The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
ETHICS AT The POKER TABLE.
IOu IETGH'S NOTION tHOtT
HONEST GAMBLERS.
rne Old Be~esy Actor Tells About, . MARKS d
kce-9ne Player set q Trap VIII
u and LIS opponent Z sed u te Mako
Us winning Certain me Neral.

There is a great deal 81 talk among
r.ople who play cards for money said
Tom Leigh, the veteran actor. about
gamblers Who play a quarc game. and
STOUT the difference there IL between one
.ho IL honest and one who Is not. Now.
Il course. there il a foundation for al
Ills. II there wasn't n | don't p
the talk would he continued so persisteu,ly
~ It l., but as q matter nf fact II IL mostly
rDf
There il little question that Leigh knows
A. much Of the seamy side 81 life in New
York during tic last hall century as the
rat man. for hc was one IL the favorte
actors a. the old Bowety Theatre before
~" civil War, and has kept In touch with
'ic spurting element Il the community
ever since, though advancing wears and
rheInaiisin have madc IL difficult, for him
To- g-t around for the last few months.
n, : A. ready 20 talk az ever. and once
started on a train ~ "Reminiscences. will
entertain a group IL listeners by the hour.
A. inyetrrate card player himself. he de-
lights IN telling ~ the sirangr things N.
la seen over the green baiyc. but like
many other veterans. he has becomc
,viIcal 10 a degree Ia HE Judgment 81
met
II IL. 81 course, true TIA, gamblers
cr"r A. other men difer. IN their personal
81 aractcr,- he said. when SONG one asked
whether all professional gamblers were
crooked, and here are men Ia the
business whose word 81 mouth il a. good a.
another mans bond. Tor any amount ~
money hey will promise To- pay
-lAcn " J. Internationally true that
'1"rr are bank game tlRt ara played on
-. square. m. hank l. sure TO win In
'l" lpug run anyway
Bat When u comes TO tahlc games and
short card PLAYING. II Is a different question
altogether The gambler who sits down
vI'h une NJ tao. or five " Siy. oilcrs Ia play
drae poker, for example. j. engaging IN n
'"ut's' II individual wits and has To- plv
%'lrirrly On hi ftrsousl skill
There j. no Percentage IN hi favor
% Il ,uarc game, aud II h. plays d perfectly
~gulr game b" IL putting himself on an
'gualtv with 'hr man who's money h- i,
Sf's- IN" other man may y" PLAYING Tor
'fu. o. for tho cxcii, m"ut 81 m. game.
Ig' l' - playing i'r V.st on" hing only.
AMI tHs' = the Other mans moury And
., question l. what are ~ ethics OF
gambling a. he professional gambler =
f"rrd hy th.tnt
Now. IN th. first plac~ 10 j. not likely
To- he a man who has much regard for any
gu.stior 4 ais' -act morality II ~" had
y" wouldn't h. = gambler
'He may u" 'r'cllir"a' cuo.r.. FL. 49, 'h'
,a.l, or a good -"pu',tion. aui ~ careful
enough a. paw hi- debts for The sake Of
MAINTAINING 'ha' r p]rtnriou To 'ba' ~.
tent h. kupv- hat hon.-'v o., tI" t,sl
IDlTs. lut 80 Gar a. tho game 81 poker
p oouoeru"I. u j. lot 80 '-tsv 10 -" -
TAX. an ,Nirrurr ca~r >rpv -" , party
~ 10 playing raris and on" ~ tho carts
IN the deck has .n'ur o. fling inI-rf"'fiun.
II - v" vii ~ay. purely ~ accident, AMI
only IN, mau a. ~" tshlr ras happened To
motto, "
-Sar Il j. an icr. aHI Hc - noN' 20 the
d"ai,r am ~-- that me 49, b. lhr iir-t card
that vii cDno 20 mn ~ tl' draw Ni'h the
siNan'age - his krnvi"dsr. he is practI-
,lly CERTAIN hat %" ca" -1.-" t.f"rr The
d'aw and p" al a l'r p''
Sow that maize what call = v'ry
rritv situation. and Ia Ike very Wei 10
6. inside uf any poker PLAYERS brain aud
nni ia What he would To- Il he found him.
~ ~ oNa.tlv that p"~iilon uf Cour-e,
'ur riau who should take advantage - u,
would h' Theoretically going ou'sld" of the
,'ri.r ethics Of ia" gar" There's no
chance 20 dispute that
a." would be- Just a. guilty of sharp
I.sr'i,- ~ n b" had ~e-n his Antagonist
hand. and vas netting against ~ knowing
tla' nr could beat g. Bu' my own private
orirIor -. that thor. i-u't one man In n
thousand Who wouldn't TAX" that Az and
p'4V " fpr all II was wurih.
tr. - tho cleV'T"~' p'avs ant cor.
t1i..v ~" Clev.r-t cuynter-plav ! oyer
ttW vas ~ a gam" m cincinnati q god
i.anv war aep when Nndv f"ohaN NMl
BHy ~taroV"sth"r W-rr finishing a gar"
i.lf had kupcS-i on four r'h"r men ln-id"
mp 'ulrfN--lN hours
rUor, wr-r ,iV Of ~ that AT down II"
,y SUNDAY aft moon and ia" WlI''ul
nlri cum" til hong after wid-nIgh' Mon
.,y Their" were sam" good players IN
'.t' GAM. TOO, for ! "a "a dJl-t"r al !
. Ir-n dav-. aud 'l'uv WL~r' a man ~
r.. 'lule hat couldn't PLAY IL vel a. ~
I.''or than. I corli
know drupI-d something over five
- lrrd hafp~e I wa driven uut. and some
tra % hat NOR" m than ! had. 30 'h"r'
D have hs.n Nv" or riN thousand dollars
..fl. 'ab!r when FO-lay got u all hv what
'Nt.r ALREADY -aid wa ~ pretty a play
D Hr'- -tV
"a. W.'rIing tho Gu,-h for | low"
o.. 'ha gam. oven whom I'm not N n.
a. sill for over an hour after ! had
Lrukr rwu or thr"' 81 ~" uth'iH
....d vow. Boat vh,'hrr 'h"N sa~ = any
,rct 'Isu 7 di. ! cant -dN KNOW
.u-r.-t,-t fhr whrl. ufrt. but ] Want
...f.Ir %. ~ Il tll I a-,'gi Fu-ily a year
srrr. and hD t.li u" ! wa night ,
H. wa 't" 'i:grrj winner When !
pu.d pu'. f.. N~'afAw'ath'r onlN hai
,r i've thousand Of all the money ana
...,r nad 90. ret. hut they played along
"a vIil. winning ana losing VIM.
,.u.r ed, -,fitg much th" better 81 y
.tI ~'arANca'hcr tried hi great WICK
EI g. b,a'"u A.
"" had ca'lrd Tor . row dos "''l'
,..uy- turr. 80, gam. Tor %" Moot u.
ID. .r,.-ra' M 'r~ discarded 'n"S, ui
r,.p after % .f. w,,rc only ~" players
,N, r.,r, Nd to urirg '-"-h car'is every
..,,. white u made = l'tl" DELAY, hu' :
r. .,l gauui,i never allow lttns"i 10 -
. . hurry. and ttrv ven" h1ih ai''''
a. D,cb ,rEst
-fi,hcr nu. 81 .i,.r could mark n Caih
vtl. ~. va. %playiug. uT could stack ii'"''
vI 90 ~ sluTl.sI. With sufficient ~khh ~
OIL. M an outsider. hu' each on" Knew ~.
,r,t wa ~ go'i - "" whs' anu INV
Won. watching ct'' other III" 'a'r -,