The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-04

q. slice of that. for the reason that it is
foo good to pass up' Then the man who
turned the trick would be pretty apt TO
give me the wink; would get divvy Tor
preserving the peace.
BEST WAY TO KEEP QUIET.
Now, 1 admit that I could get up and
make a great roar. I could slam my
cards on the table and protest that was
Kentuckian and gentleman, and that,
begad,= sab! would tolerate nothing of
the sort in a game wherein was sitting.
What would be the result. The gambler
would say was mistaken, the sucker
would get sore and say he had been
robbed and would get nothing for my
share. What would do If the sucker
was a friend of mine, whom had taken
up to the game? Such a case would never
come up, for the reason that never take
a friend to poker game 1 always go up
alone and come down alone. Poker is no
place for friendship. Damon and Pythias
would never have been heard of If the
two chums= had ever sat down to a good,
stiff game of draw.
There are good many ways of turn
ing a crooked card. The cold deck is
fairly successful, but it has to be done by
an artist, and even then it is dangerous
Marked cards don't go with sports, for
the decks are changed too often. when
the stakes are high. The best methods
are by stacking the cards and holding
out. 1t takes a good man to do the
former, and there are. times when he falls
down and gives his opponent more than
he intends to. Holding out is the easiest,
for the reason that the others always
have to look out for themselves and see
what they hold. A good many sorts of
mechanical devices have been invented
for holding out, and 1 have seen some
poker players who were really walking
pieces of machinery The bug, as it is
called, is the most frequently used, be-
cause it is so simple. 1t is nothing but an
almost invisible slit at the edge of the
table, where the cards can be slipped in
until they are wanted It Is a dangerous
thing to bump up against and it can be
run by a good man until further orders
without show of detection
TURNING THE TABLES.
But there are times when the gambler
overreaches himself. 1 remember an in
stance which is worth relating. There
were several of us In the game, just how
many have forgotten, but the story
only concerns three, a gambler who was
skillful with the pasteboards, sucker
and myself. I was pretty good winnee
l.
made up my mind to quit at the first,
sign of anything crooked. 1t came the
gamblers turn to deal and he put them
up in very suspicious manner. 1 de-
clarcd myself then and there that 1t
would be my last pot and began stacking
up my chips. 1 was second man from
the dealer, with the sucker between US.
The sucker picked ur pat straight and
opened the pot with whirl. I looked
at my cards and found that I had three
aces. So I stayed. 1 did not raise for
the reason that I was afraid there was
goirg to be trouble and did not want
to get in too deep ard stuff off all my
velvet.
1.-The dealer was SC nervous that I
saw right away he had been up to some
thing When we called for cards the
sucker stood pat and I took two. / had
laid my three aces face up, as it was
my last pot, but did not look at my
draw. The gambler forgot to discard
and drew three cards. I got flash
at them. and saw that there were two
tens among them. He then picked up
his hand. I stopped him.
That doesn't CO. I said. You've
fouled your hand. You ought to have
discarded before picking up your draw
LANDED A BIG POT.
HE clustered and bluffed and con-
tended that he had not fouled his hand.
/ saw there was going to be trouble and
before making any further kick looked
at my draw. I saw that 1 had pulled in
my fourth ace. 1t was dollars to dough-
Euts that the gambler was playing for
four tens or he wouldn't be so anxious
to keep his hand and stay in thu game.
TIe kept insisting that his hand was good
and spoke up carelessly and said:
. oh, all right. This is my last hand
and I don't care to make you sore by
barring you out
''IIe, came in with his four tens and the
sucker led off with the betting. He put
in a nice stack of chips and I merely
trailed and waited for the gambler to dc
the raising He did 1t In magnificent
style and the sucker dropped out l
came back at him with my whole pile.
+ ''Ycu were so anxious to play, | said,
that am going to see what 1t is you
were so proud Of
HE stared at me for minute and
then he came in with all he had. l laid
down my four aces to his four tens.
He looked at the hands for minute,
hut he never said word. He had been
heater. at his own game and he knew
that 1t wouldn't do to make kick at
me That play was the standing joke
of Poker row for months. and the gam
bier laid for me in an effort to get even,
but 1 don't believe he ever got re-