The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
ONE LESSON OF A POKER GAME.
1T WAS LEARNED ~ A MAN VINO
Bkr MS KAPLOYEFS MON6r.


Il can't say ever had any experience
chat made me swear on playing poker
said the ray-hsired. young-looking man
but there 10 s~omething that poker taught
ne. Ever siDcs I played q memorabl-
game In Detroit some twenty-five years
ago I have made IL part Of my religion
newer 10 mlI another mans money with
my own.
Il was travelling for . large concern in
New York st tina tims, and. ~ the custom
VA In those days. ] not only sold goods
for them. but q good part Of my business
VA the collection Of Outstanding accounts
II therefore happened not ~infreauently
that l would have considerable sums OF
mnney With me for some days.
.Thos was ole particular party ~ nve
In Detroit who played together q great deal
and who always seemed glad 20 have me
taks the sixth tand Good players they
wsre. too, though onlv one OF them vas .
professional. He Wa old Jack Adams,
Who had the reput alton ~ being the squar>-t
gambler IN the West He WAS fond ~ poker
a. an amus-tnsnt but he wouldn't PLAY "
excepting with his friends. His roule''.
and faro tables were for outsiders
There Wa q Judge among tho hv- And
. NV s'l'N heAa' fa'
named st.tson ami Q hardware merohan,
who's mans. I think. was Cook. The
sauns va usually q pretty s,in one. for ,hey
played table stakes and usually started
In with a hundred spiecs. 20 n there hap
p>ned to 10 Any un Usual good or lad luck
running 20 anybody there would often lie
1900, or oven q. O0D on thu table 10y the end
Of the evening
Il had been travelling FOR a week among
the smaller towns. and had taken in some-
uiing over o. 90. Nhich ! had not had an
opportunity 20 remit ] .speSted Ia bank
II on reaching Detroit. but the train was
DELAYED and ! eot there after banking
hours. 90 IL vas still In INV packet when !
went round With Collins after dinner 10 join
In the game. ] had about 500 81 my own
with me. But IN. important thing a. u
turned out. was that the firms money
and my own Wa together in one roll
The game began A. usual. and proved
To he a swift one. almost from ths start
Nobody scanned To- have any monopoly
81 thu luck fpr more than a few minutes
at a time. hut every few deals there would
h.. = struggle between two, or sometime-
three hands, and the pot would swell rapidly.
The cards we're running unusually well
For my own part, 7 did fairly well sew
eral times. but ~. hit hard almost a. Ere
q~uently. - that although ! doubled INV
stake inside ~ twenty minutes and ran
az un in nearly IlFee nunaTel IN INfN1N
minutes more, I found myself down Ia n
few red chirs by he time the hour Wa up
With the game going up and down a. ~
lid, I had no particular WIsg!Nings about
declaring another hume In. and ] did
~ without realizing Al the moment that !
was rr'ctically putting my entire capital
into tee game
The newt pot put me on fAsv street
II was q jackie for q. and on the first
deal | caught three jacks, 49, ] ofrnei o.,
though ! sat under the guns, Tor the amount
In III. pot. which was. 81 course. si2 Cook
rat next and he came In The Judge laid
down, Collins RAISED me fft-en ana Stets'n
saw the raise Adams studied his hand
for a full minute before he put up his money.
hut finally he threw II In, and ] raised o.
twenty-five | thought was q good
play. even though Two players hah seen
the first raise. for | still had the chance -
the draw and my hand was certainly strong
before the draw
1t turned out all Right. for though Cook
threw down III" hand. not b-ing strong
enough IN 500 o double raise, COLLINS and
Sistson both made good Adams sun
rendered. showing hat hi- long study
hadn't been a huf. a. I had suspected
IL wAs therefore hal the hands ~eeded
and only two players left In against me,
and nv Jacks looked ~ good a., II not t--t-
ter than. they dill al first.
-Of course ! Wa At = disadvantage In
having to draw Inst. but ! decided 20 draw
the strength 81 NV hand. although IL va.
a dead give away 1hrrss we're good
enough to justify my play and unless Cot
lin- ~ Stet-un slould stand Iat ! teit that
wa It'll strong Stet-ou did stand pat
after Collins had drawn $40 cards. ~
sized up Collins Tor thr, y u Kind and
S,.t-ou for a small -traigi II couldn
IT, much Of = straight. even for II he had
much confidence IA u hs would have played
u hArder
Anyhow | threw In - white chip befors
looking Al nv draw Collins WASH hkelV
to raise uules- he had ls'tr'-i. hut la
looked carefully before playing snd TO
nv dismAv raised me So T. vas up 10
Stetson then. and he. having ~ had sus-
pect-d. and a. Afterwards proved to be the
Csa-r, a ulue-hig1 straight. felt compelled
to call After hat | lad. 81 course, 10
look ~ my dras anal To- NV INTENSE 10y
! found | had c~ushi a pair 81 i"lf- lhe
only resr-' then NJ, Lat ! had uot'4its
Important, ~ front ui me 20 raise s.!h
NV pile was pnly 81. but | pushed that
forward knowing that the others would
hsv. to see the ~ additional. ana -o"ped
Ia the pot, Collins having q seven fun asAunsi
the lie sad sitetNafd that lie would
have raised Inc, but nv money ~As AL up
and s,.tHon haD only 'hr-' uT four Tvd chlps
% IL hardly 49, mrd worth while.
That gave me pretty n-arly tto TO 90
Oh With and ! plsys-i along With varying
tuck for more lhan AN hour beiors | struck
a tad streak that ran inc away down again
Then, strange a. Il may -eein. forgot en-
tirely hat hal bought i~ioe AMI put
another hundrod Ia. II had not had my
money rui,d up with the nrm's, newer
could have made tha' mi take, but ! didn't
stop TO count up and Ire thing ~As done
before ! rralized Il
1T va. not until | had lost soIn-thing
like SIS ou, VI The third hundi,-t, that I
remembered Via | had actually dome.
Then " came TO me, l-cau~s realized
el.af "a . IN alN "a "a "a ~ INaN = naNu HF ..IA