The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26

furtbss, the others tystus III Up. .As called,
howsver. and Two showed down four kings.
he had opensd ON three and caught tho other
THAT sort Of thing. coming on top Of a
lHns, quiet s tire stretch. put us all on edse and
away ahead Of all the rest Of US. And thai
was only the beginning OF a. remarkable .
run OF luck a. ever saw at poker. II was
probably the wonderful run OF the cards that
gave rise to the rumors Of sharp play that
myself and dealt some Of the hands. and ]
know every other man in the party 40 well
that ] know there was nothing Of the sort
'Numbsr One dealt next and. II being .
Three stayed. -Four dropped and ! raised
1t $40 on three Fights. One stayed and Two
oame back at me with ten more.
THAT gave Three the chance that he
hadn't cared TO take on the hrst round,
not wishing to drive the rest Of us out, and
40 good TO me then as they had before,
but concluded TO take q chance and made
good. But Two raised II fifty and Three
raised II hundred, and once more played
the coward. I was fool enough, too. TO
make post.mortem. You know how , even
And found would have caught my fourth
two made good without raising again.
Two bet $500. Three called him. They
both had fulls. but Two: was the larger.
II he didn't deal himself another full house
pat, and give Three straight and One
flush wasn't In II AZ all, having only
queen high, 30 I didn't remember the bet.
ting, for I wasn't interested, but know
there was q lot OF money bot before the
dr.- snd two cslls whom Two hat A hum
dred after they had all stood pat. 40 he
must have picked up nearly a thousand on
that hand.
There was nothing. doing on the next
two deals, go the pot had been sweetened
twice when took the pasteboards again:
And once more caught three Of kind
on my own deal. They were kings this
time. and ] said to myself that wouldn't
be driven out again, no matter what rais~
ing there was.
again, One having two small pairs. Two
came in, Three dropped. -Four raised u
Ave and made II ten more. The opener
stayed and Two came back with twenty
five more. which -Four saw. II didn't seem
possible that Two could have another pat
hand, and thought at first that would
raise again, but finally decided to wait
for the draw. and ] simply made good.
And again the opener stayed, which was,
think, the only poor play ! saw made
that night.
she took ore card. Two stood pat. Four
took two cards and took two. One Clipped
and Two bet q hundred dollars. Nobody
bettered. and we hadn't any Of US the nerve
to call, 90 ne scooped that pot, and none OF
US knew what he held. He said afterwaid
that II was a flush and don't think be
would lie about It.
ION Ones deal Two caught a four straight
and. Of course. passed. Three opened It
on a pair OF kings and got three stayers,
Two coming In on his luck az nobody had
raised. He caught an ace making an ace
high straight and Three got q pair OF tens.
He bet a chip, and -Four who had drawn
three cards az made three jacks. raised y
having drawn ono card and filed a ANAL
straight. I think would have raised u
had been In his place, but he was afraid OF
Two, ard the result proved he was right
.Two was still backing his luck and went
back with fifty more. soaring the opener
out, but getting q call from -Four and One
II was really sinful. the way he was winning,
but the rext hand was the climax.
'On his own deal he caught . small,
straight flush, all but one card, and that
card he got In the draw. 1t vas only .
nine high, bl. here were four good hands
out against IL. They were 90 good. In fact.
that ca en- one Of us bet his entire pile, and
Two, having more than anybody else IN
front OF him, scooped the pot.
sThat settled the play. for the night.
Nobody felt like buying gain TO play against
his luck and his 81, 900. 50 we broke up the
game. II settled all discussion ehout cur
respective luck, but each one OF us u -
confident OF his skill az ever he was, and
I ina gine there'll be another tournament
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