The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
ONLY ONE SURE way TO WIN.
THAT'S TO KNOW ALL THE CARDS
THAT ARE OUT.
Did Man Grecnhut Explains why Tie Con-
ssders Ills Friend Jake winserbottom
s"Teierabie Good Poker Piayer"-The
Jane Reduce 10 an Exact science.

Pears TO mo . said old mar Greenhut
a. he leaned his elbows on the bar and pulled
viciousiy at a very black cigar To keep IL
alight. Ike there was n monst rous lot o.
foolishnces talked about thu game ~ draw
poker. fellersll tell you with tears In their
mouth about gettin' beat at the game an
about the hard mees Of luck they have an
how some other playern alwayS hold over
'em or pull out against their pat fiushes
an wipe up the floor with EN- when they'd
oughter have the pot cinched according
TO all laws. OH there amt no end Ia hard
luck stories. They're thicker than cold mo-
lasses. but there hnin't no sense into EN-.
q course. a man may get hit hard now an
again when he amt lookin' for tive maj
get kicked by a mule sometimes wh"n be-
thinks he's out o. the mules reach: but n
Il that gets kicked al the time Is either
a jackRsS or else h. dpn't know mules
$50 with poker. No man that knows poker
IL goin' 10 get b"at at Il all the time, an
the man that does get beat nine times out
O. ten beats hiSs-lf. 'Tain't the other folders
play half a. much as II II takin' fool chances
that makes men walk home stead % takin'
the cars There's a heap o. talk about one
man playin' better poker than another man.
but my experience tells me- TINT the prin-
cipal trouble II not that ON" man plays
better than another. but that uue man don't
play 50 well a. another An IL stands 10 raa-
son that when a man don't play a. wei, a.
the other fellcr he's goin' o. bea, hiss'lf.
There wa Jake W~interbuttom.- cuntin-
ued the old man n hc straiyht"n"i himself
up and walked around to hi- faynrite -aii
10y the window. WinterbOttom wasn't IN
the room at the time, or probably Grccnhut
would not have mentioned him hy name
-Tlrr. was Jake Nintrrbottom Jake is
a powerful good player. now. an | reckon
he can hold h- end up In the mos, select
circles, He's played steady with IA" best
talent 81 Arkansas city for a gopd N
YEAR,. an any man that can do that don't
have TO have no t~rpidation about -"tun'
In with the best 81 en-
But remember tho time when Jake
wa about the ensi'-4, PROPOSITION there
wa to be- founi all up an down tho river
Feared like ,here want NJ possible way
a. losin' mon"v at the game that he hadn't
studied out an practi=ed til he had EN-
all down pat lie cd lay down thrcr ~ a
kind against aces up with the -am" monet
O reou- regularity that he'd le' n straight
uklHlNI n lNl MI Nv bNlI 7 INV lN ~Il-
a bout the draw He'd pull for a flush every
time he got four ofa suit. ~an'-omrtiin"s when
he had only thr,-'. no matter what the odds
wa In m" bettin' An' when he did happen
10 nave IA" winnin' hand. II be- let il at all
which hc wouldn't half the time. h. never
got nothin' tu peak - OUT Of II.
Il used Ia reason with him There want
no reason ~ | n " on why | should. for
he want nothin' - me. mop'u a fair.
avprag. customer. but somehow or other
| allu- cottonei ~ Jake I'm the time ho
struck the town TN he'd come To b. rncog-
nizcd as one a. the leadin' citi1rns. 'Pcapd
like h. made a impression o me I'm the
first. Anyway. I felt kind a. sorry To 500 him
ever lastin'ly buckin up agin a game that
was too much for him. an ! told hin so.
many's the time.
. Jake. I used To saw 60 him. YOU hain't
no business plavin' with the Arkansas city
crowd They'll do you. SURF Rut he'd
always say Grccnhut I'm l%enrnln'. an
learnin' IL allus expensive One O. these
DAYS III do 'em' 10 | let him alone.
Feared like he learned all Of a sud
den He'd been pikin' along. plAyin' a
fddlin' game Whenever he got n chanc"
90 stick hi- nose in. but giv,n' no evidence
o. talent ill this night When there wa,
two comc In 10 do the talent
Jake was here an he had about O. In his
clothes when they mad" up a table stake
game an cac man put up So. There
was siI pla YIN. too, - thor" war 800 On
the table when they started. Jake, he
looked on for .. whil" an never popped
Didn't think he'd H. let In an consequent
said nuthin' till thr'c ut the HON" talent
dropped out. busted That left sam Pear.
sail plavin' agin the two stranger an
he we're nervous. He want much moron
holdin' his own. an h." looksSi round y"
.aa N there wasn't somebody To s"t IN.
Joe Ras-ett an Jim Blai-i.li wa- willin'
enough. but they had ~ money l"it. an
Jake seem how things stood. he spoke up
kind a. timid like. an he says
reckon I'd lose much more'n a few minutes,
but IN take n hand II you'll let me play
for what I've got.
sam spoke up quick an says i haint
no objections. an the two Stranger saws
kind o. careless. oh. that's AL right, 40
down he sets. But they was dlsgI-t"d
enough when they seen what has pile was
He dug up g. an two bits. an bought his
chips an' took a hand
1T werc a dollar jack an one % the
Opened n Tor -, an Jak" ""
thrnwd down Th" stranger he win y,
an the next deal II were Jake'- ante. he
put up two hits. call four, and the others
all come In an he wouldn't make good.
That left him just -. but It we're his deal
when l -c,h ma deal I Kind g. -s,s to
myself that m.bhc Id ~orter mls'ppk
Win'sr.Cttom, an mshbc he'd it"n prn".
,i-in' som". II were p"arsRl's ante, an
he made IL a dollar tn play The first
stranger, he wCtr n little Crpss-oy't ran.
n. come in, ar tho Other frll.r rais,d II
two dollars. Jake hc made good, takin
'hre. dollars, an Sam he raiss-l u hyc
Then the cross--yed man made " FIVE moro
% plsy. an the ether one stayed. an Jake
called for a sight for his pilc.
sam took two cards an the oros--eNed
man took one. The next man took two,
ar lake took two. Well, they all flled
Sau made n full, tho Crp~s-Cvci man hl',i
a flush. though IL want IA" straight fhish
u. w,r. after the next man made n r"Non
null. Sans bein' mines, an Jake caught a
fourth deuce.
20 course. all tho hcttin' VA amongst
tho other ,hrcr. JAKE un'v hav1n' a show
Tor IN. twenty-four dollars his six called
Tor. hut Sam rakssl In considerable over a
hundred on IA" showdown.
srh. neX; POT were n Jack On tho fours,
an Sam made IL five dollar 10 Ilav. Neither
one a. the %oTrnei, ~ u wer" up
10 Jake. an ~. busted II Tor nin"tcyn dol
lar. bein' his pile. sam >tavci out an
the crnes-eVrd man came IN. but b" tatlei TO
ali AN Jake Ia on velvet with FORTY eight
dollar- in front - him. havn' opened ON
two Jacks
There Va nu,hin' dom on the next
deal. - thai made Il a dollar jack, an
Jakr's first say lie oT-ncd u again for
- % -. MT an cot ht.fgi twice. ~ ~