The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

for of course the doctor has his money
in the original jack. I've seen hundreds
of pots lost by chucking UP a hand too
quick"
THE papers said that if pot had once
been opened 1t had to be played for If
anyone had come in against the opener,
and that a pot that was played had to
be won by somebody, and that as the
doctor was the only man at the table that
had a fair hand he should have had the
pot. But the doctor said he didn't mind
about the pot SO long as he got his 20
on the side bet.
1.-The next racket they tried to work
was the highland game Bill would sig
nal to Joe when he had something great
and Joe would come In and keep raising.
When the other fellows got tired and
quit Joe would call and when Bill showed
his papers Joe would pull a long face
and say That's good and chuck the
cards into the deadwood
"The second time they tried that little
game the doctor said he wanted to see
both hands when it came to a call, and
he had picked up all the other cards so
there was no chance for Joe to mix his
with the discards. For q minute 1t looked
like a fight, but Joe said as long as he
admitted he was beat it was no ones
business cause there was no one else
left in the pot. All the doctor said to
that was that he would bet so or 100 that
all the hands, good or bad, that was in
a call had to be shown to the whole
table
THAT bet he lost If they was sharp
enough to take him on" said Athe bar
keeper. "Of course 1t was all right as
long as Joe was satisfied to lose the pot
and it warn't no ones business what he
had. 1 never show my cards when I'm
beat on the call"
1.-THE doctor didn't lose that bet, neith-
err" drawled the colonel. HE just put
that so away with the rest, and he read
out the reasons for that decision to the
gang, too, which Is whatFhurt the most.
Every one had to see every hand in
call after that In that Myrtle Springs
game. 1t began to look as If the part
ners wouldn't have enough of a stake
left to play poker with If they kept on
betting COS with the doctor.
"Soon after that a chap named Jimmy
Horton blew into town. Some says Bill
sent for him. Anyway, he got thick
with Joe and Bill right away l heard
tell afterward that he was a great shut
fer and he thought Bills ways was too
old fashioned to catch the Doctors
money.
HE could run up hands and shift the
cut while you was looking right at him.
His strong holt was to give a man light
hand and let him fill 1t, cause. he said
a man would bet more on luGSy draw
than on pat hand, it looked bigger.
"If his pal had a pair to go With and
the sucker drew to a pair, he would
give them both threes on the draw and
sit tight and raise himself just to swell
the pot a bit. When the fellow between
his pal and the sucker didn't draw the
right number of cards Jimmy Horton
just faced one, chucked it in the dead
wood and give his pard the right three.
About the third time he tried this
Doc was-the first man to draw and Joe
Harris was two seats away. The man
in the middle held up a kicker, and
Horton Just faced~the third card and
then ran off three to Joe. The Doctor
kicked right away.
" That's the second time you've done
that" says he. You can't give that man
three cards now, cause one of his Is
faced. He can take two and walt until
we're all helped before he gets another
"Jim Horton looked ugly, and said the
faced card belonged to the second man
that had drawn two only. Then the
doctor said the second man should get
only one, and that he had one OF Joe's
three. He got Jimmy Horton for a bet
of 20 on that, and threw up his hand"
Il suppose he won that bet, too?" and
the barkeeper smiled.
Sure he won it, and 1t made Jimmy
Horton pretty mad. Finally he fixed up
a scheme that none Of the Doctors rules
would beat.
Joe or Bill sat on Jimmys right, to
cut the cards or let them run, he didn't
care which. The other partner sat next
the sucker to be skinned. so that there
should be no falling down on the draws
and no Interfering with the cut.
LAS the big pots and the best for the
killing was always jack pots. 1t was in
the packs that Horton run up his threes
for the other fellows to get in the draw.