The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
Takes Wise Player TO
Lay Good Poker Hand
nto a lot more. We all have.
knew When 10 Lay Down.

"NIy friends poker experience, as |
have remarked, covered quite num-
Der OF years. He took a considerable
pride in his Judgment and had no
hesltancy in backing it to the limit.
Likewise, when he felt he was defeat
ed he was just as willing to retire, q
combination which made him q great
player The size Of a bet influenced
him not at all He was as willing to
call for his stack as he was to lay
down for 50 wager This made him
an interesting, not to say a dangerous,
opponent.
at happened one night that was
sitting next him in game in which
the hands had been running high all
evening. Threes were of ordinary oc-
currence, straights, bushes and full
houses not infrequenty and an occa-
sional set Of tours helped to enliven
the proceedings. We we're playing all
jackpots. On my deal my friend opened
under the guns for IS. The next
two men stayed and the third boosted
it SIS.
Call Tor Their cards.
Five more said the opener. They
all stayed. The opener drew two cards
and the next man one The next play
err and the man who had made the
original raise asked for two.
1.-THE opener, with about $3.50 in
front Of him, bet $40 The man who
had drawn one, made It $50 more. The
next player dropped, while the one
who had started the trouble called.
"NIy friend scanned his cards, then
counting out $50 in checks, pushed
them toward the center.
"Iet's make it good one,' he said.
Thirty more
"Thc one card player merely called.
Not so, however, with the man who
had drafted two. Play for 'em ALL he
said, and set in his entire stack.
ITO call would cost my friend 500,
but knowing his tendency to back his
hands, there was no doubt in my mind
as to what he would do. However,
without more than seconds hesita-
ton, he threw his hand into the dis
card.
That's good he said.
Found He Had FOurs.
Thinking he had been caught out
on a limb, a picked mp the cards pre-
paratory to the next deal. took sly
glance at his hand and Immediately
lost control.
"'Say,' demanded. is this a plain
case Of sudden insanity or did you
misread your hand?
+" What's the matter? he inquired,
without a trace Of emotion.
DO you know that you have
thrown away a set OF fours?
F" What of it?' he said. They were
only deuces.'
Only deuces! What do you have
to hold to venture bet?'
you forget there are a lot OF
hands in a poker deck that will beat
four measly deuces, he said.
Any time they beat 'em for me,
they can have the parlor carpet and
the bowl with the goldfish l answered
My opinion is that you are a poor
spineless simp and that you ran with
the best hand
Willing to Back His Judgment.
"This statement appeared to get his
goat.
Say he demanded, what gives
you the right to horn in on this play?
You're not interested financially, but
II you care to bet I'm willing to make
you little private wager OF 500 on
the side that those four deuces were
beaten
You're on | said.
Hold on a minute, interjected the
man who had won the pot. AT the
risk Of being termed buttinsky Pm
going to decide this bet before 1t is
made, and he laid down four tens.
"Afterward my friend confided to
me that he wast'n going to take my
money, as he felt he was betting on
sure thing.
What gave you such confidence in
your Judgment inquired.
The Science Of the Play.
1T was a pipe he answered. you
remember the winner called the first
raise OF $50 made by aman who had
drawn one card, hoping Of course, to
get call from me also. When he
came back at me after | had made It
$50 to play, l was as certain he had
fours as l am that poker is played
with five cards. His 500 raise indi-
Gated his belief that he had a we'll
nigh invincible hand, the situation not
being one to call for a bluff. l simply
acted in accordance with what con-
sidered good judgment. II was poker,
that's ALL"
Later during the sane evening l.
saw him call $50 bet offered by al