The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-19

without costin' me more than I could af-
ford.
sure" drawied the nondeseript, that
was wise"
There came a pot which wus opened
by one of the sports for the usual
amount" resumed the cattle man. and
the other fellow stays. The young chap
looks at his hand and gives a start, then
puts in $3.50. 1 Wus dealin and hadn'
looked at my keerds when the raise Wus
made. I skins down my hand and finds
three tens, deuce and an ace. merely
calls his raise agln. Well, IL Wus- Inc
opener raised the pot the limit. and the
other stayed The young chap looked al
his keerds agin and then raised back
putting in 5000 more. The pot was
s. 80 now, and I had s. 20 in it. i ug-
ured that my three tens WIZ good, and /
calls the double raise with my last 5000
The opener and the other sport calls, ana
I ask what Keerds WIS wanted The
opener stands pat, the second draws TWO
the young chap one and I two
''You wuz fo'ced to draw two when the
opener stands pat remarked the monde
script. That's the invariable rule, l be-
lieve.'
Il don't play poker accordin' to rules,
answered the cattleman. dryly. II Wus
d fishin fur the case ten. and II II came
my way / WIS sure OF the POT. uIuh
look at my draw cause / WuS ANXIOUS 10
see what the other chaps would DO Ihe
opener bets 81. 600. and. as ] was playln
a show down, having all my cash IN the
pot, ii Wus put on the side. Inc POT De-
fore that bet amounted to sl3,ZoU, ana uu-
less 1 hettered my hand ] knew il wus the
tall timbers fur me- The second sport
who drawed two Keerds. looks at ms
hand and throws it into the discard me
Young chan looks at his nand ana raises
the oDener the limit 1t Wus called. ana
BY that time I had skinned down my
hand and finds the case ten a-Smhln me
in the eve. On the showdown 1 takes III
the center pot and the young chap wins
2 Ta e7d aruprrnt7n' 20 aA-WU. ne
rawed the case ace and makes ace LulI
against the openers queen full
'"That was lucky for the young chap'
remarked the lawyer ...
was the wust thing for him that could
have happened. He got to plunSlh az ~
My aces up and threes To make IoLg
story short. / won s25.@o9 that night ana
if il had been table stakes / would nave
gone broke, as on two occasions Iau
ging full beaten. and but Tor me limit my
little pile would have gone to the center OF
the table. Sometimes a limit game mas
its advantages, as l nave pointed OUT
The lawyer remarked that ne haQ
similar experience once in a game IN san
Francisco But" he added. 81 IN going
to tell YOU how an earthquake once cost
me 5000, if you care to listen.
Sure" said the Cattleman, taxing an
other chew of finecut-
This was in a no limit game at the
Pacific Union club went on the lawyer
Il had q trifle more than S5,vo on lhe
table and was about 5000 loser. Inere
were five players, a well known superior
Judge, a fellow attorney, a millonalfe
and a wealthy merchant. Without gong
into details ] will say that ! opened
lack pot with three fives just five min
utes past 8 o'clock, on the 9Th day OF May
which is the fifth month of the year
Case Of five all around, laughtd the
noudpsCrfDt. And five players, too
well" resumed the lawyer without
needing the interruption, 'it seemed as II
every player I'm the game was well heeleu
The Judge who sat next to me, stood pat
after I had drawn one card 10 my three
fives and a four of spades The attorney
drew one, the millionaire two and the
merchant one I had opened the pot TOR
S30 and merely Clipped without looking
at my hand when L saw the judge stood
ssNothin' else to do remarked the cat
tleman-
attorney raised it 500. The miilonalre
threw his hand into the discard ana the
merchant. after skinning down MS mana
merely called. Then I took look at my
draw and was amazed to find the fourth
five smuggling up against the four CT
spades. I saw the judges bet and the
raise and promptly raised both 500 The
judge came back with a raise of Slow
The attorney called and put in all 1 had,
s. 900 or So"
For the time being, yes" answered The
lawyer ruefully. You see. the judge was
calling my bet with the remark that he
was sorry l was out of funds and was
boosting it for the attorneys benefit.
when the table rocked, the walls began
to crack. the chandelier swung ViciOusN
and the building appeared about to col
lapse. Tt was an earthquake, the most
violent tremOr since 1865 and to say NC
were alarmed would be putting IL mildly.
Il thought Of my hand said the a w
yer, and ] returned to the card room and
found the players dealing cards. The
judge was stacking up money in his pile
and then it dswned upon me that in lay
ing down my hand ] Fad forfeited ali in
terest in the pot. 1 inquired what had
won the pot and the Judge told me he
held a king full He wanted to know how
big my full was and regretted that I 1ad
thrown my hand into the discard just as
the quake came. I swallowed my anger
and went home a sadder, but wiser man. 3"