Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-17
WHY FARO is a STANDARD GAME.
Considered the Best for the Puntcr.-Son
Queer Terms


If any Well-knoWn sporting nan was
asked what is the favorite gxme
among the fraternity?" it is dollars Z
red apples that he would unhesitatingly
answer Faro" It is to the seasoned
gambler what railroad stocks are tc
Wall street spectators. Sometimes the
sports try their luck at roulette or red.
and-black for a brief period, but they
eventually return to the standard faro,
just as spectators who occasionally
take a flyer in petroleum are never Sc
duced for any great length of tine from
the stock marke.
! The difference Tween an amateur
and a professional at a faro table is
that one trusts to luck while the other
plays according to some exact system
The former almost always loses. while
the latter occasionally wins. On the
surface Of a faro table are 10 CT the
spade suit, laid face upward. The side
of the table on which the cards are laid,
running from one to six, is where the
dealer sits. In front of him is nickle
plated box containing a full pack OF
cards. These are drawn out through a
slit in the top of the box, which ds JUS
large enough to permit the passage OF
one card at q time. The cards are bept
pressed against the upper part of the
box by means of a spring at the bottom
until the entire deck has beer with
drawn.
The cards are laid in the box face up
ward. No wagars can be made On the
top card, which is, of course, visible 20
everyone. The dealer takes it from the
box and lays it aside. The card which
is directly under it he draws and places
close against the right hand side Of the
box. The third card is then laid to tha
right of the one which has jus: been
withdrawn. He repeats this process,
dividing the cards into two piles, until
the entire pack has become exhausted.
The cards are then shuffled and the
deal repeated ad minimum.
The losing cards are those which fall
in the pile next to the box. The win
ners are therefore contained IN the
other pile If a man places lumber
Of chips on one of the Is spade cards he
wagers q certain amount Of money THAI
a corresponding card in the dealer
pack will eventually be placed in the
winning pile. If his chips are sur
mounted by a little black checker,
known as copper, he wagers that the
card viii fall in q losing pile. As each
card is taken from the box it is record
ed by a man known as a case-keeper.
Players can therefore ascertain at any
time during the deal how many cards
have been extracted from the bc1, and
how many times any card has lost or
won.
Professional gamblers always take
careful note of the progress Of every
card. They have various methods OF
playing, one of the commonest being to
play what are called "repeaters." A
gambler who follows this method bets
that any card which has won or lost
will win or lose a second time This
method is directly opposite to what is
known as single out Backing sin
gle card, according to this system,
means that it viii win and lose or lose
and win alternately until all four have
been dealt out.
In double out" the cards must fal!
first two losers and then two winners
or vice versa.
When a player adopts the system
known as three on a side" he fasIs that
he has an inspiration that the card ha
is backing viii win three times and Iosa
once or lose three times and WIN once.
To exemplify thhe system known as
''two in the middle" the first card of a
certain denomination must be supposed
to fall in the winning pile, the second
and third in the losing, while the fourth
and last is again placed among tha
winners. Should the cards be with
drawn exactly reverse TO the above
order the system would still remain
''two in the middle"
playing colors'' means simply to
back the red OF black cards Of a certain
denomination either to win or lose
This method is quite a favorite among
professional gamblers.
! Many of the fraternity, when engaged
at faro, play up and down the valley"
This method was founded years ago by
an old gambler, who was always impa-
tent either to win or lose his money.
His way was 70 bet on the whole
board at once, backing all tee high
cards, from seven to king, to win. and
betting that the remaining cards would
lose, or reverse this order and place his
confidence IN the low cards
There IS still another system familiar
to knights of the green cloth, which Is
known as playing cases" A nan who
plays cases never bets on a cad till
there is but one Of its denomination
left in the box. Gamblers of tbs kind
are unpopular With the dealers for this
reason:
a split occurs when two like cards are
drawn from the dealers box in rotation
one losing and one winning. A play