The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-07-21
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Inc man who sits into game of
poker in a strange region without first.
understanding the rules Of the game
] is liable to get into trouble, says an
old Californian. For there's q lot of
different kinds Of poker played in this.
country; and the worst Of it is that
the man who plays the kind Of game
{ he was raised on in his own section
OF the country is always blind to the
beauties Of the entirely different game
that he drifts into when he gets away
from his own neck O. the woods. I
4 once saw a game of poker that re-
suited pretty seriously for two play
ers on account of the lack of under
standing betWeWen them before the
game started as to Just what the
hands were worth. It was in Vallejo,
back in SO, and Vallejo was then q
red--hot town. was in Ned Car.
baugh's big Vallejo faro mill on Sum.
day afterno on--for the game was as
Wide-open on Sundays as on any other.
day-trying to pump a little sense:
into the head of a fool friend of mine
who had dubbed away nearly every
dollar he had in the world at Val
lelo's brace games, when one Of the
i 1ookouts, who knew of the interest
I took in watching a good game of
poker, although / never played the
game except with friends, came over
to where + was standing and said:
Louis got good game of two-hand-
ed draw on with a man upstairs; go
up and take it in He referred to
Lou Corby, who was then about the
hottest poker player in the state of
California he went out to the bark
of several Arizona shotguns about Is
years ago. When went upstairs to
the poker room Corby was sitting in
his shirt sleeves opposite a solid
looking man of 40 or Whereabouts,
dressed in the uniform of a steam
ship officer. He was the chief en-
gineer on one of the big Panama boats
and having been transferred some
time before from the east to the west
coast, he was ignorant of the Cali
fornia brand Of poker. There was a
big jack pot in the center of the table
when went upstairs to look on at
the game. It had been sweetened half
a dozen times and already contained
something close to $1,000 in double
eagles, but neither man seemed to be
able to catch openers. It went around
"a number of times, and every time
it passed each man sugared it for $50.
The chief engineer dealt hand. Corby
was one of those frappe chaps who
pick up their cards one by one, and
,when he. had picked up his first two
icards he calmly jolted 5000 into the
pot, remarking:: S Open before
looking at the other cards. ...~
Ets This fstfufl of mines worth $500
more" said the chief engineer, who
was a pretty self-contained chap him
self, showing the yellow stuff into the
pot.
.Then you want to play it for
keeps said Corby, standing for the
raise, and discarding two of his cards.
The chief engineer stood pat, closed
up his hand like fan and laid it face
down On the table before him
d. do your blufing," said he to Corby.
+ d: well, say $1,000 WORTH, said Cor
by, looking up at the ceiling. ~,
Thousand more'n you," said the
engineer. ut Pa t.s sE@g-ss r. = !.
"And another murmured Corby.
Now, I had been standing behind
Corby when he drew his cards. and
when I saw him catch pair of mines
to his three kings I figured that il
was all over, especially as the other
fellow had been nipped in two or
three standing pat bluffs before. But
the way the sailor man kept hitting
back at Corby finally got me to guess
ing, and by the time that he had
scooped out nearly all Of the coin
from his sack had almost began to
believe that he had caught pat tours.
When the $1,000 raises had gone back
Z and forth several times, and there was
nearly $4,000 in the pot, the chief en-
gineer, cool as a mountain trout in
a shady hole, emptied out his sack and
found out that he had little more
than $1,000 left. He showed the
money to the center. @
Call you,'' he said. Ha.s a.
Corby spread out his king full. III
! Won't do" said the chief engineer,
spreading out a seyen-high straight
B flush of diamonds and reaching for the
pot.
! Huh z What's up? That won't
lido 2? said Corby, With queer express
lsion on his face. Hands off that pot!
What the devil are you talking about ?
Since when did flush beat a full
hand ?''
1 a flush don't, but this thing .of
mine is straight flush, which is good
& enough to beat a mass Of fours,'"' said
the engineer. AXE your flippers OH
q that COIN s@55 .59.
Straight flush be id Not on
I this side of the Sierras, z yelled Corby,
4 dumping to his feet. xsss5
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