The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-25
SCIENCE m BLUFFS AT POKER.
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us..sasrs nat krsha~a tei. Prime Win
b~ssces 70 Dsssi- the sssh- WIN en-
oppsa~s, wes tse,d Js~ts-A ess-
a~~s ssssv Csa~ss b, . \ emo ptsyef.
Il ssppo-e there are Just s- many ~sy~
- pa wing poker .uc,~~sfully - there ere
q making hvs.' I'D the uay-har~d.
younsAoohins man la the club smskfnS
room. .spd I n-v~t hoard ~ anybody ",
~ho h.d di.~~~-t ,h- h=-s -.y - ~.
Q woman r~-kun in -ithsr oAs- Q sood
dol d.t~nd- on what yuun hand 10. br n
b b~yond qusstioA ths, . good d~l more
depends ON how you play Il. vheth~ it's
q ackpo, or q woman you are trying 10
win
My own notion Ia that the man Who
keeps his eyes whi- open for tAs latte adj
n. that, are tai bs had IN the game
and b quick 10 -eiss them. will com-
usfty near winning over the . Who
pa " his cards for then actual valus only.
and resigns hts chance too readily
wh,n the oii- are against him In the t-.ttins.
In poker IL L. true enough that the man
who knows when 10 lay Town viii la We the
beat u IL In the long run. but the suIest
wu.nef IL the one who knows " hen not To
lay down.
a sc.uinay hopeless situation can
! often be carried Of successfully n you call
your adveTsary's bluf. even though you
have next Ia nothing in your hand
As good an example Of the value Of
pertir,city In draw p,k-r se ] ever ~w
Was In a gam. that was played among a
lot Of millionairce right here in New York
last winter Col 4 q Paine was one Of
them. da- | La w. heard MIN tell the story
himself with great giee ~ " thea he viii
not object :" having II reps~t.d. more &C.
especially NJ he was the man who won out
In tie face OF over whclmins odds bv a.
cie,e a play a. | ever saw
The game. though u was a small one for
tho men who wer" aytng. Was too big for
me To b- more than an onlooker. for I don't
play --riou. poker NJ more. and hve-dol-
lar limit means important money TO me
OF co,ns@. 20 tho-s who were PLAYING u
mean onlv odd change. There worn sevsn
.; the table. any how, 10 Their Was no room
for any OF US Who were watching the game.
even II We had wanted 10 play.
.The whit. chips WIRE Is oenta. and the
ante was two calls fv-. but they played Q
round II jackr or every three Of a kind that
was shown. and ss everybody vas playing
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u.n ",, n~.e
ping S.
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"'- :" pay Nn'ue'"I ~
p"' N"S Vl"n"ri' ""e'".' = WV" ""' any
e'"s l" "s ""i" :" '. ~ ui"rS uh"re
"ss '"s"'" ""' " NV !" u"a~ carur'
""N " '. s''"s 60" ~ "
WIS = aH ""nN 60" -"'ie u h"n'
y e"A'' P's"", N""a""" eNrr'
'""., ""' $50 WV ""' y" '~"'
ues
i"eF n"o "~n pA'ns Pr"""oiy TOT
aoou' AT noun 'nu ''e''oo"y vas srm"o
u IA" gam" - INA '"'F ""re an taxing
fohs ch"h"N-' won w" 'hc'o"h' ! men
toned occurr~t. III luck had nun about
even. and there had been some pot. won
, ,,1L.,L,u. d,.wi,y ard ~. .,,z.I-
.mi, -. So, -, - ..m.-
-" 1850 os
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1T ~s-a jack Pot 81 the usual sire when
the man on Col. Paine'- left Opened it for
-. I. -.
ul'''' NV gums NJ" h""""y 0uio guess
what anybody else had.
'One after another 'hev all came in. hut
! nohody raised 81 hat there was s-o IN Oh.
- .UInn a.. IAlaIal - - a. A.
'"' WHO" II" '" '""'" " nus o'ue
emp.
In the draw The opener took throe cards.
showing that he had onlv a SINGLE. n.ir
>, =, - IN. - =
!" =" y. "1". NV" 'a''""sis'
Two "' tne 'ahihs one card each. and one
MAJ taking two, hut as there had been no
raise before tho draw. IL was evident that
,bes. ,bre. were fishing
.r,. ar, -. a.
~" Nv" 80 'nr~~' snd
INC '"'ohei LOON 'hrr~' indicating that
thev probably had pairs. though a. the
game wa. running. anv one ~ ,hem With,
- 49,, d,.xir. , 60. "'
- 80 Wing
'nn"' "e 0n'"hStaho'S 'her" was q
fair chance OF We opdmers getting avav
with the pot. hut unless he had bet,er,t
nj. nair there was also ar a,c.n.,,
or rather Il, chances. ~ his hei,g $3.50
and naturally he wouldn't care ahn,, L.,,in,..,
a-s, In al, her event N be ,brov 4" a.hu.s
chin Lefor. he Iookei n, his c.- """r
zach ~ th. o,h-, nlsvers nh n
q, he Colonel lonh.d NJ, - -. .sm"
DIV and throw them in ~ n. o~nr-
and ,b,r and nr, I'm 49, 49, tn'
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