Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-16
JUST LIKE A WOMAN.
Player Misses Straight Flush Because
Fair Dealer Was Curious.

Fair Dealer was curious.
Harry Watson is the unhappiesl
man in New York City. The favorlte
comedian in THE Follies of 1910
wears the mask of humor at the Jar
din de Paris, but the Worm of Sorrow
gnaws at his heart.
Also he has sworn off playing cards
with women. Especially stud poker.
"A woman is too emotional that
way" said Mr. Watson. She cant
wait to see what is going to happen
|'v Watson and a bunch and a modest
roll went into a parlor game OF stuo
poker the other afternoon. Three mer
and three women were playing Just tC
pass away the time" OF course, none
of them hoped or expected to win any
money. They took it, though, when
thew did win and even chortled at the
losers.
No one-at least it is not on the
records-ever held straight flush II
a game of stud poker. Watson almost
broke the record, but failed all on ac-
count of woman. A nervous, curious
woman.
The limit was so cents in the Wat
son parlor game. This is not much III
the regular game of draw poker. but
pretty good sized limit i'm stud, where
you get action on eacn card.
A woman shuff1ed and dealt a care
apiece, face down TO each of the SIN
players, including herself. Then she
dealt round of cards, this time with
faces up. Mr. Watson had the king
of diamonds showing, and this being
the biggest card, he bet SO cents. A
man who had an ace buried raised him
the limit and every one stayed.
Mr.. Watson s next card was the JACK
Of diamonds and he had the queen bu-
ried Thus he had the king, queen anc
jack of diamonds.
~"Threatened," he said, as the man
with the buried ace who had just
caught another ace hastily put up 5t
cents. Two others called and watson
bearing in mind his hunch, raised the
limit A woman dropped. leaving the
three men to fight it out alone. The
two-ace gentleman raised again and
Watson raised. They had it back and
forth for some time, the odd man VINO
had pair of mines in sight staying
right along with the other two.
When cards were dealt again Wat
son got the nine of diamonds and the
two-ace man secured another ace, and
the two-nine man got another nine,
having three mines showing.
The one with three aces gasped just
a little when he saw Watson's nine
lack and queen of diamonds in sight
and deduced that he had either the
trIt
Watson" he said, you have got
two chances, but I've got something,
too" s.f.il .
The man with the three nine put up
the limit; he had all the commence.
Watson and the three-ace man ralSeu'
and the three mines also raised. IL
went on for a long time until tnally
the table was piled with money, ana
there was a call
But meanwhile what of the lady who
held the deck of cards in her tremb-
ling hands and watched with growing
excitement the battle of the DettofS
What of her? She painted to know
what the top card-the one that went
to Harry Watson-was. Nervously
her hands plucked the card and the
woman who sat next to her also got
the fever to know what Watson was
going to get.
Finally the lady holding the cards
could stand it no longer. She lifted up
the top card, looked at 1t, showed 1t TO
the woman next to her and murmured
with little laugh in stage whisper:
Big casino in another game.
1t was the ten of diamonds The
three ace man and the three nine man
smiled and Watson grew frenZied.
First he was going to dash down his
cards and shrek aloud. For under
the rules of stud if a card Is exposed
in any manner it cannot be dealt.
Watson needed the ten of diamonds to
complete his straight flush. There it
was on top of the deck, and he could
not take it.
only one chance in a lifetime and
l lose" he said hoarse as he saw the
ten of diamonds go to the bottom OF
the pack, and the deue of clubs was
dealt to him.
Anyway" said the lady who had
looked at the top card, they should
have let Mr.. Watson have it. He did
not look at it,"
Incidentally. the man with three
mines won the pot. The three-ace
man did not better. But the one
with three mines held a full house
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