The sun., 1910-12-04

what wnuli de- lhsi. Sr.w that my
three tens were b.'ltsn. peCI,I-.' hts pair
In IN. frat pln,'. MAS higher than tens
The ony thing for mo- tu de- Mas tu
draw ~ th. St r"ngth Of nv hand. aud 4
WIS naturally ratrd Nh"si | found NY
fourth tsfl. nhIt from 'Er force oT h. bIt
| kept watching BALDWIN. ana th. fact thaI
did So WAS vha -lV'It m-, When RAJ
win pickn Ip his fourth card I saw the
same almost ImIeTc"ptlhlc chang. IA his
Rae" and | knew h." Iad tnad. his fourth
card whatever the denOuiInnt on might
H.. Tor there was ma other way IN which
IN" fourth C.rd would serve ~ b.,tcr
three. of a kind. IL | had needed any CON
firmatIon I would have found IL in the
utterly indifferent way IN which he lnoked
al IN" fifth caTd There Was not hing that
would improve his hand and hc hardly
bothered tn look at II
knowing that I was beaten | threw
down my hand after the OPENER had hAt "A
chip and Ra aldwin had raised him the,
limit Four tens ara no better than two
when. rherr's something stronger nut
against them
Even tins story was received with some
ncreiuity as beinG a tale Of almost
superhuman perspicacIty, but the older
men an tn" group declared u To ha
plausible story at least ss,eIng that the
h">i players arr those who mako tn.
"hhs'>t study of other men'S play. Rnt
m" mamie waS Confederate vet
"ran had an object ion Ia make
Your TREND was all right ia player.
he SAID, hut tnsr. II on. error IN the
telling OF h's reasoning. That lies in his
analysis Of the way in which Baldwin
regarded his fifth card He said that h."
was entirely indifferent 10 what that
might he h.cstl~e. having four VI a kind
"" couldn't better his hand Now that
is an error
Tn" Others looked at him IN som. sur
prise. h'n h" continued. I saw game
PLAYED manv wears ago in which a man
lost small fortune by making that
very mistake. II WAS big game played
long hef"ra IN" civil war by seven men
in New Orlsans
AT thar tim. w~ didn't play with
limit Tn" only way a man could k"~p
from i"ing ra,sSNi was To- put M hrs on
tire pil" and declare that n" was all IN.
Then he was entitled to a showdown II
anybody else had an equal amount IN
tho pot They didn't play iackpots
and the straight was NOT recognized
There cam" IN ths course of the game
n deal IN which everybody stayed before
raises tip 10 that time. though on. If the
Olay"rS would have kept on indefinitely
II he had had the opportunity for he
hai four kings and an aCa IN his hand
which was, OF course. an inyinciha hand
Thnre was only one other player. how
av"r. strong enough 70 raise and after
the invincihle man raised they closed the
pot on him all coming in, ~ I said II
was a liberal play on the part Of m" others.
for four men drew three CO rdS apiece
hut pair was counted ~ NOR. value
then than good players give II nowadays
This man was the fourth to play
After tho first had come in the secoud
rra,i~d and IN" third raised II Then o.
"ours" the man with four kings boosted
II again. though h. was CAREFUL not 10
hot too much lest h.s should lose custom
err The next man -aw IN. raise and the
dealer. though he had three ACES. was too
cautious 10 raise again b-afor'' ths draw
against dNrhl" raise. 40 he also trailed.
The next two also came in. and the man
who had raised first on thre" lit:le ones
closed fhe po,
-Or thu draw the age and the next two
players took ihre" cards apiece The
next took two to his little three Of a kind
and the man with the four kings threw |
away his ace taking one card Tn. next
man took hre~ and when the dealer came |
Ia help himself h.. had only two cards rr- !
naming in the deck
H. announced that he wanted two |
having A. I said. three ac"s cold Under /
the rules ne took one Of tn" remaining !
two and thea. a. he could not take the |
bottom card he gathered up TN" di-cards ,
and shufi'sd thar together with the .
bottom card Then after the cat h. took |
on. more card for his hand. and that one |
proved TO be the ace which th" man with |
the kings had discard"d.
Naturally IL took only one round TO /,
iTlNt dNl tNF otlfre O'lNs hilt tEf- TWO WIN !
IN. his hands went bac~ At each other !
TN ih.r. was over sG1.uSb in tn. pot and /
the man with four kings declared himself 7
all ia They said h" never played poker !
again
IL was the on. chanc" IN NOR. rh1r .
ever trIed-io figure out. hut II fell against .
IN" man who had tins. InsIncibi" hand TO /
begin with. and " proved clearly enough .
thai four of KInd. unless u - four a""~.
can always h- improved Dy ~Ingl.. addi- :
tional card provided n - Il higher de-
nominal ion And hat was nv criticism.
N. OIn"-r- AL admitted nat II" had !
mAd.. hI- I,ol,li and one iiI.Ln. Nno had .
been "a professional IN hi- early days
saId With a quIZZical smile knew OF !
All instance" onc,, ia which ONE OF the !
best short cl-d play-r- I ever knew laid ,
down four kinH- when h.. had positive :
know l-dE,. THAT all the other man had I
was "A flush And | always called that 1
about the h,st play ever -aw
What the, answer said TIA. medical
student
1t was very simple. said the -I
professional Sam Rollins ~aS IN. man
who dad IT, and h. was ~ | sad. the
most skIlful dealer | eyer knew H.. ~"s
playing ON. nIght with SnIner ia Dead
wood and had pushed the gam" 'Ill ther"
was < pile Of money On the tabl'. and .
h. was. naturally enough. big winner
Then IN. decided TO clean Out h'- man OiI
IN. next deaf and gave hIH - four flush
b.for. IN. draw. whl" Z. took three
kings for himself Wha, h- had Iu-t
noticed wa- that the miner was getting
suspicious and h" wa- prepared for
a gun play but IL. wanted ro get all rh-
other mans money firrt-
Well. it went IN right emo gh til the
pot WAS pretty big. lnd then with
sudden mot on Of hIs left hand the
miner pushed hl- whol. pIl.. forward
Az the Same moment Sam heard click
under IN. table and without the III ght.sI
hesitation ne threw hI- four kIng- on the
tab. fac.. down and quit the game He
was fighter all right enough. bat IN.
other fellow had TN. drop On him
All the same said 'h.. man with III.
rne-r-chaum. 1 always enjoy getting
four Of a kind