Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-03-21

A Game of Poker.
Observation-Disclosures

NedS house to game OF poker. Susie
Barnard 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 a two cent
limit.
People who think they know things
are very hard to teach. Susie hadn't
played half a 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
| determined to get it back to her.
Having a pair of eights 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 Il dollar in the pot
for her, then called her. To my dis
comtiturc she had only a pair of tives.
Instead of losing a dollar | had won
another dollar from her.
proposed that we should play some
duced to give up poker, so we pro
cecdcd as we We're. Some one opened
with a jack pot, and the woman in the
case, after studying long while, asked
for one card When it was given her
she looked at it and said ooh, pshaw"
/. was plain that she had drawn to a
flush and had failed to fill. We were
ell 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 a
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
weed. raised the pot to top me, and
Gcforc we knew 1t we had several dol
,t.-'> on the table. Ned an | showed
,lo"-r, but the lady couldn't be pre-
v~ilcl upon to do so. | had three
zint2 and Ned three aces.
"Cnr pair isn't any good, is it, ask
Il SI.ic
NO" replied her husband, nor two
pairs"
"Rut suppose there are two pairs
Win another card like one of the
pairs?"
Ned and | looked at each other: then
he seized his wife's cards and threw
thrm on the table face up. She h"d Il
fail hand.
Susie was how slightly ahead of the
g1mc AID quite proud Of herself. %"l
fu"cecc'ng {: plungng On I've" rArt that
might lie embarrassing. proposed to
q"n. hvt she had caught the gam ling
fc~c" end iH'i&.cd ON proceeding win
to z lmc. SlA didn't come il for two
r" three hands. Then we all knew
.,r'd got something handsome, for she
looked happy and said glibly that she
was g in% to l:ct.' How many
-ards?" Is it any advantage to have
b.r CHIG., run tOgcthcr-four, five, six
i,. instArcoE" Yes, if the whole FIVE
rrn that way" She studied long
while then said, "Nell, You may give
ne two cards" We all laughed. and
the game proceeded.
This time Tom Pcnl,rton either ha!
Il big hand or wanted to bluff for he
rai"ed the Limit Ned. convinced that
he was blut'iug raised him. stayed
out. "What are you e irg to do. Su-
sir:" asked Ned. Il cont know.
can't tell whether these cards are any
good or not" Ned asked me to look ut
h" hand, but she lail it face down on
the tn t,c You say" she said, turni@g
Evr pretty eyes on her li'~2 lord. THAT
the cards mr&t I'll run Up CT down, ana
if there Is oae thdt Cuc.n', Gt ii spoils
trc hIEd:" YES, and they must ail be
Of the sam" suit. You coulGn't fill Il
hand like that by drawing two cards
once in a h2ndrcd times"
she studied her h2H till we all got
ti"cl waiting, AMI Ned passed c;%als.
BY III" tin we had ligH,2l up Susie
bad co2:c t. a decision. IFS an %w-
FIJI risk" she sal |. but th,"c are three
";,:'!s in ny hand pretty EtGh may
Win on those" She chiWcl in, AMI
Ned g?oarei Then ha VII. "cYcd to
ne ;hat he was %r'H'; 10 tcach her that
its expensive to he >;1piL He raised
hr", "nl Ton AMI bo' dropped out
She saw Ned and /; i>Cl him. Then
H. raised her again, with the same re-
"Hlt, and til" raising v.c", on till there
vas abort 10 in The pot "Thatll
f.: buy l"arc'et | "%v' this morn
=, that vent awfull.'." said Susie