The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-22

dollars, as the reds was so cents. An
than Appleby studied a while longer,
an finally says, Well, I'll take one. an
If it's a spade reckon I'll have to raise
you An he throwed his one card face
up on the table.
Sure enough it were the nine O.
spades. Now, Dobsons flush was a
spade flush, an him havin'. as / said,
ace. king an jack, sure thought he had
cinch. 1t were as plain as anything
that Appleby was pullin' for spade
flush, an o. course, Dobson's would be
the best hand.
He Rugged himself with delight
when Appleby pushed up all the chips
he had in front of him, an counted up
his own chips to match. as eager as a
schoolboy. 1t RELY did seem almost
too bad to see how slick he were caught
when he We're so sure O. winnin'. But
twere a good lesson to a man as relied
in luck the way he did.
ION the showdown, Appleby turned
up a nine full, havn' raised, 1t seemed,
on aces up. 1t were Dobson's finish
for the evenin'. He had a few chips
left. but 1t didn't take him long to play
them in, for he never won nary pot
after that.
Just naturally, I didn't say nothin'
that he'd got about all that any man
could expect that was ready to play
his luck against real scientific play.
There want no better dealer in town,
them days. than Jim Appleby.
Still, there's no denyin' that luck
does count. That very case o. Sam
Sanger DRAWN that deuce o. clubs
showed it. AS I were sayin, he were
the most onlucky player that ever
come down the pike up to that night,
an / have heard say that he were
playin in the last five hundred that
he had in the world, that very time
They'd started a table stakes game
that night an each man had put up
two hundred, maxim twelve hundred
on the table. The game had gone on
for an hour or more an Singer had
Clipped out the bulk o. his'n when
this here particular deal come. APP
pelby were in the game. too. an so
was Bassett an Jake Winterbottom.
| The other two was a couple O. cross
! roads gamblers firm up the state that
had come. as fellers does. firm time
! to time, to do up Arkansas City. APP
pleby told me afterward that one OF
EN-. cock-eyed man calm hisself
Major Carson, was n particular slick
dealer How he come to give Sanger
the hand he did Appleby said was sure
a interposition o. providence, an
come from his not takin' particular
notice O. the small cards.
Anyhow, 1t peared like Sanger
must ha' had a bunch, for while this
cock-eyed man were dealin an be-
fore he'd looked at his cards, ne fin
gered his chips and kind o. anxiously,
an findin he had mighty little in front
of him. he said kind o'sudden, L de-
clare three hundred in an at the
same time pulled out the money from
his pocket.
20 course that were regular, an no
body said nothin', him not havin' look
ed at his cards. 1t were a Jackpot an
Sanger, havin' first say, squeezed his
cards down close an careful, an findin'
no openers, he passed. He did notice,
though, that he had four small clubs
THE next man passed. an the cock
eyed mans pal, that sat next, opened IL
for the six o. the pot. Bassett were
next an he come in on three aces. He
said afterdward that he would ha'
raised IL, on'y he were struck with a
sort o. fool confidence in them aces
an didn't want to brighten anybody
out. Next come Appleby an he passed.
The cock-eyed man stayed an Sanger
raised 1t. IL sure were a brash play.
seem the luck he were in, but he did it,
Winterbottom passed an the two
strangers an Bassett all saw the raise.
That made near two hundred in the
pot.
when 1t come to the draw Sanger
took one, o. course, an II were the
deuce O. clubs. The opener took three
an threw in a white chip. Bassett
drew to the strength of his hand, but
catchin' nothin' found his three aces
didn't look so big as they had at first.
There was the dealer an Sanger to hear
from yet, an he just Clipped along.
waitin' to see what there was dom.
"Peared like there were considerable.
The dealer he drawed one card, an
after lookin' at ii careful he raised it
fifty l reckon he must ha' counted on
a call from Bassett, for he likely know
ed where the aces was, but faint like
ly he was lookin' for Sanger to do
nothin.
But Sanger were as much surprised
when he skinned his hand down again
as the dealer were later on. He found
he had six high. an the deuce o. clubs
had filed a straight flush. SO he seen
the fifty an raised IL his pile.
THE opener laid down, o. course, an
Bassett found he'd lost interest in his
three aces after the second raise, so
IL We're UP to the dealer. an he were
fair puzzled. 1t looked like he were
studyin' the thing out for a minute or
so. an finally concluded that Sanger
was bluhin. Any way, he called,
shown down a jack full. an Sanger,
o. course. took the pot. An after that,
as / said. he's always been lucky.
ut all goes to show that you can't
tell nothin' about luck till afterward
TIN beat science all holler when It's
good enough. an similar, science II
boat lucL when that's good enough
The best way to play poker, though,
is to look out for the science first, an
then wait for the luck to come"