Evening journal., 1902-10-08
A QUEER CLIMAX
Of A POKER GAME
Money Displayed and Won
derful Powers Of Percep-
ton and Analysis

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''Nianxy was one Of the best poker
players 1 ever saw. He was a good
winner and a good loser. He played
his cards all the time for everything
they were worth and then some more,
and he played a game that was simply
insolublc."
The board of trade man leaned back
in his chair and smiled reminiscently.
"Manxy not only had Hoyle down so
that he could recite the poker rules
backward and say sir after each
word, but he rose to the higher science
of the game. He made a careful study
Of every man around the board, and he
never played card but what he darted
keen. sweeping glance at every play
or and drew his conclusions as to what
they were about to do. If n player had
any little tricks or habits that asserted
themselves in spite of efforts TO repress
them, Manxy knew them by heart.
Il will never forget the night he took
Carter into camp. Carter was good,
cool, nervy player too. He was an old
player and possessed splendid judg-
ment. One night we had been playing
several hours. and as it was getting to-
ward daylight we agreed to have one
more round of jack pots and then go
home. We had our round Of jack pots
three of which Carter won, and then
decided on ore last consolation jack
pot. with no limit but the roof and 50
to come in. Carter raised the come in
to $40, and everybody dropped out eK-
cept Manxy and one other player.
Manxy called for three cards, showing
that he had only one pair or nothing at
all; the other man took two cards. indl-
eating that he must have threes of n
kind, or else he wouldn't have paid $50
for the privilege of playing any longer,
and Carter stood pat.
THAT looked bad. Carter had never
been known to stand pat on anything
but something that was worth while.
He must have had something pretty
good to raise the come in to $50, and
his standing pat argued that he either
He had betrayed a nervous start when
he first picked UP his hand, and 1t
argued that he had seen something aw-
fully good Now, ManXy had seen the
start that Carter gave and knew his
style of play well enough to argue that
Carter had seen something even better
than a straight or a flush, and that was
q straight flush. something that comes
once in a great, long while in a poker
game. In fact, Manxy came to the
conclusion that Carter had a straight
flush, and the fact of the matter was
that a straight flush in spades, king
high, was just exactly what Carter had
seen in his Eve cards when he picked
them up.
"Manxy deliberated a long time be
fore he came in with his 500, but hC
was out SO or 500 on the game, and
as 1t was the last pot he determined tC
stand a good bit of money in the hopes
Of making q recOup. He drew to pail
of tens and caught one more. Manxy
started the betting with a $40 bill. Th'
other man dropped out, and Carter saw
the $40 and raised $2j. That looked al
though Manxy's surmise about thu
straight flush which he thought Carte
was holding was good. He deliberateC
for some time. Then he said:
Carter, l think and everybod.
around here thinks you've got some
thing better than fours. was playing
you for that. But now I'll tell you
Carter, what Pm going to do. I've nc
ticed that your eyeslght Is bad and tina
tobacco smoke when it is right In from
of your face always interferes for
moment or two with your vision. Jus
as you picked up your cards l notice
that you puffed a great cloud Of smok
out of your mouth and that the clou
Of smoke was In your eyes when yo
looked at your cards. Now, ] beliey
that you think you have a straigl
flush, but ! don't believe that you rea
, your cards correctly. / am going TO d
{ something that may seem to be awful
bad poker, considering the hand hav'
= but am going to play you for YOU
poor eyesight. l see your bet Of s.
and raise It 500 more on the groun
that your eyes deceived you. You
better study your cards before you Sc
my raise
p 1--WE all waited In breathless silenC
e for a moment, then Carter quiet
L threw his cards face upward on Il
> table.
YOU'RE right he said quietly.
thought had a spade straight fus
: king high, in my hand. What thougl
was a nine Of spades was nine
y clubs. lose '"-Chicago Tribune.
= Steer Clear of Smoking Cars.
II seldom advise my patients to st'
smoking, because l know it's a was