The sun., 1901-01-03
FLUSHES ALL ROUND.
Four Remarkable Poker Hands and
the Resulting Confusion.

A remarkable poker game started late
on Saturday night week ago In the
room of one of the guests at the Hanfield
House in Grand street, New York, and
lasted until carly on Sunday morning.
Big Jim Kennedy, the sport promoter,
dealt out hands in one deal which threat
ened to lead to several cases of nervous
prostration. The players were Kennedy,
Pat Connolly, the mayor of Poverty Hol-
low; August j. Gloistein, the president OF
the Gloistein Fishing club; Louis Cells,
one of the proprietors of the Hanheld
House, and Patrick Kehoe of the Galway
club. After several hours play, in which
the luck was about even, Kennedy said:
"Gentlcman, this is my last game. l
have got an engagement and must co.
The game was a dollar jack pot, with
dollar limit. After Kennedy had dealt he
threw his cards down in disgust and
said:
II quit the game. have nothing and
must be going. ] leave you, gentlemen,
to fight it out" Then he left the room.
Gloistein looked at his cards and be-
gan to grin, at the same time striving to
appear unconcerned. II oben der pod, y
! he said. 81 tink dot mine leedle pair NV
jags may vim if improof DEM"
4 Connolly, who sat next to him, cough.
4 ed violently and raised. The other play
! ers raised in turn, and for some time the
raising process was kept up. 1t was
4 Gloistein's turn to deal the cards in
| Kennedy's absence, and when all the
\ others refused to draw cards he grinned
again with apparent satisfaction. lie
also stood pat. Then the betting start
4 ed, and there was one raise after an
other.
"Gloistein, you's me friend" shouted
Kehoe, .and Oi don't want ter rob yea
Fer ther love of hivin an your family
drop out of this camel"
"Yah, perhaps | don't want your sym
pathy," said Gloistein. "You can't mais
me feel bad by a boxer game. Yes
MOI"
"Gintilemin," shouted Connolly, al
have yez all bate. There do be mort
money now on ther boord than amy o
yez want ter lose. Fer hivin's sake, cal
ther gamer
Il objegdt; objegdtg' chimed il
Cells 81 haf der Winning hands, undt
wont ged ovid until haf yer all broke"
The betting continued until all tn
players had all the money in their pos
session piled up on the table. Then the
began to sign checks and other papers
but still the betting continued Gloistei
and Cells offered to bet their saloons
and Connolly said he was willing t
stake his tenement against any han
around the board. The players were s
excited that beads Of perspiration stoo
out ON their brows. Finally Cells said:
"Ghentlemens, l will nod allow in min
hotel der game ter go any higher. /
musdt stob. | am nod a highway roI
perry. will taig all dot is coming te
me, bud pidy your families"
The hands were then thrown dowl
= and it was found that each player lel
royal flush They glanced at the hand
with bulging eyes, and then their mngle
grief and joy gave way to denunciatio
Of Kennedy, whom they accused Of dea
ing out the hands on purpose.
When it came to divide the pot, thel
: was row. The table was piled high wit
silver, grcenbacks, checks and | o "
Kehoe insisted on taking his fourth po
!. ton of the stakes in greenbacks. al
when the others tried to figure out the
. share on the paper securities the tas
/. was too great for them. The wrangle W;
kept up for several hours and was final
= ended when Cells gathered up all tt
il stakes and placing them in a box d
! clared that some time during the wee
l. he would call in an expert accountant
. figure out how much was coming to ea'
: man.-New York Sun.