that. Tor the men
j w NIT
'em QUE Of town In a day II they tried any
phony work with me And they know
that ] know their game a swell a. they
do
Ia n lizard" Game.
Il told him that was about what I was
iooking FOR, and accordingly ! went with
him about 10 o'clock that night 70 the side
entrance Of an office building on the main
street or the town. iia opened the street
door with his own key. and we climbed
two flights OF stairs Then he produaed
another key and We entered a room
whore four men sat playing casino.
They were evidently waiting FOR the
chief, FOR at the conclusion OF the game
they moved to make room for us az tho
round table. and one Of tho number pro-
duccd fresh cards and a box OF chips.
There was hardly a word spoken BY any
one excepting that the chief said: This
gentleman Is a friend Of mine ana each
81 the four bowed and said: 'Good-eyen-
ing. sir
1T wasn't necessary for me 20 be In
structcd In tho etiquette Of tho game. SO
simply said: Good evening gentle
men ana took my seat. cannot say that
feit no surprise at recognising one of
tse PLAYERS a. the cashier Of the hank
where had negotiated my certified
check that afternoon. but wasn't quite
FOOL enough 90 say anything or TO chow
Nn j 90 HF ~ her u fTlf
sure. were professional s-amhlcrs. and |
afterWnrd learned that oris OF them own
81 q faro bank 81 sAe same ssree. hat
that he played IN this game habitnaliy
for his personal amusement. No ono wes
introduced by name. however. nor ala !
hear any ones name mentioned.
The game was for table stakes 'he
chief had told me. and eacn man took 500
worth OF chips. ones. iyes. and twenty
nves Then each put 500 In bills In FROM
OF him. and or course ! followed Nuit. II
Yves likely 70 be interesting enough. and
at the same time q gave me the chance
20 sit IN again In case l should lose tre
nrst stack.
THE game began rather slowly. as polk
ar so often begins no two notable hands
being out against each other for per-
haps twenty minutes ., maybe, more.
IL went az the table stakes game IS like
IS 90 so. all In favor OF the arst bettOr.
with a good many taciSpots all. falling 20
che opener, unul there came one pot
that had been sWeetened up 10 SO before
a was opened. The cashier opened q fol
So and came next. Locking at ms
cards. ! saw q pair u kings, and natur"
ally came in The next two men passed,
one OF the gamblers came In, and che
chief passed.
Won on n Rank Biun.
IN the draw ! took three cards. and
each OF the other men took one. ! let my
three lie face down tin the cashier haa
bet $500 Then picked mine up one az
time when / saw my fourth card rails
"a Il 500 ! didn't catch my third one,
hue was playing the BLUM. The gambler
threw down promptly. and the cashier
after a brief study. showed hts openers
accs up. sco0pod the pot OF course. and
heran 10 feel my oats. It was the nrst
large play and I had worked the blum an
right
'srhen came another luil in the play
and for fully an hour there was no OK
element No bet was made Of more than
u hundred. and not one OF that size was
even called The luck was fairly even.
600. and 1 was the only man who had
coughed Up a second stake. The others
had got on their ice once or twice. but
had pulled through without breaking. All