The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02


In and raises It; 5000 nov in the pot.
All drop out except myself, the opener
and the fellow who raises: the opener
stays; $3.50 more: S22 900 In all.
We draw cards, the first man one the
second man two. ] bet white chip-sioo-
the second elevates me $500. Talk abou,
quick thinking and concentration Talk
about brain work lightning calculation
and that sort Of thing, You haven't got
week to consider this matter and talk II
over with friend and q lawyer.
is he blufing? Can his threes beat
mine! IL he trying TO steal the pot! Is
ne nervous because he's afraid lie L. beaten
il call' Or n he nervous fearing ] will
call, and SO he will not get my additional
S2S.oOO'
"A cold SILVER goes around the room
when that bet lie msde-t?7 600 now 10 the
pot There IL a sigh OF two. hut not word
- spoken aloud. The silence becomes
oppressive and the ticking Of the watches
I say:
~ ace that and raise you $1,000
No" the scene Of action Is changed--the
guessing goes to the other man. After
he says:
Iha',s good, guess. but bad three
Il raked down tho s?7 40 and the $4,000
Just pushed in. He felt relieved when
! leaned over and showed him three acee:
Nett her Of us had te'tered He nat urally
Two pairs or threes, but never played me
Tor three aces or any big threes.7
Who are the best gamblers"
The Chinese. Then the Yankees The
English are the most absurd gamblers
and they think they are wonderfully adroit.
smart Cinnamon will learn more OF
me arr Of poker playing in an hour than sn
Intelligent American can learn in days:
Inc Chinese are natural born bufers and
readers of human nature.
confess that ] have had three Of
KIND blufed out bv Chinaman with
pair OF dtuces or trevs several times in my
ne once sat IN game III Cheyenne
With two rich Cinnamon and two rich cattle
men Of Wyoming, and raw one Of those
Cinnamon lose a whole years wages with
out 40 much as wink
NO, l have never had much experience
In playing poker With women ] an trm
In an opinion. however. from what e1per-
fence have mad and from uha, can learn
from professionals who have played much
with women, that uorn' n are naturally
better gamblers than men.
women are not such bold. plunging
players as men are. but they are apt a.
Discrimination. know a great many pro-
fessionals who rill not gamble a, poker
with q woman
A woman who has beep thrown on her
own resources knows how 20 tickle A map's
vanity, when to catch him on his guard
and how IN play upon him better than the
woman 10 poker than could take wings
and Ay.
The richest professional gamblers are
women. There is Sefiora Anarez Of the
City Of Mexico She pays taxes on sioo, 900
gambling al her house almost any dsy
In the wear. Then there wa Amy Canine.
the famous woman gambler OF Virginia
CITY twenty-five years ago. She made
more money from faro than some men did
from rich lodges Of Go'd-bearng quartz
! never knew Of sny cheating after the
first year OF two In California. Placervillc.
you know. used 70 BE- called Hang Town
They strung up some fellow: there for
cheatinR and the town vent then by 'ha'
name for, wears Generally If man was
caught cheating, though he never hvea
long enough 10 ge' hanged.
when We PLAYED poker Just 70 much in
evidence as cards, for in settling up We
had 70 weigh ne gold dust
u know story Of a man, prominent now,
who lort all the money he had except one
little buckskin sack. which looked az il it
contained about $500
"Thie he had been forced 10 bet several
times and ne invariably Won when he bet
u LUX YEAR, Ni' Rrt"
into prominsHce, and in his cups one time
admitted that there wGs nothing in that
sack AZ the time except brass filings. and
thar lie wac " ordering every tiuc hs tst il
u ne could get ont of the country alive II
lac LOST HE bluf
One ~ tho biggest games over played
in The West was orc a. Isrson City, Nevada,
al which four men ga, down IN 1874 They
were Clifton Bell. the hes, known gambler
in Denver. charlie Sampson, Narel al
Shafenburg, and Gilbert y Pierce Samp.
son and Pierce dropped cut after while
'lt was POKER without limit " was not
long before Shafenburg and Bell were
betting great suns. ana all the town thst
couldn't get into the room stood in tho hsl H.
way and lined the street, and bulletins were
sent out.
+Sbafenburg lost $4,000. That was
enough 20 satisfy almost any man, but in
response 20 a suSge ION he told friend
that, like Paul JONES, he had just begun TO
fight.
The luck was on the other tide, though,
Tor he dropped, in money and property
including his home, a matter of over $3.50 co..
and was cleaned Out slickcr than whistle
when Bell asked him 20 nam" hi poison
and they all adjourned"