The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-02-04
A Game of Poker.
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NeU bdnTdTu, Ills DTluc, ON lenOle
ton aHd I sat down one evening a,
Ned's house to Il game Of poker. Susie
Barnard had never played cards. 50
we agreed to help her. We couldn';
leave her out ond only expected her to
bet low on the best OF hands. The
game was penny ante with u 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 So
Since l had won more than half of this
I determined to get 1t back to her
Having a pair Of Fights In my hand
when she and I alone were betting, !
made a great ado. daring her to bet.
raised her, and she raised me until |
saw that there was a dollar In the pot
for her. then called her. To my dis
comfiture she had only a pair OF fives.
Instead Of losing a dollar I had won
another dollar from her.
l proposed that we should play some
other game, but Susie could not be in
duced to give up poker. so we pro
ceeded as We were. Some one opened
with q jack pot. and the woman in the
case. after studying long while, asked
for one card. When 1t was given her
she looked at 1t and said. "Oh. psbaw"
1t was plain that she had drawn to a
flush and had failed to fill. We were
all very much disgruntled 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 g
goose Of herself and to stay out. When
she refused he told her that she'd have
to stand the loss out Of her private
fund. She paid no attention to this
and raised Us both. Ned, very much
vexed, raised the pot to top me, and
before we knew 1t we had several dol
lars on the table. Ned and l showed
down, but the lady couldn't be pre-
vailed upon to do so. had three
kings and Ned three aces.
Zone pair isn't any good, is it?' ask
ed Susie.
NO" replied her husband. NOR two
pairs"
"But suppose there are two pairs
with another card like one Of the
pairsT'
Ned and looked at each other; then
he seized his wife's cards and threw
them ON the table face up. She had a
full hand.
Susie was now slightly ahead Of the
game and quite proud Of herself Ned.
foreSeeing plunging on her part that
might be embarrassing, proposed to
quit, but she had caught the gambling
fever and insisted on proceeding with
the game. She didn't come in for two
or three hands. Then we all knew
she'd got something handsome. for she
| looked happy and said glibly that she
was going TO bet" How many
cardsT' "Is II any advantage to have
the cards run togsther-four. five. six,
for instance" Yes. II the whole i've
run that way" She studied a LONG
while, then saik well. you may give
me two cards. We all laughed, and
the game proceeded.
This time Tom Pendleton either had
q big hand or wanted to blum. for he
raised the limit. Ned, convinced that
he was blufnng. raised him I stayed
out what are you going to do. Su.
sier' asked Ned. IT don't know. !
can't tell whether these cards are any
good or not" Ned asked me to look al
her hand. but she laid 1t face down on
the table. You say" she said. turning
her pretty eyes on her liege lord. that
the cards must all run up or down, and
II there b one that doesn't at it spells
the handr' yes. and they must all be
| Of the same suit. You couldn't al q
hand ike that BY drawing two cards
once In a hundred times"
| She studied her hand till we all got
tired waiting. and Ned passed cigars
BY the time we had lighted up Susie
had come to a decision. Its an aw
ful risk" she said, "but there are three
cards in my hand pretty high. I may
win on those" She Clipped In, and
Ned groaned. Then he whispered tc
| me that he was going to teach her tina,
its expensive to be stupid. He raised
her, and Tom and I both dropped out
She saw Ned and raised him Then
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