The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-04
LONG POKER GAMES.
One in Chicago That Lasted Fifteen
Days Without a Break.

One in Chicago That Lasted Fifteen
Days Without a Break.
A game played in one of the wealth.
lest and most exclusive Chicago clubs
lasted two weeks and one day. Twenty
| eight players took part in the game,
which was played last fall. Some of
the players when too sleepy to take an
| intelligent part in the game would lie
down for a few hours in the sleeping
rooms of the club. and as soon as they
had had two or three hours sleep would
be called by one of the club attendants,
and, after little coffee and bit to eat
would return to the game for another
long siege. A few of the players went
to their homes now and then. but
would invariably be back in six or eight
hours, and put in a day and night at
least before taking another run out to
their families.
When any of the players would stop
playing and leave the game, to he gone
a number of hours, they would put the
chips in the rack and set them to one
side, and when they returned would be-
gin where they had left Off and go
right on again. AT meal times some Of
the players would go into the dining
room Of the club and take a square
meal before returning to the game, but
others would have their meals put on a
ton nd hoi
where they could take hasty bites while
other players were studying their
hands. None of the players dropped out
of the game which kept on continuously
the entire fifteen days, when it finally
ended by mutual consent. There We're
at no time less than ten playing.
Some of the players kept up their reg
ular business pursuits during the game,
returning to the club ats4 o'clock and
sitting in the game until 5, and then
taking a three hours sleep before go
ing to business. All the players at va
rious times went long periods without
quitting the game or taking sleep, and
with only sandwiches and coffee for
their meals. One man sat four days at
the table without particle of sleep
and only hasty luncheons instead of
meals Considerable money was won
and lost in the game, one man winning
SO, 356 and another man losing $1,000.
The kitty" was well fed for the bene-
fit of the club servants. who made
handsome thing off the game and We're
sorry when it came to finish.
Another big game in one of the big
Chicago social clubs was played only
few weeks ago and lasted from Thurs
day noon until Monday morning. The
players were all wealthy and prominent
men and gave I'D their entire time to
the game from the moment it started
until it closed. Nobody left the table
except for a short sleep and full meal
now and then, and hardly any of the |
players were outside The club during |
the four days. One of the players won
50, 500 during the game and others lost |
thousands in that time.
One we'll known business man in Chi |
cago sat in a game played in West |
Side saloon a year ago for over three |
days and half. He hardly left the ia
BILE; he did not take one wind of sleep; |
he was not once outside Of the building |
where the game was played, and he ate
all OF his meals from a little table at
his elbow. During the time of the game
he drank five quart bottles of gin.
One of the hes. known trackmen in |
in a game three months ago in
A downtown poker room played within
an hour of four days. In all this time
he had not one wink of sleep and took
all of his meals at the table while play
ng, He went out Of the game suddenly
oy falling in a dead faint from his
chair to The floor He was showing
Town his cards when he, tainted and af-
er the doctors had worked Cor some II
line to bring him to his first words Il
we're: Three of a kind here, what have
you got?''
1t is common thing in all of the
,lubs in Chicago where poker playing Il
s permitted and in the regular poker
,lubs for a game to begin on Saturday
loon ard continue until 5 or o'clock
IN Monday morning. In these games