The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11
1T SPOILED HIS FULL HOUSE
HOW THE DEMON OF AvaRIcE LOST
SNYDER THE JACK rot.
He Thought Three Aces CouIdn,t Re
Beat and that Was why lie
Didn't Win.
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New York Sun.
There's a good many folks in this
world as doesn't know when they're well
or" said old man Greenhut, IAN good
many more O. them as does know, that
loses what they has by beln graspin' an
reachin' out after more'n the good Lord
intends EN- to have. bein' disregardless
an temp'rate Twin"
The old man paused after he had thrown
out this sllttering generality and looked
around the room as IL to see Il anybody
was anxious to get into a controversy
about it. Not seeing anybody who SEEM
ed disposed to question him, he shook his
head solemnly. wiped off a couple OF
glasses that stood on the bar aud walked
around to his favorite seat by the win
dow. Then lighting a fresh cigar he
smoked for two or three minutes In
silence.
I say that folks doesn't know half the
time when they're we'll off.
Most folks is that way, as was say
In. but 1t does seem like they had more
opportunity O. displayin that particular
brand o. foolIshness when 1t comes TO
playin' poker than they has under al
most any other circumstances.
THE fact is that a man to play poke,
as the Lord intended It should be played
has got to be a philosopher as we'll as
good Judge o human natur an facui-
ty O. cal'lation' odds. Almost any sort
o good hard common sense comes ia
handy when you're tryin' TO make nm
honest Twin out of n bobtail flush but
the principal thing is to be a philosopher
an know when you've got good thing
A graspin disposition is a good enough
think in poker as long as It's confined 10
getting all you can out OF good hand,
II you're dead sure the other man hain't
got better but there is times when itll
lead to destruction. The Good Book, you
remember, says, Fridge gocth before de-
struction, and a naughty spirit before
CALL Pears like the apostle knowed
what 1t was TO try to bluff out an opener
on pair OF sevens when the pot was
swelled inordinate.'
Sam Snyder was one o. them players
that ain't never contented with what
comes TO 'em In the nat'ral course o.
things. but always has to try to hog
everything. Split pair o. kings, they
VIII, to draw TO straight when three
kings would be moral certainty, an 4
Two pair would justify stiff bet. Pears
ike the Lord has it in for such. and it's
oiaguey seldom they win out Sometimes
hey do. o. course, an most o. the poker
stories that's wrote by fellers that don't
understand the game makes 'em draw the
light card just when they hadn't no rea-
n For MaL he ut0 On
erestln'. OF course, but in reel life things
lont often happen that way
Snyder was playin' in my back room
me night, when ! amt sayin'. but that
led better been at home. Things was
Under peaked In the Snyder homestead
m Sam hadn't none too much money TO
'uy the things that his wife an the lit
lie Snyders needed to eat and drink.
led got hold of a $40 bill somewheres,
hough. an findin' a table stakes game
DIN on in the back room he told me he
bought he'd try to run IL up to hfty,
Thich he needed most particular Just
aturally, ! didn't say nothin' against 1t.
man. has to live, an the more players
here was In the better II was for the
itty. But / did just drop a hint. re-
iemberin' that he was a man of family.
Il says: Play close to your chest, Sam.
hem boys will skin you II you don't.
n don't chase rainbows for pot o.
old, when you see four dollars in your
ard knowed his failin'.
Well he sort O. laughed, an he says.
reckon I've played the game some 80
course didn't say no more. The con-
Htution guarantees every man the night
play poker accordin' to. his own con-
,ience an best Judgment. an | didn't
ropose to make myself unpopular with
am by reasonin' with him.
IL was quiet sort o. game that night,
) IT happened. No tremenjus hands was
~, an there wasn't nobody caught bluff
n out o. the ordinary. reckon the six
EN- that was pIayin had about two hun
'ed in sigs. so that Sam had a fair
lance o dom somethin' with his money
ne played prudent game, an for about
J hour or so he did fairly well. 7 reckon
; had about $50 in front o him when
Tell down on a kindergarten PROPOSE
on. an went broke Just from tryin' 10
y more than was comm to him in the
binary run.
There was a jack pot OF about 80 on
2 table an Sam had the last say. him
IN the dealer Everybody passed mp
MIN, an be. lookin' az his cards an
ldin' ace full o. sevens. Just natural
opened IL for $40. As they'd all pass
he didn't expect 10 catch more'p one
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