The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-19
The Reasonable in Draw Poker
Old Man Greenhut Discusses Race Suicide and Hears Of Bmbs

rlrSt tnlng he done was 10 get
couple O. short card players I'm Mem
phis up to his house for visit an put
EN- wise to his little plan. Then he told
Sim an Jim, on'y separate, o. course,
as how he had some friends on visit
an he felt like havin' a little fun his
self while they was there. So he says
to Sim, an then to Jim. you can bring
a friend along with you, an We'll have
little ive-handed draw
Well, Sim an Jim was agreeable, so
they asst me-Sim did an Jim did, to
go with 'em-I mean with him, an
play. An / went with both on EN-.
Say, you never seen anything more
harmonious like n them poker games
was. l want lookin' for to make no
everlastin' fortune outen the game FIR
I suspiciOned what the old man was up
TO an / didn't reckon he'd let a heap
get by him, but 1 did manage to pick
up enough to keep me outen the poor
house FIR a spell, an thereSwa'nt no
body then 'peared to begrudge me what
got 'thouten twas Upton an Drake,
the two D'fessionals But when 1 seen
they was gettin' some grouchy l let
EN- know, on the quiet t | knew
somepiu' about deaIin' my own self an
they cooled off
We'll, old Totmugger he didn't make
no p'tentions to bein' player an Sim
an Jim was tryin' to get through with
that Ramberg money an Upton an
Drake was helpin' 'em best they
knowed. 1t were as happy an pleasant
as prayer meeting. Fur as l was
concerned there want no kick COM
ing"
Owen Pepper paused at this point
end busted himself lighting a fresh
cigar. He was SO long about this that
his listeners, who were greatly inter-
ested, became inpatient, old man
Greenhut especially so. He fidgetted
some and at length said:
Don't you reckon we cd maybe get
these here gazaboes over to Arkansas
City for to finish up that there game?
We uns cd give 'em a good run FIR
their money, an pears like it's plumb
sinful for to let two such tfnhorns as
them get away with real money"
There amt gOin' to be no finish to
that there game, Greenhut," said Mr..
Pepper "the same bein' by reason of
it's bein' done finished at the time 1
was tellin' about.
First night Sim he played enthusi-
astic 'Twan't long afOre he found an
excellent way TO drop money.
He'd wait till ne got hand with
nothin in it an he'd bet big. Then if
anybody raised him he'd just call. 1t
worked fine, an he dropped about four
thousand that night
Next night Jim an me come around
an the old man told him, about Sim
droppin' four thousand. Then Jim he
frothed at the mouth an gibbered an
squeaked FIR whole minute afore ne
cd speak plain, he were that mad.
"' Blown in my money, Is hep he
suffered when he found his tongue.
ri teach the mis- able loafer. Just
wait till 1 git a chanst o bettin' some
Of hisn.'
AN that po', misguided victim of
unreasonable brotherly detection
Jumped into that game o. poker so We
henent like, t we was playin' $40 ante,
an bettin' a hundred at a clip, afOre we
knowed where we was.
"Jim's play was different firm Sims.
Feared like he want satisfied with
Just gettin' a raise or two when he
didn't have nothin', an then iayin'
down. What he played for was to lose
as much as he could every throw, an
he'd raise an raise till the other fell
Ier'd have to call, an so get as fur in
as he could.
consequence was t he lost consid-
cradle more at a clip n Sim had, but
he win consid' able, too. You see, we
want exactly broke to his style o
play. an IL were some disconcertin for
to open a pot FIR fifty, say, an have
another Teller raise it 800. You'd be
liable for to lay down rather'n to risk
800 more. even if you knowed in gen
eral way what his intentions was.
That away it come about t Jim
took consid able many good pots, but
he played so we'll t he managed to
drop AZ, 900 afore old Totmugger got
tired out an stopped the game. He
wouldn't let it go on 'thouten him
being in IT to watch, same as if he
was runnin' a kitty.
''Sy. I never seen anythin' in my
life was more inspirin' nor Sims be-
havior when he herd what'd hap
pened next day. When he finished
chokin' he says: 'Blowed $4,000 O
my money, hey? Well, there amt
nothin' mo- comm to him after to-
night You'll See
"Aceordin' when we begin playin'
that night, me bein' the first dealer
an Sim havin' the age he throws in
fifty, sayin, Calls a hundred l says
to myself t here was good place f'r
me to get off, but there's others to
hear from first, so I looks on.
Drake stays and Totmugger drops.
Then Upton raises It $500, an throws
down my cards, havin' on'y pair O
sevens. That brings it back to Sim,
an he never looks at MS manu-, DuL lie
says. very cool, 4 raise you a hundred
thousand
Then old man Totmugger says, You
amt got no such money left, Sim, an
more'n that, faint reasonable. You
know the will says you an Jim amt
to have on'y what's reasonable
We'll, how much Is there left?'
says Sim. an the old man says there's
a balance of $4,000. I reckon that's
amt it?' and old Totmug
ger lows it is.
so Drake he drops an Upton says,
I amt got that much, but An Sim
says. TIL lend 1t to you
"But they decides t he can't do
that bein' as he's all in. So he gets
impatient, an says, TIL take your
I. o. u So then Upton calls an
get ready to serve the draw.
'Sim says, I'll play these but he
hasn't looked at his cards. Upton
amt takin' no chances, though, an he
draws two to his three Fights an don't
better Sim amt got nothin but queen
high. an if ever you seen a man happy
he was that man.
There was holy cam on his face
as ne says to old Totmugger, There
amt nothin' comm to that Iowdown
brother o. mine when l die, is there?
AN the old man says there sure