The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-25

on pair OF sevens when the pot was
sWclled lnordinate.
sam say dcr's GraspinE Disposition.
sam Snyder was ore % them players
that alnt never conisutcd with what
comes TO EN- lu the uarral course a.
things but always has to try 20 hog ev-
egthiug Split a pair @ kinRs they Will.
10 drnw 20 straight when three klnGs
would be a moral certainty Az two pair
would Justify a stln bet. Pears like the
Lord has is IN FOR slca. on its plagucy
seldom they win cut Sometimes they DO
% course an most a. the poker stories
that's wrote by felsrs thot don't under
stand the game makes EN- draw tho right
card Just when they haan.t uo reason 20
look for IT, Makes the stories interestln
- course. but IN real Hfe things don't Of
ten happen that way
SNYDER was playin' IN my hack room
one night when ! ain't sayiu' but that
he'd better been at home Things was
kinder peaked in the SNYDER home cad
au sam had none TOO much money luy
the things that his wife an the lit.. !nv-
ders needed TO cat and drink Hs got
hold of "a SO bill somewhere. though. an
nrdin a table Stakes game eoln' ON Boo
she hack room. he told me he Thought
he a try 20 run 70 up o. nftv which he
needed most particular just naturally. I
dlln't cay nothiu' against &C. 4 man hsd
Co live an the more plavers there wa.
iu the better lt was FOR he kitty Rut
7 ga just drop hint rememhern' that
1e was man d family
~ Gays. Play close 20 your chin
sam Them boys VIII skin YOU II YOU
don't An don't chase rainhows Cor
pot o. gold when Won eeo 81 IA your
hand huowed his failiu'.
Welt De sort o. laughed an be says
. reckon I've played the game sor1e 80
o. course. ! didnt say no more The Con.
sttutlon guarantees every man the r.ght
TO play poker aceordin' 20 bis own COM
science an bes, Judgment an ! DIDN'T
propose 20 make myself unpopular with
sam in reasonin' with him
IN was quiet sort % game that night
ms % happened No tremendous hands
was out. an there wasn't nobody caught
plnnin' cut o the ordinary ] reckon tho
slN men that Was piayln' had about $50
.n sight SO that sam had fair chance /
o doin' somethin' with his money II no
played prudent game. an Tor about an
hour or so he did fairly we'll ! reckon
he had about $50 in front Of him when De |
fell down on a Kindergarten proposition /
an went broke Just from irwin 60 get |
more than was comm 10 MIN IN the ordi.
nary run.
where sam Was Foolish.
There was a Jackpot OF about 81 on the |
table an Sam was the last u cay him |
helm the dealer Everybody passed up /
20 him an he lookin' az his cards an
hndin a ace FUN . seveus just natural
~ opened f. for $40 A. they'd all pass
"a he didn't expect 10 catch more'n one
or two suckers an he didn't want 10 /
open Il for too much fear o scarln' EN- |
out. nor ueither for too little. fear 10 max !
Ia en- think he was tryin 20 coax 'em. |
cause he was strong.
"Wel. Just naturally he was consid- |
erable surprised when four other players
come ln That made a respectable sort 1
a. pot. bein' $50. which he we're morally
certain % Fettln for there wasn't no way
o. fgEerin out how any o the four. not
having openers 90 draw to. was anyways
likely to beat a ace fun. So Snyder he
picked up the deck 10 help EN- 20 cards