The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25
L. Boutllir Brothers
West Ta~venty-thrd Street.

game, Cl@ar linking and n ~pertinacioti-
determination 70 hold IN 10 the last dee
p.rate chance. ar , those ar. among the
qualifications that 40 to make the winners
in draw poker.
1T is bv no means seldom. though that
I, takes all thee, and a great amount OF
81 nerve In addii n. to call a blum ! have
heard and nd "a iO, 81 stores about Two
PLAYERS raising each other back and forth
again and again, when neither ore ~ them
had ANYTHING worth betti z a ~ .sle citp
on. and aiout a ,air Of deuc.s Or a ten
high or some other sbsurdity -cuopiIe
the pot when IL came Ia a showdown
Nov thee stores may ts all true.
Ther~ II no limit To- Tie variety Of foolirh-
ne~@ that can lie exercised IN draw poker
by p~ople that sem 10 IT, rying 10 ind
out how many kinds of IDIOT they can fr.
but it IL safe 20 sAy that no poker player
In going To stand a s~riee II raises and
come hack with a raise himself. even in
a limit game. unless he has some sort Of
a hand 90 b. on. And the reasol. IL very
simple, NAV b. Satisfied i, hi. own mind
thai the other man has a weak hand, but
n his blu6 has bern met by more than one
counter blum Ia rturn lie knows. or ought
To know. thai the least the other man can
do - Ia call. And no man goes on raising
against n certain call when he ha- noting
In his own hand. II he knows enough To
fall down when he slips on his feet.
The real nerve in calling IL shown when
YOU arr up agains, Il good and bard. and
the other fellows blum looks as IL Il might
very possibly ~ good. and the nom IL
takes 20 call IL all you have. .
Il -aw a case % that rort In a railroad
train In Missouri some years ago that rom
WINGED ~ ~ the f~oolishnee- 81 playing
cards with ranec and at the same
time compelled my admiration Tor the
Young fellow who's nerve saved hun.
He Didn't know how 20 play ~ very
we'll. for ] saw him Law down hands that
were worth calling on two or three time-,
and more than once he took chances that
were foolish. And the very fact hat he
held his cards - | could ~e them showed
men he played with.
One. ~ least, was a professional and
the two others may have been oattlemen.
They were playing tahle stakes and they
had each shown up a hundr ii TO start with,
but ] was sur from what little l knew ~
the young fellow, that a hundred dollars Was
pretty nearly the len 9Th 81 his string He
was q clerk In n country -tore WHORE | sold
goods oocahonally. ard was a sporty eort ~
young-'er In the village. but not strong
enough FOR his company
HE play,Ni pretty carefully for q while.
Too carefully, | thought, once or twice.
but no had a way ~ irawingt "a q "a Pushes
When the Percentage In hitting I'D not
warrant il, that, showed his Ll-apsriaa.ce.
The play was not particularly hard.
though. and he hadn't becn hurt very badly
when he got his chance and showed ms
that he had. at least, tho makings al a
player
the play. and he, ] -,rposr, Rad sis-d the
times he had made what looked to m. liz.
outrageous bluffs. but none 81 them had
ben called and he was the only winner.
The OF hers had won occasionally, hut
lost morn and che m R~taF md .f,1x.
about seventy dollars Ia front Of him1w hen
a Jackpot was oDened.
1T was a t~wo-dollar pot and had been
swsetened up 10 ten. One ~ the cattle
men dealt and IA. other opened IL for the
sixs Of the pot.
The gambler sittirg next mad II twenty
10 draw and the young-ter put In his tweuty
without q word. | recko Ne had sized the
gambler for a blur. and he had q four flush
With M ac~ and jack.
The next man Aii down ard the ops.ner
mad" good. We found sfterward that
he had avs.
In the draw he took thro~ cards, and
looked AT them befor" barring The gambler
took one and st II u" On IN" table. face
down. Tn" youn gSter. ~ cour-e, took one.
The op~n.r bet a White chip and the
gambler. still without looking at his draw.
shovel his whole pile forward. giving the
impression that he either had two pairs or
thru 81 a kind unless he ~as hhihtng, in
" NAt - NV" ~ All Nv WV u
a. think he had them
" had notified the youngsters forlr 50
for nLshe<. and took chances un his not hsv-
ing files The fact - there being a one
card draw to near from. however, was an
Indication that he might he hlufing and
the young-ter was bright enough 20 49, II
He skinned his hand down and found
he had made a pair 81 jacks. az coIr-a.
II vas no hand Ia call on unless the other
man was bhnfing. but n he should call il
was morally certain hat the opener would
lay down unle~s he had bettered
i am FIRE. Ia ssy that ] would have
dropped II ] had been In his place. bu, the
y"ungster studiei. sw hile and then said
I call you for my pile AZ the sam. time
pushing up his ff,y dollars The ouener
dropped out. naturally enough. and Il was
show down
The gamblers face never changed, but,
he picked up the card he had drawn and
l0ok~t a. IL carefully before speaking
Then h" looked NJ his other cards and said
he h--' ] car find " a pair ~ .igh,s
". had been fairly caught this time and
The youngstsr pulled In $40.
imagine ma~t men would have
kep' On PLAYING. but ] had considerably
more rrspTct for The yonng~ter thar even
his clever play had aroussd when he said
reckon III quit Will. I'm nhead. You
all play a t'ijer game than | do, and I'rp not
likely "a make another stroke like that
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