The sun., 1908-12-20
AOEII IT'S PATIENCE POKER
ROUND GAME WITHOUT THE
ELEMENT VF GAMBLING.

Z ~ national Game Modified on the Other
x ~ klaef or the POnd-Any Number OF
prayers Can Take Part-How II ls
Play Several systems OF Counting.
Hotne genius on the other side Of the
botd-h evolved a game which has o
hlture before II, as IL is likely to become
tlle rage among those who do not care
Z ~ play cards for money. 1t might be
k4lIed poker without pot, but Is per-
baps more euphoniously named patience
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| Patience poker is round game, any
hnfnhef, oi players from two to 500 being
E;e:ale; In fact the only apparent limit
isfthe beating capacity Of the room and
Unavailable packs Of cards. Each player
hliist have complete pack OF his own
spd will require sufficient space upon the
+ Iable to lay out twenty-five cards in the
3 frr.n Of square five cards to side.
Slnxof the players Is selected by choice
/, b. ~ cutting as the caller for the first deal.
: Hs 6hufiies his pack and presents it to be
cut Tin The meantime each OF the others
toftS his Individual pack into sequence
Ind BIit'so as to be able TO pick out any
hamed card without unnecessary delay,
4 The caller holds his own pack in his
eft hand, face down, and starts the game
BY ta7li6gsoG the top card and turning 1t
lace dp, on the table, at the same time
distinctly naming its rank and suit as
sking OF clubs" This makes IL unneces-
harry for the other players to watch the
cards drawn
81 The. others. all holding their packs face
tp, pick out the king Of clubs and place it
bn the table in front Of them. and this
card forms the starter for each tableau
Sr,eapare. The caller then takes another
card from the top of his shuffied pack and
announces it, "ten OF diamonds" Each
ef the other players picks out the ten of
diamonds and adds it to his tableau.
Every card laid down must touch
come other card that has previously been
laid down. 1t may be placed beside ii;
aEope itor, below it, or diaoonally touch
trR ope Of the corners. There ere eight
av1ilqble positions for the ten OF diamonds
d tuxtaposition TO the king of cubs,
and each individual player. including
the caller. may place it according to his
Gan cy.
Card after card is withdrawn from the
fallsr,ss pack announced and placed,
S1ntil twenty-five have been laid out
IN forming the tableau there must not
Be- more than five cards in line either
Nofiaontally or vertically 80 that when
the fabieau Is complete II shall present
\ nBfies of Ave poker hands reading
iight and left, and FIVE more hands read
ihg up and down.
Reasonable time must he given by the
daller for the placing Of each card as called,
lad he must not turn up any card from
|islrewn shuffie6 pack until the card
1rtRiopaly ~called has been placed by
every other player; because cards once
ilaopd cannot be changed under any
circumstances after the following card
Has been turned up. even If 1t has not
yet: been named This rule is i'm
hortsnt
Tho object in placing the cards is to
make these horizontal and vertical lines
IL ave cards each into good poker hands.
una the trick is to get as many Of the
bore valuable poker hands as possible.
opA straight flush Is better than five or
8x hands with three Of kind in each.
Ae each card counts double. vertically
and horizontally, 1t Ia easy to see that IL
would be- possible to make tabIeau
Containing five hands, each being four
N kind. Suppose these five were
fairs aces and. the nine OF clubs. four
Aings and the eight of clubs. four queens
end the eayen Of clubs. four jacks and the
* of clubs. four tens and the five Of
dlebs. reading vertically for the fours.
The same cards il arranged in suits
Horizontally would make five straight
bushes, of which four would be royal
anhbes, ace high. This would give ten
a the highest hands in the game in one
GhieAu
Z / But as the players are not allowed TO
Orange their cards after the twenty-five
rayesb9eu drawn, but must determine
A,e permanent position Of each one as
II Is called. the skill consists in sptici-
dating the possibilities that certain cards
4iil he drawn by the caller and so ar
fangipg tho tableau that II the hoped for
cards como out the most advantageous
t>laces will be found oper for them.
With This object in view many players
ipllow q system In their play, reserving
drtAin- files, vertically or horizontally,
br ycertaia, suits, 50 as TO get hushes.
%hbh, are very. common. Some prefer
he kertical. some the horizontal. for the
fusif}a,emept. and stick to that order
Until each suit has TO be abandoned for
liant rof material or space for other
dsrds. II we suppose the horizontal to
u kept for fiushes weshave the vertical
Hands available for SEQUENCES. full hands
and four Of kind.
As a rule it is bad policy IL you have
tw6 or three cards Of q possible straight
ausb In your tableau to let anything
Hresk into it. In order TO get large
thoice OF position many players place
heir earlier cards diagopally. so as to
det as many corner positions open as
s.ossible. This enables them to avoid
lincs that they wish TO reserve in both
directions. Suppose this TO be the posi-
don selected for the first four cards that
lave been called:
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