The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
A MOOT POINT IN POKER.
SPTITTING OPENERS ~ A JiCK-POT
QUESTIONABLE PLiI.
Rules About Il Diner in clubs trgumen's Tor
and Against AIIowinr the rrIV,lcge-'lr-
cumstances In Which II MAY he Done
Possible Check, on the player.

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formulated within q comparatively recent tl1"'
as a consequence Of the necessity Of -"ti.ius
disputed points. just now tie rules originate,
there bcIug no Acknowledged autAorit} ou tho
game, and no person or congress Of players 10
decide kuptly points, il /, almost impossible 10
say In d general way 1t may be aid that TIE
ommpu consent Of all poker players makes a
rule. When there IA any confusion, IL arises
from tho fact that different groups of players
accept different rules Not many wears ago
there were many more differences of thi, nature
than thcro are now, and II may almost be said
that there Is only one really important point in
the game on which rule, d.Ior.
OF uniupprtaut points there may be more.
II j. true that there ara hands counted iu some
club, that nrs not recognized in others. such us
a blaze, % little dog and blk dog, and In certain
other clubs poker j. played with u joker In
addition there are minor differences governing
the ante. uoue az which however create, amy
Inequality in o." amount 90 bee pu' up by the
players. Tho freak hands. ns well a- playing
with the Joker, ara recognized. even Oy those
b who play thou, 10 hoins r''s.twstN pokor, and
there f. sub-tiGtill uulu.w.fy on all point, oy-
coptius t.n one noted
This IS the splitting of openers I'm a Jackpot,
or iu other words, the p~rlyl."E" demanded for
the player Wup opens the pot, ~ discard. ~ 'n"
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OF d 7''Ei' y ''' '''.I''' ".'' " '.'
opens on 70 pair ot iaoIis, having Oh" king. g,ro.
I'm '"' ''' .' "'' ""' anu 's .."" ''
l.'i' o. q distinct '''.''''... .''' .' '..''I To
,U,t and draw uu" o,ri.N.r.. .,INu,r Nl .H,-
INK u royal Hu,N. % A!r- .... 'rlifl' tn.h,
q King high 'lth mr. q kIn- high or oo" N.eI
~tE|igut
I' some ''''~ ','' Fl. '.'"'i ANA 'l
,'.'i' II PES ''' IT. some '..'7 "N'" " ' 10
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each n.lt u'.as auI" iH fold .tr. ...' NANNY 'I'..
i' d''''l. D. ana '.' '''.'' ono ..Fl '''..'
i' Ii must N'H ''' N'' is N".' " 't'I'I "'.'
TO IT, r,shtiul place" Iar . a""iiN' '." only
/ g.lv Iu vI|.. n..ar ..n nn r.rrrl -s., tt mr..
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r' UNSUITABLE" ~ 1910
Ini'r'ulg','r. tho fc',.nE ot 'r' discard
= ,f. g.. ,r...r .-4.r a.. ....m. at r. .....
", ITO PROPER ''''I " "' .
that +, Seldom .H-.-."io n. "..' Do. -.".'.n. .r..
o.. r.,.. .'. ...,. -.l ,..r ..,.. .-
ID. ''.''''. '"' 81 ''
aro m.srI up oi,n ttr u..a .r inH' r.rr uf
r. vrf... H. .,r Do. Gid. hands. of ,..., who .ro
r'tI h"'..'-, and ''' sequence" o. .".l N'.''
tlo no''lr- .rII -u.- ou
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bu' "- "a matter ot fact DO '- n.1..'" ...,, .'
that some other way ut- ro %, found fob ''-
,h,e Tine r,,,.r vn.nr....t o,.n.r- tu show
h' original pair Whom u' Dis 'I''a N.". 3D.
justify his opening obviously Their" arc o.I.
TWO ""'7 %. ",'.''| '','
l. To- rely on Ms bare N'ri, "5'"' i,'"r I'' 'T,
j.. T., r..,ir. lI,.. t.I.. IA. 5,..,rl ,r ,r, ..t,
md .Hfr~l 90 ffr'' tff,r tho MOI HAS .f.Tr A.F|