The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-23

you 800 to let me bet $1,000 on
one turn of the cards. The dealer |
accepted the proposition for that play. |
He took 800 and allowed the gamb-
Ter to wager $1,000. Then he took |
the $1,000, too. This was an excep-
tional play. though, as the dealer
wanted to get rid of the troublesome
player and thought this was the
quickest way to do it. The dealer
was French Levy himself and he
took the responsibility for raising the
limit"
A run Of luck on some particular
system chosen by the plunger would
soon break the house without limit.
Young explained. II gambler got
Ia winning streak and elected to let
his winnings ''ride," they would soon
run into any given amount.
Luck Biggest Factor
do I believe in luck?" he repeat
ed. ''Most assuredly do. 1t can't
be explained, but any man who has
watched the progress of gambling
games or anything else must believe
in the mysterious thing we call luck.
I have seen players who couldn't be
beaten and others who couldn't win
for hours. Their good luck or bad
luck was just as sure as death and
nothing you could do would change
the streak. Change of cards had no
effect upon them. Fate was with
Them or against them and they SEEM
cd powerless to control It.
zone night young man with both
legs cut off below the knees came in
to the saloon with 25 cents he had
begged to get q bed with. It was
levery cent he had and then 26 cents
was the smallest piece Of money that
we recognized. Instead of getting
the bed he bet the coin and won at
faro bank. He bet on the high card
land won $57. He kept betting the
whole stack and doubling it until
he had $500. He was one gamb-
Ter that quit when he was ahead. He
bought q railroad ticket for the east
land went to Join relatives there. Such
cases as that one are hard to ex'
lplain without believing in luck"
The class of gambler most danger
GUS to the professional game was not
the rich plunger, ready and willing
to risk his fortune or large part Of
it. but the man with the small roll Of
lily by hard work, Young found In h1s
long experience across the green fe,t
1T was not the man who bought
500 worth Of chips and prepared t.
battle for gain that gave US tnt
trouble" he said. 1T was the mai
who bought IS worth and had little
left in his pocket. He had q chance
Ito win hundreds or thousands OF dol
lars and the house could gain only
the little that he brought in. Will
1.-The big fellows. the luck was certain
to break about even for the house II
the long run and the percentage
would give the house q handsome
profit besides"
while faro bank was the squares
: game he ever saw" Young had rea
: son to doubt that poker was 30 gener
J. ally conducted along the lines o
s chance.
Hard Deceaves Eye
"The hand Il quicker than the eye
my friend" he said. II know tina
d some mons hands were quicker thai
}. my eye for I have seen things happel
= that was not willing to leave to fat
y although I could not prove that any
q thing was wrong. ] recall . worn
b Iseedy-looking stranger that came In
n to the saloon one night. Was no
Il dealing . game. but was busy. II
icame up to mo and said. Partner.
. haven't got . cent and want to 6
}. into that poker game back there. WI
}. you lend me $3.6O3" gave him th
,. money and kept on with my worl
Pretty soon he came back and tol
y he had lost and declared that II
e. would give him SO he could ben
that game. gave him the SO.
'I'thought nothing Of the incidel
but when, I got . chance I went bac
to the poker table and my stran!