The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29
SONE RECEPTIONS m POKER.


A Case whore -Four Kings were Dcates
BY Fsur Aces - the Stories TeIl Some
simcs--And No Professional Deallna
.ons Of the things that make me tired.
said the gray-haired. young-looking man
In the club smoking room.s Is 10 hear any
man undertake TO lay down hard-snd-fas'
rule by which . poker player should b
guided IN his play. II u easy enough "a
formulate q rule that viii sound well, and
viii perhaps work well enough In four oasea
out OF Ave. but the player who viii allow
his judgment OF any particular situation
In the game to b dominated BY rule oi
play and win follow that rule whom he
strongly suspects that the situation 10 an
exceptional ono has yet grsst deal "a
learn about playing poker. r.
Some Of the sayings, though, that pesl
current amoas player. sound well enough
to lead thu average man into thinking that
Q rule may b founded on them. One Of
the most specious Of these h that . hand
that Is good enough to call on ID good enough
to raise on
o .s SSf.:; ss: :.as s < fGH?SsS
call on. n IL il the best d course It lusti-
aes raise. But the difficulty = that .
man never actually Knows Until the shov.
down WHISTLER HE hand 2 The be-. Ssst rni =,
eral application Of . rule founded on this
saying would therefore reduce . player 70
the slnEle alternative OF laying down his
hand II he didn't feel strong enough 70 raise.
And that would take good deal Of ginger
ST isn't often that four kings are bestsn
by four aoes outside Of the games you read
about but seldom eee, In which some pro-
fessional gambler deals tho cards and
gives each player. Just what cards he has
In not It saying tSs. proisssionai ssmSisrs-
some Of them--oan't do that very thing. In
feet, I've seen II done, but what ! do cay
Is that II Ii not done frequently. The
gambler who docs II lays himsslf open TO
The ;Monsest Kind OF. Of tsspsS,on Sn S.n ns
a. four hngs and four sces for . trial Of HE
skill unless the circumstances and the play
are both very much out Of ths ordinary run.
He is much more likely to give his sntag-
omit %oderstsly strons band: n,oh e 2
But I have seen four ldngs bsatsn by
four aces In Q game that was above s,,s-
picaon. In fact, saw It only few nights
ago In friendly game In one Of the bet
Known Oi0L8 III WV WHctO Nv ~
fessional player could by any possibility
gain admlttapce. and where no triosster.
professional or not. could long escape do
lection.
the game was not . very large one. for
there was not more than $50 on TIE table
and there were nvo players ~ tho game.
but II Was for table stakes, 20 that tbs play
was g. keen and hard and cautious a. II
IL bod been for more money. The players
were not rich men, and the stakes were big
enough to mean important money to them.
There was . Jackpot OF q. so on the
table when one man they called 'Gens
opened II for the size OF IL right under the
guns. The next man dropped out. and
the next, whom they called Harry, made
Il Is TO draw cards. He had. - II appeared,
aces and fives, and his raise was. good
poker, according TO my understanding Of
the game, though II looked like almost
else In the light OF subsequent /
The raise was enough at all events TO
drive the nett man and the dealer out leav-
ing the struggle between Gene and Harry,
with the odds presumably In Harry d favor.
At least, no had shown strength, while
Gene had only declared that 10 had
openers, which miGlys or might not b good
enough TO justify him In standing the raise.
whether they were good enough or
not Of course, nobody but himself knew,
but he ct least followed the rnle. and be-
ieving his hand strong enough to stay
IN. Indicated by his play that Il was strong
10 raise on.
You'll have to come again. Harry. II
vou want to play against this hand. he
,aid. a. he saw the raise and threw hve