Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-21
A Game of Poker.


ton and | sat down one evening NJ .
Ncd's house to game Of poker. Susie
Bani srd had never played cards, so .
We agreed to help her. We couldn't .
leave her out and only expected her to .
bet low on the best OF hands. The .
game was penny ante with two cent .
limit.
People who think they know things /.
are very hard TO teach. Susie hadn't |
played half dozen hands before she |.
insisted on playing her own game in
her own way. She kept losing steadily.
and although the stake was very small,
she was soon minus something like s..
Since | had won more than half Of this
| determined to get 1t back TO her
Having pair Of Fights in my hand
when she and alone were betting, !
made a great ado, daring her TO bet.
raised her, and she raised me until |
saw that there was dollar In the pot
for her, then called her. To my dis
comfiturc she had only n pair OF iives.
Instead of losing n dollar had won
another dollar from her.
proposed that we should play some
other game, but Susie could not he In
duced to give up poker, so we pro.
ceeded as We were. Some one opened
with n jack pot, and the woman in the
case, after studying long while, asked
for one card. When 1t was given her
she looked at II and said, "Oh, pshaw."
1t was plain that she had drawn TO
flush and had failed to fill. We were
Lall very much dlsgruntled when she
came In. Ned and were both anxious
to bet and didn't want to win her
money. Ned told her not to make a
goose of herself and to stay out. When
she refused lie told her that she'd have
to stand the loss out Of yer private
fund. She paid no attention TO this
and raised us. both. Ned. very much
vexcd, raised the pot TO top me, and
before we knew II we had several dol.
lars on the table. Ned and | shovel
down, but the lady couldn't be pre-
! Nulltu NlVh W wv S'' h'N 49,
kings and Ned three aces.
zone pair isn't any good, is RI ask
ed Susie.
mo-" replied her husband, "nor two
pairs"
But suppose there are two pairs,
with another card like one Of the
palrsT"
Ned and looked Mt each other; then
he seized his wlfe's cards and threw
them on the table face up. She had n
full hand.
Susie was now slightly ahead Of the
y game and quite proud of herself Ned
?, foresceing plunging on her part that
k might be embarrassing, proposed &c
quit, but she had caught the gambling
{ fever and assisted on proceeding will
d the game She didn't come In for two
or three hands. Then we all knew
she'd got something handsome, for sh'
looked happy and said glibly that sh'
was going to bet" How man!
. cards." as It any advantage TO hav'
" the cards run togcthGr-four. five, six
for instancci" Yes, II the whole fiv'
run that way" She studied a loEi
while, then said, "Wcll, you may Civ
me two cards" We all laughed, an,
the game proceeded.
y This time Tom Pendlcton either ha
II a big hand or wanted TO bluff, for h
70 raised the limit. Ned. convinced tina
d he was blufiinG. raised him. ! stage
.e out. what are you going TO do, ST
= sic?" asked Ned. 81 don't know.
=, can't tell whether these cards are an
good or not" Ned asked me TO look q
her hand, but she laid II face down o
the table. "You say" she said, turnln
her pretty eyes on her llcGc lord, "tha
the cards must all run up or down, an
IL If there Is one that doesn't fit II spoil
ID the hand" Yes, and they must all l
- of the same suit. You couldn't I'll
hand like that by drawing two care
once In hundred times"
She studied her hand TIL we all z,
tired waiting, and Ned passed clga'
O. by the time we Ind lighted up Sua
D., had come TO decision. ITS an ~
e. full risk" she said, "but there are thrt
III cards In my hand pretty high. | ma
,o win on those" She Clipped In, al
:. Ned groaned. Then he whispered
., me that he was going to teach her tn
d" it's expensive to he stupid. He rais'
her, and rom and | both dropped oil
She saw Ned and raised him. TIT
o. he raised her again, with the same
suit, and the raising went on till the
h, was about $40 In the pot. THAT
ia Just buy bracelet | saw this NOR
- Ing that ! want awfully," said Sus
won't 1t be nlcc?" Ned looked at
and smiled. Cant we get 1t up
$l5?" Susie asked. There's son
thing else for SO want too" ave
.a- we'll" said Ned, "we'll take OF the i'll
- It for this hand" And they chipp
" In the required amount What y
10 got? A full o. kings here" said NJ
'fo lie threw down his hand and was RI
ne ing In the pot when his wife laid doN
~, the ace, king and queen Of damon
one after the other. Are they q
good?" she asked, looking at MS cas-
nv. ly. We told her they were not :
tn, heaved deep sigh and careless
"a lropped her other two cards. III