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-Title: Talk of Uncle George to his Nephew about Draw Poker
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-Uncle George on Draw Poker
-
-[Illustration: Uncle George and his nephew at breakfast]
-
-NEW YORK:
-Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers.
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-
-[Illustration: Uncle George and his nephew at breakfast.
-SEE PAGE 7.]
-
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-
-                       TALK
-
-                        OF
-
-            UNCLE GEORGE TO HIS NEPHEW
-
-                      ABOUT
-
-                    DRAW POKER.
-
-                    CONTAINING
-
-   VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
-
-               GREAT AMERICAN GAME.
-
-                      ALSO,
-
-  INSTRUCTION AND DIRECTIONS TO CLUBS AND SOCIAL
-    CARD PARTIES, WHOSE MEMBERS PLAY ONLY FOR
-             RECREATION AND PASTIME,
-
-                       WITH
-
-        TIMELY WARNINGS TO YOUNG PLAYERS.
-
-
-                  _ILLUSTRATED._
-
-
-                    NEW YORK:
-          DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS.
-
-
-
-
-  COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY
-  DICK & FITZGERALD.
-
-
-
-
-PREFACE.
-
-
-This pamphlet is issued for the purpose of inducing those who engage
-in this Great American Game of “Draw Poker,” to play only for
-amusement and pastime; and to expose those in our clubs and social
-card parties who are tricky, or disposed to cheat. Also to show to the
-American youth the dangers that beset their path when playing this
-fascinating game.
-
-While we have treatises on this subject, by Blackbridge, “American
-Hoyle,” “Schenck,” and others,--all of whom teach the game, _with the
-rules and laws that govern it_,--it has been left for “Uncle George,”
-in a familiar, conversational manner, to “lay open” and expose this
-game _as it is_ too often played--with its “lights and shadows,” its
-bright parts, and “ways that are dark.”
-
-
-
-
-UNCLE GEORGE ON DRAW POKER.
-
-
-“Rather late, my boy, when I heard your footsteps upon the stairs last
-evening,” said Uncle George to his nephew, while sitting at the
-breakfast-table on the morning of the 22d of February last.
-
-“Yes, dear uncle, I acknowledge the corn. ‘I can not tell a lie,’ you
-know, on this the anniversary of the birth of our Great Uncle George,
-the Father of his Country, and especially while his portrait on the
-wall is now looking down upon me. The fact is, I accepted an
-invitation to dine with a few friends at Delmonico’s last evening, and
-after dinner a proposition was made to have ‘a little game of draw’
-for an hour or two; but the time passed so rapidly, that I confess it
-was among the ‘wee sma’ hours’ when we broke up. It was much later
-than I intended to have played, I assure you; but there seemed to be
-no time when all were ready to quit.”
-
-“I know! I know! my boy. It’s the same ‘old story.’ Those who are
-losers are playing for ‘hunk,’ as they call it, and those who are
-winners are too gentlemanly to quit and break up the party. It was the
-same with your Uncle George fifty years ago. I suppose you mean ‘Draw
-Poker,’ my boy?”
-
-“Yes.”
-
-“Well, now; you know your Uncle George is an old man, and, as the
-saying is, ‘has travelled’; and having been a man of the world, has
-seen much of the world’s _unwritten doings_. Though you consider
-yourself _smart_--and I admit you are fully up to the average of those
-of your age,--yet you would be surprised at what I can tell you, of
-what is going on all about you of which you know nothing. But as you
-remind me that this is the 22d of February, and a holiday, and as you
-have no business downtown this morning, if you are willing to listen
-to your uncle, he will gladly spend an hour in talking to you about
-this game of ‘Draw Poker,’ this ‘Great American Game,’ so called on
-account of its origin and its devotees; for at the present time it is
-indulged in by _all classes in our country_--old and young, male and
-female, rich and poor, church-goers and professional gamblers; all
-classes, with ‘_antes_’ varying from a penny to a hundred dollars or
-more. Now, as a game for _recreation_ and _pastime_, I do not object
-to it; it is said to possess qualities as an intellectual game,
-superior even to whist. But when engaged in for the purpose of
-gambling, I class it with other games in which professional gamblers
-live and thrive, by cheating and robbing those with whom they play. It
-has been said there is no such thing as a ‘_Square Gambler_’; and a
-well-known Wall Street banker has said: ‘Whoever plays poker will
-cheat.’ I can not agree with the latter, but, with my definition of a
-gambler, I fully agree with the former. I define a gambler to be ‘one
-who cheats in games of skill and hazard.’ I know this definition is
-not in accordance with that given by our lexicographers, but I know it
-will be accepted by all who play at games for amusement, and object to
-being called gamblers.
-
-“In my talk with you this morning, I shall take it for granted that
-you are acquainted with the manner of playing the game, as it is
-played at the present time; for you must know, it’s not the game of
-poker your Uncle George played, years ago, upon our Western waters. It
-was then called ‘Bluff,’ and we knew nothing of ‘Straights,’ ‘Straight
-Flushes,’ ‘Blazes,’ or ‘Jack Pots.’ The game was known simply as
-‘Bluff’ or ‘Straight Poker.’ The value of the hands in order was ‘One
-Pair,’ ‘Two Pair,’ ‘Triplets,’ ‘Flushes,’ ‘Fulls,’ and ‘Four of a
-kind.’ Your hand was made on the first deal; no discarding and drawing
-to fill afterwards. I suppose, my boy, you are familiar with the
-present game, with all its innovations. All this you have learned from
-your experience at the clubs and social card parties, and from works
-of instruction. But what I desire to impress upon your mind this
-morning is:
-
-“_First._--The fact that gamblers, according to your Uncle George’s
-definition, are found in the clubs and private card parties, all over
-our city and country; respected as gentlemen, with ‘Honorable’ and
-high-sounding titles attached to their names. And yet these men are
-cheating you every time you play with them. A case in point: I read in
-the _Century_ a few days ago, where a game was being played between
-Col. Randolph Snaughter and Major-General Brown, a brief extract of
-which I will give you, in order to show you how even a Major-General
-could stoop to employ the crookedest kind of aid to gain his ends. As
-far as my memory serves me, it was in this wise:
-
-  “‘The Major-General was a man of smooth and courtly phrase,
-    Who had most charming manners, and winning little ways.
-    The hands he held were wonderful,--beyond all sane belief,--
-    As Colonel Randolph Snaughter found, to his exceeding grief:
-    For, though he play’d a dashing game, and did not want for pluck,
-    He stood no ‘kinder sorter’ chance against such awful luck.
-    He lost the money in his purse, he lost his watch and chain;
-    And then the cause of Brown’s good luck to Snaughter was made plain,
-    For while he held _three_ aces, the General he held _four_,
-    And could, had he deemed proper, have held as many more.’”
-
-[Illustration: Colonel Snaughter and Major-General Brown playing poker.
-SEE PAGE 11.]
-
-“I want to impress strongly upon you _the fact_ also, that the game of
-Draw Poker is an _expensive recreation_. It’s only a question of time,
-and means at your command, as to the amount of money you will lose.
-The longer you play, and the more means under your control, the
-more you will be out of pocket in the end. Like the ‘Outside
-Public,’ in Wall Street, it is only a question of time. At some other
-time, my boy, I will talk to you about Wall Street, but not now. With
-many, the loss of money at Draw Poker is the smallest item. There are
-those who become _infatuated_, and the result is not only loss of
-money, but loss of time, character, business, position in society, and
-often ends in dissipation and crime. Let me warn you, therefore, my
-boy, of the danger of becoming too much attached to this game. When
-you find you have neglected to perform some duty, or to keep some
-business engagement, in order to play; when you find yourself playing
-into late hours, as you confess you did last night, or when you find
-you are losing more than you can well afford, with your salary, quit
-it!! quit it!!! I say, don’t wait for all three of these warnings, but
-quit it on the first show of either; for you are then on dangerous
-ground. The charm of the gaming snake is beginning to produce its
-effect, and your only safety is in throwing off the influence of the
-charmer. Any delay or procrastination _now is almost sure
-destruction_. There is no game of chance or skill that brings out
-one’s real nature, one’s ownself, as much as Draw Poker. Where players
-all stand well in a community, the game is expected to be fair and
-honorable; hence a good opportunity is offered for those who are
-_disposed to cheat_, to do so. I would rather play a few games of
-poker with one whose character and disposition I would like to learn,
-than to receive a basketful of recommendations. I admit there are
-games played in which all are gentlemen, and no one under any
-circumstance could be induced to take any advantage of another. But,
-my boy, such cases are rare. Want of opportunity, and fear of the eyes
-of others, are what keep many players honest. Now, with these
-introductory remarks, I will say, that it is to guard you against the
-acts of such players that I shall talk to you for a short time,
-feeling sure that, if you remember well what I say, it will be to
-your eventual great gain.
-
-“I begin by repeating the advice of the father to his son. Said he,
-‘My son, if you play cards for gain, you will surely lose in the end;
-but if you will see that the _cards are cut_ immediately before
-dealing every time, your money will last you longer.’ This was good
-advice, and just as good now as when first given. There are card
-players, or ‘card sharps,’ as they are called, who can shuffle cards
-so adroitly as to ‘_put up a hand_’ right before your eyes, and you
-not know it. Even a ‘bungler’ can shuffle so as to give himself a
-‘pair,’ or at least to have knowledge of what cards are left on the
-top or bottom of the pack, which knowledge he can make useful in many
-ways. For instance, after the deal, he finds in looking at his hand
-that he has a pair that match the card he knows is on the bottom of
-the pack. In helping himself, he takes this bottom card; he ‘does his
-work so fine’ you can not discover the cheat. And if he has a ‘four
-straight,’ a ‘four flush’ or ‘two pairs,’ and the bottom card will
-fill his hand, he takes it, as I have said, making his ‘straight,’ or
-‘flush,’ or ‘full.’ Many other points under this head could be given
-you, my boy, why the cards should be cut the last thing before being
-dealt. Strictly, the _blank card_ of the pack should always be the
-bottom card of the pack being dealt.
-
-“_Second._--Whenever the cards are cut, be sure and have the _two
-separated parts of the pack put together_ before dealing. An old
-gentleman once said to a young man, ironically, who was dealing from a
-part of the pack, ‘Young man, you ought never to play cards until your
-hands have grown sufficiently large to hold the whole pack at one and
-the same time.’ The reason is this: The party shuffling has a chance
-to know what cards are on the top of the pack, and by holding only the
-cut portion in his hand while dealing, knows into whose hand these
-cards fall, or if they should fall to himself, he would know how to
-discard, so as to have his hand helped by drawing. You see this gives
-the dealer an advantage over the other players.
-
-“_Third._--The pack, or any undealt portions of it, should at all
-times remain in sight of the players, and _upon the table_, and held
-by the dealer only _while actually engaged in dealing or in helping
-hands_. This is to prevent the dealer from obtaining knowledge while
-holding the cards on or below the surface of the table.
-
-“_Fourth._--In gathering up the discarded cards for the purpose of
-shuffling, be sure that the faces of the cards are turned from the
-shuffler; for otherwise the party shuffling gains an advantage, by
-knowing the position of some of the higher cards, and besides, it
-gives him an opportunity of ‘putting up the cards’ while shuffling. In
-no instance, however, should the discarded cards be gathered up while
-some are still engaged in playing their hands.
-
-“_Fifth._--In helping the players after discarding, always give the
-number called for, _together_, as they come from the pack, and not
-_singly_, one by one; for this reason: There are persons who can with
-their finger-nails, or ring, or by a slight bend, so mark the cards,
-as to know them whenever these marks are seen; and in dealing they can
-only see the marks by dealing the cards off one at a time, and not
-together. And besides, if the dealer deals them off _singly_, and
-knows the bottom card, he can, as I have said, help himself to that
-card, which he could not so well do by dealing them off together.
-Again, some dealers are so expert, that they can deal continually the
-_second card_ from the top of the pack; they can give you any number
-called for, _one at a time_, without disturbing the top card, which
-top card the dealer, of course, wants himself, to help his hand. This
-could not be done, if the number called for were dealt off together,
-and not one at a time. This is called, ‘_Dealing Seconds_.’
-
-[Illustration: A broken man holds a gun to his temple.
-SEE PAGE 15.]
-
-“_Sixth._--_Discarded cards should be left upon the table, and never
-touched until all have been helped; they should be discarded to the
-person whose duty is to gather them up for shuffling._ By observing
-this direction, it will be found difficult for a player to discard a
-different number from the number he draws, without detection. Any
-dealer who is ‘_Playing in_’ with another, and helping his ‘Pard’ to
-extra cards, and receiving the same number in discard, can avoid
-detection by immediately gathering up the discarded ones, and putting
-them on the bottom of the pack from which he is dealing. I repeat,
-therefore, that _discarded cards should be left on the table, until
-all are helped_.
-
-“_Seventh._--Always look with suspicion upon one who wears eye-glasses
-while playing, and who wears them at no other time; or upon the player
-who habitually calls for more light--who wants the gas turned on, or
-the window-shades raised, when there is sufficient light already. Our
-playing cards are large print. A man nearly blind can distinguish the
-cards, and ordinary eyes can read them distinctly at twilight. In
-such cases the probabilities are, that the one desiring more light is
-dealing with _marked cards_; the marks are so fine that strong light
-and magnifying-glasses are necessary to see the marks. I say, my boy,
-you must keep a sharp look-out for all such players.
-
-“_Eighth._--Look out for that player who is continually fussing with
-the pack. I think it is called ‘Monkeying with the cards.’ The
-probabilities are that he is ‘putting them up.’
-
-“_Ninth._--Look out for that player who invariably, when he picks up
-the pack to deal, looks at the bottom card, or shows it to the player
-at his left. Also for the one who is always precise in cutting the
-cards at some particular place in the pack. These are all indications
-of the party’s trying to take advantage, and must be looked upon with
-suspicion. The last is called ‘_Cutting to a break_.’
-
-“_Tenth._--Watch very closely an _uneasy_ player, one who is almost
-constantly on the move; using the cuspidor often, though neither
-chewing nor smoking; his hands and arms continually on the move,
-while they ought to be quiet on, or above the table. The probabilities
-are that such a player is taking cards from the pack, and secreting
-them in some place on his person--inside of his neck collar, under his
-handkerchief, in his lap, up his coat-sleeve, or holding them in the
-bend of his knee, and using them whenever the hand dealt him can be
-benefited thereby. At other times, two or three cards of like
-denomination are held in the palm of the hand, to be used with the
-next hand given, in helping to make a very large hand. This is done by
-many so cleverly that it is impossible to see the cards so held. This
-is called ‘_Holding out cards_.’
-
-“_Eleventh._--You have undoubtedly noticed, my boy, hanging in the
-saloons of our River and Sound steamers, a card on which is printed
-these words: ‘Beware of well-dressed persons who invite you to play
-euchre.’ Now these well-dressed persons are known as travelling ‘Card
-Sharps.’ They are always well dressed when travelling, for their dress
-is their card of introduction to their fellow-travellers. If you
-should accept an invitation of one from these, and sit down with two
-others to a game of ‘Euchre,’ or ‘All Fours,’ it will _always result_
-in the cards being ‘put up’ at some stage of the game, so as to have
-you receive a very large _poker_ hand, and one of the others a
-_larger_ one. Although professing to be entire strangers to each
-other, the fact is, they belong to a gang, who travel for the purpose
-of playing and robbing others, as a business. The whole plan now is to
-induce you to bet on your hand as a ‘_poker_ hand,’ which, in your
-verdancy, you would be tempted to do, _but surely to lose if you did_.
-Parties have often been taken in, in this way, and been known to lose
-all the money they had with them, together with their watches, and
-other valuables about their persons. These fellows, and their game,
-are becoming so well known that they find it difficult to pick up a
-‘Greeny,’ or ‘Flat,’ or ‘Sucker,’ as they call their victims. Your
-Uncle George was attacked by one of these gangs once, while on the
-cars, coming from Albany to this city. Knowing their game, he allowed
-them to go on, until he got the _large poker hand_, and their offering
-to bet on theirs being a better one. Thinking it had gone far enough,
-he looked at them all squarely for a moment, and then said: ‘You think
-you have got the best _poker hand_, do you? Well, now; I give you just
-one minute to “_git_,” all of you’; and they did ‘git,’ too. While
-leaving, one grumbled out to another, in an angry tone, ‘You must be a
-d----d fool to take that man for a “Flat.”’ They all left the train at
-the next station. I would have informed the conductor, but it is said
-that some conductors are afraid of these fellows, or, worse yet, are
-‘in with them,’ so I said nothing.”
-
-“Well! well! uncle, I should think you _had_ travelled. And now, as I
-have been a good deal puzzled over an incident that occurred only
-last week, the thought strikes me that you can explain it; so, if you
-will allow me, I will relate it.
-
-“A friend of mine said to me one day: ‘Charlie, I have an intimate
-acquaintance in Pine Street, who has a small back office, and does a
-commission business on foreign account. Though his commissions are
-heavy, yet he has much spare time, and is very fond of playing poker,
-although he knows nothing of the game.’ Said he, ‘This person thinks
-no more of losing a thousand dollars than a dollar; and I have a plan
-by which I know we can beat him sure, without taking any risk.’ I’ll
-give you his plan, uncle, in his own words. Said he to me, ‘I will
-stand _behind_, and so as to see my friend’s hand, and will telegraph
-you with my fingers, whether he has one or two pair, triplets or
-better; and with this knowledge of course you can beat him, _sure_.’
-His proposition and plan seemed somewhat mixed to me, and besides, I
-didn’t like it; so I excused myself, saying I had but little time for
-playing the game, and when I did play it was only for recreation,
-with a made-up party of friends, or at the club. But I have thought of
-the proposition of my friend many times since, and have wondered what
-it meant.”
-
-[Illustration: Man shuffling cards.
-SEE PAGE 19.]
-
-“Well! my boy, I am delighted to know that you had moral courage
-enough to refuse. It was a gilt-edged temptation, and the thousands
-who have taken in the bait will die with the secret of their losses,
-and the way it was done, remaining in their own breasts untold. A
-friend, was he? May God deliver you, my boy, from all such friends!
-This is an old trick. This friend is your worst enemy. He is ‘in with’
-this ‘Pine Street commission merchant,’ as he calls him, and the plan
-is to _rob you_. This is the way they do it. Back of where you sit at
-the table, and so as to enable a confederate to look through from an
-adjoining room and see your hand of cards, is a small aperture in the
-wall or ceiling, and by this means your hand is seen and telegraphed,
-under the table, to your opponent, _so perfectly_, that this ‘merchant
-on foreign account’ knows the exact value of your hand, from one
-pair, up, and _down_, to any _card high_.
-
-“Now, this advantage will invariably beat you; for your friend, as you
-call him, telegraphs you as to _one_, or _two pair_, _triplets_, etc.,
-held by your adversary; while his confederate in the adjoining room
-telegraphs him the exact _size_ of your hand; even, as I have said, to
-the highest card, when you held no pair. This robbery is carried on
-quite largely in this and other cities; and large amounts lost,
-without the fact ever being told of; for the reason that the one who
-has been taken in, and lost, must, if he attempts to expose,
-acknowledge that he himself yielded to the temptation to do wrong.
-Your friend’s friendship is like that of the spider to the fly. The
-Pine Street office is the parlor, and your money is the fly, which
-walks in, but goes out as yours, no more. I am very glad you have
-mentioned this incident, and I know you will not forget my explanation
-of it.
-
-“_Twelfth._--I will now speak of the ‘Jack Pot.’ This is an
-innovation of a late date, and is very much against the interests of a
-poor player, or one who, for the time being, is in bad luck; for it
-compels all alike to put into the pot the amount of the ‘_ante_.’ Yet
-in a square game it has its advantages; for if your bad luck should
-turn to good, two or three hands would bring back all of your losing,
-and make you ‘hunk.’ While playing ‘Jack Pots,’ you must watch:
-_First_, those who are behind-time, and have to be reminded that they
-have not ‘_put up_’; and, _Second_, those who throw their chips into
-the pot _indiscriminately_, or who occasionally make the wrong change,
-or who are habitually changing the chips in the pot with their
-own--large ones for smaller, or _vice versa_--or who are accustomed to
-say: ‘Well, I am in. I owe so much to the pot.’ These are all wrong,
-and done in many cases,--not in all, I am glad to say,--for the
-purpose of _saving or making wrongfully_, and deserve to be called
-‘petty thefts.’ The only right way, my boy, is for all who have an
-interest in the pot, to promptly ‘put up’ the full amount required in
-the centre of the table, in front of themselves, and separate from the
-pot; and under no circumstances allow the chips in the pot to be
-handled. The dealer should never commence to deal the cards until the
-bets made are all in for the _full amount_ and _no more_,--having
-nothing due _from_, or _to_, the pot. This regularity will save
-misunderstandings, disputes, and oftentimes animosities between the
-players.
-
-“A quarter of a century or more ago, your Uncle George cut a slip from
-_The Spirit of the Times_, headed ‘Hints to Poker Players,’ an extract
-from which I will read, as it bears so strongly upon what I have said
-to you:
-
-“‘... Never “pip” up in the pool when you can avoid it--it is a
-useless drain upon one’s money, and can always be avoided, thus: When
-all are in but yourself, place your fore-finger firmly upon a chip of
-the pool and exclaim, “Somebody ain’t up!” “Pip up!” etc. This will
-of course compel any one who may be undecided whether he “pipped up”
-to do so again; in case he swears to it, or has proof, that he has put
-up, then give in like a “lamb,” and put up a chip--like a martyr.
-
-“‘If you can manage to conceal four aces of another pack in one of
-your boots or about your person, and dexterously draw your hands
-thence of course, do it; if caught, make it appear a joke.
-
-“‘If you have a bad hand quickly mingle it with the pack, swear you
-had six cards and draw your “ante,” or rather some one’s else, as you
-did not put up. In this way you win one.
-
-“‘If you have a good hand get mad, slam down your cards, swear luck is
-against you, but you’ll “go in a V, if you lose it,” just by way of a
-“flyer.” Your opponent takes the bait, and, thinking you are bluffing,
-goes a V better. Now you’ve _got_ him, go the V and an X better; if he
-has a tolerable good hand he’ll see you and “call.” Say at first, “a
-small pair.” If they are good take the pool without discovering what
-else you may have; but if he has more than you first, show your
-triplets or two pair, as the case may be, and let all see it, that
-they may know that you did not cheat them, at least.
-
-“‘If you “go in one” and are called, say in a very desponding tone
-while shuffling your cards, with the pack, “Only a pair of aces,” as
-if you had not the remotest idea of their being good,--but it’s a
-pretty safe hand, and if your opponent says they are good, take the
-pool; if not, then examine his hand to see if he outholds you.
-
-“‘Having had a pretty good run of luck and finding it changing, draw
-your watch, swear that you have an engagement at such a time, which of
-course is now past; you are sorry, but will have revenge another time,
-change in your “chips,” pocket the “ready money,” and go on a
-“bender.”’
-
-“This bit of sarcasm well delineates the methods of some players at
-this day.
-
-[Illustration: Four men playing poker.
-SEE PAGE 33.]
-
-“_Thirteenth._--Whenever you find yourself between two parties who
-‘raise’ each other while you ‘_call along_,’ until this ‘see-sawing’
-process finally drives you out, and the other two come to ‘a call,’ be
-sure and have the _defeated hand exhibited on the table_. The
-probabilities are they are ‘playing in together,’ and that there is
-but one _good_ hand, if even that.
-
-“_Fourteenth._--A good poker player never indulges in strong drink,
-and especially to excess; neither does he talk much, or pay attention
-to the conversation of others while playing. A deaf player has the
-advantage of others, for he watches and sees all that is going on, and
-is not distracted by talkative players, or those who talk _for a
-purpose_, which many sharp players do. Your Uncle George decides that
-too much loquacity is indicative of ignorance of the game, inebriety,
-or sharpness.
-
-“Let me here speak of what I would call _petty wrongs_ that annoy good
-players. Such as habitually discarding to the wrong place, throwing up
-hands out of time, looking over a neighbor’s hand, or asking such
-questions as: Well, what’s the ante? Who’s in? Any one straddled? What
-does it take now? How many cards did you draw? etc., etc., etc.
-
-“These are annoyances that no gentleman should inflict upon his
-friends.
-
-“_Fifteenth._--Whenever a new pack of cards is introduced for use, and
-the first deal shows an unusual number of good hands, or even at any
-time during the game, whenever an _unusual number_ of good hands are
-out at the same time, or _two unusually large hands_ are out against
-each other, it is well not to bet all one has on his hand, though he
-holds four aces; for the cards may have been ‘put up,’ and he to his
-sorrow, but too late, might find a straight flush against him. This is
-called ‘_Ringing in a Cold Deck_.’
-
-“I have in my pocket a slip taken from one of our daily papers giving
-a description of a game where a ‘cold deck’ was ‘rung in’ for the
-purpose of robbing one of the party; but, as it resulted, without
-success, for the gentleman upon whom the attempt was made evidently
-was an experienced player. I’ll read it to you:
-
-“‘Mr. Guggenheimer, Mr. Rosenbaum, Mr. Levi, Mr. Cohen, and
-Mr. Einstein were engaged in a little after-dinner game of “draw,” at
-the residence of the former gentleman. The host had occasion to leave
-the room for a short time, and when he returned the cards had been
-dealt for a new hand, and he was included, his approaching footsteps
-being heard. Mr. Guggenheimer raised the five cards allotted to him,
-and could scarcely believe his eyes when four kings were revealed. He
-inspected them carefully, but the entire quartette of monarchs were
-there.
-
-“‘“Who doled these cards?” inquired Mr. Guggenheimer. “Jakey
-Einstein,” replied Mr. Rosenbaum.
-
-“‘Once more Mr. Guggenheimer gazed at the tempting array, and not one
-of the kings had got away. It was his turn to bet; he took a last,
-long, lingering look--heaved a deep sigh, and gently murmured, “I
-pass.”’
-
-“_Sixteenth._--Finally, my boy, your Uncle George must say that you
-stand a very poor chance of holding your own, and no chance of
-winning, if, in your party, there should be two or three playing, who
-are ‘in together’; for you play one hand against the best one of two
-or three others, as the case may be. There are many and ingenious ways
-in such cases of giving each other information as to the value of each
-other’s hands. From toe and knee knocking, position of the fingers in
-holding the cards, position of the cards when laid upon the table, the
-use of a letter, syllable, word, or sentence; the question you ask,
-and manner of asking; the position of your segar or toothpick in
-your mouth, etc., etc., etc. These parties have a sort of a
-_telephono-graphosto_ kind of information, which, many times, it is
-impossible to detect.
-
-“I will now try to picture to you a successful, and yet _strictly
-honest, and liberal poker player_; one with whom many would rather
-play and _lose_, than to play with others and _win_. You have
-undoubtedly often heard this remark in your club: ‘Well, there is no
-use in playing with “Smithy,” for he always wins. I know he is a
-square, nice man, a liberal player, and one of the best fellows,
-socially, in the club; but we can’t beat him, and yet we have to play
-with him.’ Now, my boy; I will explain why this is so; and I may say,
-the language of the Old Roman will apply here very well:
-
-   “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
-    But in ourselves, that we are underlings.’
-
-“The fault is not in ‘Smithy,’ as you call him, but in you yourselves,
-in not giving that attention to the game that your friend ‘Smithy’
-does. A good, honest, and successful poker player is one who not only
-follows the rules of the game--with such variation as circumstances
-seem to require--but always has his eyes open, his head clear, and
-knows all that is going on in the party with whom he is playing. He
-sees and _remembers_ their bets before they discard; he never forgets
-the number of cards discarded, and he soon learns their general style
-of playing; the probabilities of their bluffing, etc., etc. This gives
-him an advantage over all others who are not so observing, and causes
-him many times to ‘throw up’ a _very large hand_, instead of
-‘calling.’ He who says, ‘I know I am beaten, but I will call on
-principle,’ as a rule will be the loser. Therefore, by closely
-watching the game, and remembering what takes place, you will acquire
-that knowledge necessary for success. Remember, my boy, in giving this
-picture of a good poker player, your uncle does not advise you to
-continue to play the game. He only wishes to give you such
-instruction, should you play, as will enable you not only to protect
-yourself, but make you a stronger player--remembering the old adage,
-that ‘Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.’
-
-[Illustration: One player cheating by concealing extra cards.
-SEE PAGE 35.]
-
-“A very common error of an inexperienced player, is to ‘start off’ in
-the game very rashly, ‘going in’ on ‘ace high,’ or even drawing
-five cards; and also of _crowding his bad luck_ during the game, and
-especially just before the time for closing, in trying to ‘get hunk.’
-This is all wrong, and will surely bring losses and defeat. Play every
-hand, whether first or last, as though it was your only hand, and with
-all the care and coolness that I have mentioned of a good player--or
-of your friend Smithy.”
-
-“Thanks, dear uncle! I have been delighted while listening to you. Of
-course I was aware of some of the points you have given me; still, the
-most are entirely new, instructive, and amusing, and explain many
-things that until now have been dark to me. They also prove to me that
-there has been cheating in games in which I have played, and explain
-how some wonderfully large hands have been made--some of which I did
-not feel satisfied with at the time. Now, while your conversation is
-fresh in my mind, if you will excuse me I will go to my room and write
-out a set of rules for directing and governing the playing in our
-club, which I know all the members will be pleased with.”
-
-“Well, I think no objection will be raised, unless by those of the
-class I have named; who, as I have said, are found in nearly every
-club.
-
-“Now having given you so much advice about looking out for the wrongs
-and irregularities of other players, I can not have you leave without
-impressing something very important upon your mind, namely: ‘_Above
-all, watch yourself_.’ It is an old saying that ‘one’s greatest enemy
-is one’s own self.’ Under no circumstances, therefore, remain in the
-game after midnight. All players have a right, in accordance with the
-rules of gaming, to leave off playing at midnight; and no gentleman
-can object to it. Whether you are ahead, therefore, or behind, QUIT
-WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE. By so doing, your head will be clear
-and all right for business on the morrow--remembering that there is
-another evening coming, for its share of recreation and rational
-amusement.
-
-“_Finally._--I would advise you to quit the game entirely. From what I
-have said, you must see clearly that it has a great many more
-drawbacks than advantages. It has cost your Uncle George much money
-and time,--more than he ought to have given it,--especially during his
-younger years in the West and South. Nearly every day’s paper has
-reports of ruined characters, caused by enjoying ‘a little quiet
-game,’ or ‘a little game of draw.’ It is impossible to keep those who
-have a _predisposition to cheat_ out of the games, even of the most
-fashionable and respectable class of players. Therefore, I say, it
-would be better for you to quit it entirely.
-
-“As I began by saying you must be sure and _have the cards cut before
-the deal_, so I close by saying you must be sure and see that _the
-dealer gives no one more than his complement of cards_. Some dealers
-are too much in the habit of giving themselves six or more cards; this
-alone, where all else is square, is a big per cent. ‘in favor of the
-dealer.’
-
-“If what your Uncle George has said to you will be the means of saving
-you from becoming the victim of those who ‘cheat at cards,’ or save
-you from the sufferings and torments of those others I have mentioned,
-growing out of an undue attachment to the game of ‘Draw Poker,’ or
-induce you to give it up entirely, he will feel satisfied and happy.”
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-<a name="png.01" id="png.01" href="#png.01"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>1<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/cover.jpg" id="i_a01"
- alt="Uncle George on Draw Poker      
-NEW YORK: Dick &amp; Fitzgerald, Publishers." title="Front cover" />
-</div>
-
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.02" id="png.02" href="#png.02"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>2<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b02-500.jpg" id="i_b02"
- alt="Uncle George and his nephew at breakfast" title="Frontispiece" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.07">PAGE 7</a>.
-</div>
-
-
-<div class="titlepage">
-<h1 title="Talk of Uncle George to his nephew about Draw Poker"><a name="png.03" id="png.03" href="#png.03"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>3<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a>TALK<br
- /><small class="tiny">OF</small><br
- /><small>UNCLE GEORGE TO HIS NEPHEW</small><br
- /><small class="tiny">ABOUT</small><br
- /><big class="gesperrt">DRAW POKER</big>.</h1>
-
-<p class="subtitle"><small>CONTAINING</small><br
- />VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS<br
- /><big>GREAT AMERICAN GAME</big>.<br
- /><small>ALSO,</small><br
- /><span class="nospread">INSTRUCTION AND DIRECTIONS TO CLUBS AND SOCIAL<br
- />CARD PARTIES, WHOSE MEMBERS PLAY ONLY FOR<br
- />RECREATION AND PASTIME,</span><br class="ns"
- /><small>WITH</small><br
- />TIMELY WARNINGS TO YOUNG PLAYERS.</p>
-
-<p class="subtitle"><i>ILLUSTRATED.</i></p>
-
-
-<p class="publisher"><small>NEW YORK:</small><br
- />DICK &amp; FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="copyrightpage">
-<p><a name="png.04" id="png.04" href="#png.04"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>4<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><small class="allsc">COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY</small><br
- />DICK &amp; FITZGERALD.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="chap">
-<h2 title="Preface" class="preface"><a name="png.05" id="png.05" href="#png.05"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>5<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><span class="gesperrt">PREFACE</span>.</h2>
-<hr class="h2" />
-
-<p><span class="smc">This</span> pamphlet is issued for the purpose of inducing
-those who engage in this Great American Game
-of “Draw Poker,” to play only for amusement and
-pastime; and to expose those in our clubs and social
-card parties who are tricky, or disposed to cheat.
-Also to show to the American youth the dangers
-that beset their path when playing this fascinating
-game.</p>
-
-<p>While we have treatises on this subject, by Blackbridge,
-“American Hoyle,” “Schenck,” and others,—all
-of whom teach the game, <em>with the rules and laws
-that govern it</em>,—it has been left for “Uncle George,”
-in a familiar, conversational manner, to “lay open”
-and expose this game <em>as it is</em> too often played—with
-its “lights and shadows,” its bright parts, and “ways
-that are dark.”</p>
-
-</div>
-
-
-<div class="chap">
-<h2 title="Uncle George on Draw Poker"><a name="png.07" id="png.07" href="#png.07"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>7<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a>UNCLE GEORGE<br
- /><small>ON</small><br
- /><big class="gesperrt">DRAW POKER</big>.</h2>
-<hr class="h2" />
-
-<p class="drop-cap"><span class="ns">“</span><!-- no opening quote in original due to drop cap --><span class="uc">Rather</span> late, my boy, when I heard your
-footsteps upon the stairs last evening,”
-said Uncle George to his nephew, while sitting
-at the breakfast-table on the morning of the
-22d of February last.</p>
-
-<p>“Yes, dear uncle, I acknowledge the corn.
-‘I can not tell a lie,’ you know, on this the anniversary
-of the birth of our Great Uncle
-George, the Father of his Country, and especially
-while his portrait on the wall is now
-looking down upon me. The fact is, I accepted
-an invitation to dine with a few friends at Delmonico’s
-last evening, and after dinner a
-<a name="png.08" id="png.08" href="#png.08"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>8<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>proposition was made to have ‘a little game of
-draw’ for an hour or two; but the time passed
-so rapidly, that I confess it was among the ‘wee
-sma’ hours’ when we broke up. It was much
-later than I intended to have played, I assure
-you; but there seemed to be no time when all
-were ready to quit.”</p>
-
-<p>“I know! I know! my boy. It’s the same
-‘old story.’ Those who are losers are playing
-for ‘hunk,’ as they call it, and those who are
-winners are too gentlemanly to quit and break
-up the party. It was the same with your Uncle
-George fifty years ago. I suppose you mean
-‘Draw Poker,’ my boy?”</p>
-
-<p>“Yes.”</p>
-
-<p>“Well, now; you know your Uncle George
-is an old man, and, as the saying is, ‘has travelled’;
-and having been a man of the world, has
-seen much of the world’s <em>unwritten doings</em>.
-Though you consider yourself <em>smart</em>—and I admit
-you are fully up to the average of those of
-your age,—yet you would be surprised at what
-<a name="png.09" id="png.09" href="#png.09"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>9<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>I can tell you, of what is going on all about
-you of which you know nothing. But as you
-remind me that this is the 22d of February, and
-a holiday, and as you have no business downtown
-this morning, if you are willing to listen
-to your uncle, he will gladly spend an hour in
-talking to you about this game of ‘Draw
-Poker,’ this ‘Great American Game,’ so called
-on account of its origin and its devotees; for at
-the present time it is indulged in by <em>all classes
-in our country</em>—old and young, male and female,
-rich and poor, church-goers and professional
-gamblers; all classes, with ‘<i>antes</i>’ varying
-from a penny to a hundred dollars or more.
-Now, as a game for <em>recreation</em> and <em>pastime</em>, I do
-not object to it; it is said to possess qualities
-as an intellectual game, superior even to whist.
-But when engaged in for the purpose of gambling,
-I class it with other games in which professional
-gamblers live and thrive, by cheating
-and robbing those with whom they play. It
-has been said there is no such thing as a
-<a name="png.10" id="png.10" href="#png.10"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>10<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>‘<i>Square Gambler</i>’; and a well-known Wall
-Street banker has said: ‘Whoever plays poker
-will cheat.’ I can not agree with the latter, but,
-with my definition of a gambler, I fully agree
-with the former. I define a gambler to be ‘one
-who cheats in games of skill and hazard.’ I
-know this definition is not in accordance with
-that given by our lexicographers, but I know it
-will be accepted by all who play at games for
-amusement, and object to being called gamblers.</p>
-
-<p>“In my talk with you this morning, I shall
-take it for granted that you are acquainted with
-the manner of playing the game, as it is played
-at the present time; for you must know, it’s
-not the game of poker your Uncle George
-played, years ago, upon our Western waters. It
-was then called ‘Bluff,’ and we knew nothing
-of ‘Straights,’ ‘Straight Flushes,’ ‘Blazes,’
-or ‘Jack Pots.’ The game was known simply
-as ‘Bluff’ or ‘Straight Poker.’ The value of
-the hands in order was ‘One Pair,’ ‘Two
-Pair,’ ‘Triplets,’ ‘Flushes,’ ‘Fulls,’ and
-<a name="png.11" id="png.11" href="#png.11"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>11<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>‘Four of a kind.’ Your hand was made on
-the first deal; no discarding and drawing to fill
-afterwards. I suppose, my boy, you are familiar
-with the present game, with all its innovations.
-All this you have learned from your
-experience at the clubs and social card parties,
-and from works of instruction. But what I
-desire to impress upon your mind this morning
-is:</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="First">“<i>First.</i>—</h3
-><p>The fact that gamblers, according to
-your Uncle George’s definition, are found in the
-clubs and private card parties, all over our city
-and country; respected as gentlemen, with
-‘Honorable’ and high-sounding titles attached
-to their names. And yet these men are cheating
-you every time you play with them. A case
-in point: I read in the <cite>Century</cite> a few days
-ago, where a game was being played between
-Col. Randolph Snaughter and Major-General
-Brown, a brief extract of which I will give
-you, in order to show you how even a Major-General
-could stoop to employ the crookedest
-<a name="png.12" id="png.12" href="#png.12"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>12<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>kind of aid to gain his ends. As far as my
-memory serves me, it was in this wise:</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="hangdbl">“‘The Major-General was a man of smooth and courtly phrase,</div>
-<div>Who had most charming manners, and winning little ways.</div>
-<div>The hands he held were wonderful,—beyond all sane <span class="nw">belief,—</span></div>
-<div>As Colonel Randolph Snaughter found, to his exceeding grief:</div>
-<div>For, though he play’d a dashing game, and did not want for pluck,</div>
-<div>He stood no ‘kinder sorter’ chance against such awful luck.</div>
-<div>He lost the money in his purse, he lost his watch and chain;</div>
-<div>And then the cause of Brown’s good luck to Snaughter was made plain,</div>
-<div>For while he held <em>three</em> aces, the General he held <em>four</em>,</div>
-<div>And could, had he deemed proper, have held as many more.’”</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.13" id="png.13" href="#png.13"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>13<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b13-700.jpg" id="i_b13"
- alt="Colonel Snaughter and Major-General Brown playing poker" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.11">PAGE 11</a>.
-</div>
-
-<p>“I want to impress strongly upon you <em>the
-fact</em> also, that the game of Draw Poker is an <em>expensive
-recreation</em>. It’s only a question of time,
-and means at your command, as to the amount
-of money you will lose. The longer you play,
-and the more means under your control, the
-<a name="png.15" id="png.15" href="#png.15"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>15<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>more you will be out of pocket in the end.
-Like the ‘Outside Public,’ in Wall Street, it is
-only a question of time. At some other time,
-my boy, I will talk to you about Wall Street,
-but not now. With many, the loss of money
-at Draw Poker is the smallest item. There are
-those who become <em>infatuated</em>, and the result is
-not only loss of money, but loss of time, character,
-business, position in society, and often
-ends in dissipation and crime. Let me warn
-you, therefore, my boy, of the danger of becoming
-too much attached to this game. When
-you find you have neglected to perform some
-duty, or to keep some business engagement, in
-order to play; when you find yourself playing
-into late hours, as you confess you did last night,
-or when you find you are losing more than you
-can well afford, with your salary, quit it!! quit
-it!!! I say, don’t wait for all three of these
-warnings, but quit it on the first show of either;
-for you are then on dangerous ground. The
-charm of the gaming snake is beginning to
-<a name="png.16" id="png.16" href="#png.16"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>16<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>produce its effect, and your only safety is in throwing
-off the influence of the charmer. Any
-delay or procrastination <em>now is almost sure destruction</em>.
-There is no game of chance or skill
-that brings out one’s real nature, one’s ownself,
-as much as Draw Poker. Where players all
-stand well in a community, the game is expected
-to be fair and honorable; hence a good opportunity
-is offered for those who are <em>disposed to
-cheat</em>, to do so. I would rather play a few
-games of poker with one whose character and
-disposition I would like to learn, than to receive
-a basketful of recommendations. I admit there
-are games played in which all are gentlemen,
-and no one under any circumstance could be
-induced to take any advantage of another. But,
-my boy, such cases are rare. Want of opportunity,
-and fear of the eyes of others, are what
-keep many players honest. Now, with these
-introductory remarks, I will say, that it is to
-guard you against the acts of such players that
-I shall talk to you for a short time, feeling sure
-<a name="png.17" id="png.17" href="#png.17"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>17<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>that, if you remember well what I say, it will
-be to your eventual great gain.</p>
-
-<p>“I begin by repeating the advice of the father
-to his son. Said he, ‘My son, if you play cards
-for gain, you will surely lose in the end; but if
-you will see that the <em>cards are cut</em> immediately
-before dealing every time, your money will last
-you longer.’ This was good advice, and just as
-good now as when first given. There are card
-players, or ‘card sharps,’ as they are called,
-who can shuffle cards so adroitly as to ‘<i>put up
-a hand</i>’ right before your eyes, and you not
-know it. Even a ‘bungler’ can shuffle so as
-to give himself a ‘pair,’ or at least to have
-knowledge of what cards are left on the top or
-bottom of the pack, which knowledge he can
-make useful in many ways. For instance, after
-the deal, he finds in looking at his hand that he
-has a pair that match the card he knows is on
-the bottom of the pack. In helping himself,
-he takes this bottom card; he ‘does his work
-so fine’ you can not discover the cheat. And
-<a name="png.18" id="png.18" href="#png.18"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>18<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>if he has a ‘four straight,’ a ‘four flush’ or
-‘two pairs,’ and the bottom card will fill his
-hand, he takes it, as I have said, making his
-‘straight,’ or ‘flush,’ or ‘full.’ Many other
-points under this head could be given you, my
-boy, why the cards should be cut the last thing
-before being dealt. Strictly, the <em>blank card</em> of
-the pack should always be the bottom card of
-the pack being dealt.</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Second">“<i>Second.</i>—</h3
-><p>Whenever the cards are cut, be sure
-and have the <em>two separated parts of the pack put
-together</em> before dealing. An old gentleman
-once said to a young man, ironically, who was
-dealing from a part of the pack, ‘Young man,
-you ought never to play cards until your hands
-have grown sufficiently large to hold the whole
-pack at one and the same time.’ The reason is
-this: The party shuffling has a chance to know
-what cards are on the top of the pack, and by
-holding only the cut portion in his hand while
-dealing, knows into whose hand these cards fall,
-or if they should fall to himself, he would know
-<a name="png.19" id="png.19" href="#png.19"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>19<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>how to discard, so as to have his hand helped
-by drawing. You see this gives the dealer an
-advantage over the other players.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Third">“<i>Third.</i>—</h3
-><p>The pack, or any undealt portions
-of it, should at all times remain in sight of the
-players, and <em>upon the table</em>, and held by the
-dealer only <em>while actually engaged in dealing or
-in helping hands</em>. This is to prevent the dealer
-from obtaining knowledge while holding the
-cards on or below the surface of the table.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Fourth">“<i>Fourth.</i>—</h3
-><p>In gathering up the discarded
-cards for the purpose of shuffling, be sure that the
-faces of the cards are turned from the shuffler;
-for otherwise the party shuffling gains an advantage,
-by knowing the position of some of the
-higher cards, and besides, it gives him an opportunity
-of ‘putting up the cards’ while shuffling.
-In no instance, however, should the discarded
-cards be gathered up while some are still engaged
-in playing their hands.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Fifth">“<i>Fifth.</i>—</h3
-><p>In helping the players after discarding,
-always give the number called for, <em>together</em>,
-<a name="png.20" id="png.20" href="#png.20"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>20<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>as they come from the pack, and not <em>singly</em>, one
-by one; for this reason: There are persons who
-can with their finger-nails, or ring, or by a slight
-bend, so mark the cards, as to know them whenever
-these marks are seen; and in dealing they
-can only see the marks by dealing the cards off
-one at a time, and not together. And besides,
-if the dealer deals them off <em>singly</em>, and knows
-the bottom card, he can, as I have said, help
-himself to that card, which he could not so well
-do by dealing them off together. Again, some
-dealers are so expert, that they can deal continually
-the <em>second card</em> from the top of the
-pack; they can give you any number called for,
-<em>one at a time</em>, without disturbing the top card,
-which top card the dealer, of course, wants himself,
-to help his hand. This could not be done,
-if the number called for were dealt off together,
-and not one at a time. This is called, ‘<i>Dealing
-Seconds</i>.’</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.21" id="png.21" href="#png.21"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>21<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b21-500.jpg" id="i_b21"
- alt="A broken man holds a gun to his temple" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.15">PAGE 15</a>.
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Sixth">“<i>Sixth.</i>—</h3
-><p><em>Discarded cards should be left upon
-the table, and never touched until all have been
-<a name="png.23" id="png.23" href="#png.23"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>23<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>helped; they should be discarded to the person
-whose duty is to gather them up for shuffling.</em>
-By observing this direction, it will be found difficult
-for a player to discard a different number
-from the number he draws, without detection.
-Any dealer who is ‘<i>Playing in</i>’ with another,
-and helping his ‘Pard’ to extra cards, and receiving
-the same number in discard, can avoid
-detection by immediately gathering up the discarded
-ones, and putting them on the bottom of
-the pack from which he is dealing. I repeat,
-therefore, that <em>discarded cards should be left on
-the table, until all are helped</em>.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Seventh">“<i>Seventh.</i>—</h3
-><p>Always look with suspicion upon
-one who wears eye-glasses while playing, and
-who wears them at no other time; or upon the
-player who habitually calls for more light—who
-wants the gas turned on, or the window-shades
-raised, when there is sufficient light already.
-Our playing cards are large print. A man nearly
-blind can distinguish the cards, and ordinary
-eyes can read them distinctly at twilight. In
-<a name="png.24" id="png.24" href="#png.24"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>24<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>such cases the probabilities are, that the one
-desiring more light is dealing with <em>marked
-cards</em>; the marks are so fine that strong light
-and magnifying-glasses are necessary to see the
-marks. I say, my boy, you must keep a sharp
-look-out for all such players.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Eighth">“<i>Eighth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Look out for that player who is
-continually fussing with the pack. I think it is
-called ‘Monkeying with the cards.’ The probabilities
-are that he is ‘putting them up.’</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Ninth">“<i>Ninth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Look out for that player who invariably,
-when he picks up the pack to deal,
-looks at the bottom card, or shows it to the
-player at his left. Also for the one who is always
-precise in cutting the cards at some particular
-place in the pack. These are all indications
-of the party’s trying to take advantage,
-and must be looked upon with suspicion. The
-last is called ‘<i>Cutting to a break</i>.’</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Tenth">“<i>Tenth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Watch very closely an <em>uneasy</em> player,
-one who is almost constantly on the move;
-using the cuspidor often, though neither chewing
-<a name="png.25" id="png.25" href="#png.25"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>25<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>nor smoking; his hands and arms continually
-on the move, while they ought to be quiet
-on, or above the table. The probabilities are
-that such a player is taking cards from the pack,
-and secreting them in some place on his person—inside
-of his neck collar, under his handkerchief,
-in his lap, up his coat-sleeve, or holding
-them in the bend of his knee, and using them
-whenever the hand dealt him can be benefited
-thereby. At other times, two or three cards of
-like denomination are held in the palm of the
-hand, to be used with the next hand given, in
-helping to make a very large hand. This is
-done by many so cleverly that it is impossible to
-see the cards so held. This is called ‘<i>Holding
-out cards</i>.’</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Eleventh">“<i>Eleventh.</i>—</h3
-><p>You have undoubtedly noticed,
-my boy, hanging in the saloons of our River and
-Sound steamers, a card on which is printed
-these words: ‘Beware of well-dressed persons
-who invite you to play euchre.’ Now these
-well-dressed persons are known as travelling
-<a name="png.26" id="png.26" href="#png.26"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>26<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>‘Card Sharps.’ They are always well dressed
-when travelling, for their dress is their card of
-introduction to their fellow-travellers. If you
-should accept an invitation of one from these,
-and sit down with two others to a game of
-‘Euchre,’ or ‘All Fours,’ it will <em>always result</em>
-in the cards being ‘put up’ at some stage of
-the game, so as to have you receive a very large
-<em>poker</em> hand, and one of the others a <em>larger</em> one.
-Although professing to be entire strangers to
-each other, the fact is, they belong to a gang,
-who travel for the purpose of playing and robbing
-others, as a business. The whole plan now
-is to induce you to bet on your hand as a ‘<em>poker</em>
-hand,’ which, in your verdancy, you would be
-tempted to do, <em>but surely to lose if you did</em>.
-Parties have often been taken in, in this way,
-and been known to lose all the money they had
-with them, together with their watches, and
-other valuables about their persons. These fellows,
-and their game, are becoming so well
-known that they find it difficult to pick up a
-<a name="png.27" id="png.27" href="#png.27"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>27<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>‘Greeny,’ or ‘Flat,’ or ‘Sucker,’ as they call
-their victims. Your Uncle George was attacked
-by one of these gangs once, while on the cars,
-coming from Albany to this city. Knowing
-their game, he allowed them to go on, until he
-got the <em>large poker hand</em>, and their offering to
-bet on theirs being a better one. Thinking it
-had gone far enough, he looked at them all
-squarely for a moment, and then said: ‘You
-think you have got the best <em>poker hand</em>, do
-you? Well, now; I give you just one minute
-to “<em>git</em>,” all of you’; and they did ‘git,’ too.
-While leaving, one grumbled out to another, in
-an angry tone, ‘You must be a <span class="nw">d——d</span> fool to
-take that man for a “Flat.”’ They all left the
-train at the next station. I would have informed
-the conductor, but it is said that some conductors
-are afraid of these fellows, or, worse
-yet, are ‘in with them,’ so I said nothing.”<!-- closing quote invisible in original --></p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“Well! well! uncle, I should think you <em>had</em>
-travelled. And now, as I have been a good
-deal puzzled over an incident that occurred only
-<a name="png.28" id="png.28" href="#png.28"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>28<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>last week, the thought strikes me that you can
-explain it; so, if you will allow me, I will relate it.</p>
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.29" id="png.29" href="#png.29"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>29<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b29-400.jpg" id="i_b29"
- alt="Man shuffling cards" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.19">PAGE 19</a>.
-</div>
-
-<p>“A friend of mine said to me one day:
-‘Charlie, I have an intimate acquaintance in
-Pine Street, who has a small back office, and
-does a commission business on foreign account.
-Though his commissions are heavy, yet he has
-much spare time, and is very fond of playing
-poker, although he knows nothing of the game.’
-Said he, ‘This person thinks no more of losing
-a thousand dollars than a dollar; and I have a
-plan by which I know we can beat him sure, without
-taking any risk.’ I’ll give you his plan, uncle,
-in his own words. Said he to me, ‘I will stand
-<em>behind</em>, and so as to see my friend’s hand, and will
-telegraph you with my fingers, whether he has
-one or two pair, triplets or better; and with
-this knowledge of course you can beat him,
-<em>sure</em>.’ His proposition and plan seemed somewhat
-mixed to me, and besides, I didn’t like it;
-so I excused myself, saying I had but little time
-for playing the game, and when I did play it
-<a name="png.31" id="png.31" href="#png.31"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>31<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>was only for recreation, with a made-up party of
-friends, or at the club. But I have thought of
-the proposition of my friend many times since,
-and have wondered what it meant.”</p>
-
-<p>“Well! my boy, I am delighted to know that
-you had moral courage enough to refuse. It
-was a gilt-edged temptation, and the thousands
-who have taken in the bait will die with the
-secret of their losses, and the way it was done,
-remaining in their own breasts untold. A friend,
-was he? May God deliver you, my boy, from all
-such friends! This is an old trick. This friend
-is your worst enemy. He is ‘in with’ this
-‘Pine Street commission merchant,’ as he calls
-him, and the plan is to <em>rob you</em>. This is the
-way they do it. Back of where you sit at the
-table, and so as to enable a confederate to look
-through from an adjoining room and see your
-hand of cards, is a small aperture in the wall or
-ceiling, and by this means your hand is seen and
-telegraphed, under the table, to your opponent,
-<em>so perfectly</em>, that this ‘merchant on foreign
-<a name="png.32" id="png.32" href="#png.32"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>32<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>account’ knows the exact value of your hand,
-from one pair, up, and <em>down</em>, to any <em>card high</em>.</p>
-
-<p>“Now, this advantage will invariably beat
-you; for your friend, as you call him, telegraphs
-you as to <i>one</i>, or <i>two pair</i>, <i>triplets</i>, etc., held by
-your adversary; while his confederate in the adjoining
-room telegraphs him the exact <em>size</em> of your
-hand; even, as I have said, to the highest card,
-when you held no pair. This robbery is carried
-on quite largely in this and other cities; and
-large amounts lost, without the fact ever being
-told of; for the reason that the one who has
-been taken in, and lost, must, if he attempts to
-expose, acknowledge that he himself yielded to
-the temptation to do wrong. Your friend’s
-friendship is like that of the spider to the fly.
-The Pine Street office is the parlor, and your
-money is the fly, which walks in, but goes out
-as yours, no more. I am very glad you have
-mentioned this incident, and I know you will
-not forget my explanation of it.</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Twelfth">“<i>Twelfth.</i>—</h3
-><p>I will now speak of the ‘Jack
-<a name="png.33" id="png.33" href="#png.33"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>33<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>Pot.’ This is an innovation of a late date, and
-is very much against the interests of a poor
-player, or one who, for the time being, is in bad
-luck; for it compels all alike to put into the
-pot the amount of the ‘<i>ante</i>.’ Yet in a square
-game it has its advantages; for if your bad luck
-should turn to good, two or three hands would
-bring back all of your losing, and make you
-‘hunk.’ While playing ‘Jack Pots,’ you must
-watch: <i>First</i>, those who are behind-time, and
-have to be reminded that they have not ‘<i>put up</i>’;
-and, <i>Second</i>, those who throw their chips into
-the pot <em>indiscriminately</em>, or who occasionally
-make the wrong change, or who are habitually
-changing the chips in the pot with their own—large
-ones for smaller, or <i>vice versa</i>—or who
-are accustomed to say: ‘Well, I am in. I owe
-so much to the pot.’ These are all wrong, and
-done in many cases,—not in all, I am glad to
-say,—for the purpose of <em>saving or making
-wrongfully</em>, and deserve to be called ‘petty
-thefts.’ The only right way, my boy, is for all
-<a name="png.34" id="png.34" href="#png.34"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>34<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>who have an interest in the pot, to promptly
-‘put up’ the full amount required in the centre
-of the table, in front of themselves, and separate
-from the pot; and under no circumstances allow
-the chips in the pot to be handled. The dealer
-should never commence to deal the cards until
-the bets made are all in for the <em>full amount</em> and
-<em>no more</em>,—having nothing due <em>from</em>, or <em>to</em>, the
-pot. This regularity will save misunderstandings,
-disputes, and oftentimes animosities between the
-players.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“A quarter of a century or more ago, your
-Uncle George cut a slip from <cite>The Spirit of the
-Times</cite>, headed ‘Hints to Poker Players,’ an extract
-from which I will read, as it bears so strongly
-upon what I have said to you:</p>
-
-<p>“‘... Never “pip” up in the pool when
-you can avoid it—it is a useless drain upon one’s
-money, and can always be avoided, thus: When
-all are in but yourself, place your fore-finger firmly
-upon a chip of the pool and exclaim, “Somebody
-ain’t up!” “Pip up!” etc. This will of
-<a name="png.35" id="png.35" href="#png.35"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>35<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>course compel any one who may be undecided
-whether he “pipped up” to do so again; in
-case he swears to it, or has proof, that he has
-put up, then give in like a “lamb,” and put up a
-chip—like a martyr.</p>
-
-<p>“‘If you can manage to conceal four aces of
-another pack in one of your boots or about
-your person, and dexterously draw your hands
-thence of course, do it; if caught, make it appear
-a joke.</p>
-
-<p>“‘If you have a bad hand quickly mingle it
-with the pack, swear you had six cards and
-draw your “ante,” or rather some one’s else, as
-you did not put up. In this way you win one.</p>
-
-<p>“‘If you have a good hand get mad, slam
-down your cards, swear luck is against you, but
-you’ll “go in a V, if you lose it,” just by way
-of a “flyer.” Your opponent takes the bait,
-and, thinking you are bluffing, goes a V better.
-Now you’ve <em>got</em> him, go the V and an X better;
-if he has a tolerable good hand he’ll see you and
-“call.” Say at first, “a small pair.” If they
-<a name="png.36" id="png.36" href="#png.36"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>36<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>are good take the pool without discovering what
-else you may have; but if he has more than you
-first, show your triplets or two pair, as the case
-may be, and let all see it, that they may know
-that you did not cheat them, at least.</p>
-
-<p>“‘If you “go in one” and are called, say in a
-very desponding tone while shuffling your cards,
-with the pack, “Only a pair of aces,” as if you had
-not the remotest idea of their being good,—but
-it’s a pretty safe hand, and if your opponent
-says they are good, take the pool; if not, then
-examine his hand to see if he outholds you.</p>
-
-<p>“‘Having had a pretty good run of luck and
-finding it changing, draw your watch, swear
-that you have an engagement at such a time,
-which of course is now past; you are sorry, but
-will have revenge another time, change in your
-“chips,” pocket the “ready money,” and go on
-a “bender.”’</p>
-
-<p>“This bit of sarcasm well delineates the
-methods of some players at this day.</p>
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.37" id="png.37" href="#png.37"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>37<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b37-675.jpg" id="i_b37"
- alt="Four men playing poker" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.33">PAGE 33</a>.
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Thirteenth">“<i>Thirteenth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Whenever you find yourself
-<a name="png.39" id="png.39" href="#png.39"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>39<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>between two parties who ‘raise’ each other
-while you ‘<i>call along</i>,’ until this ‘see-sawing’
-process finally drives you out, and the other
-two come to ‘a call,’ be sure and have the <em>defeated
-hand exhibited on the table</em>. The probabilities
-are they are ‘playing in together,’ and
-that there is but one <em>good</em> hand, if even that.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Fourteenth">“<i>Fourteenth.</i>—</h3
-><p>A good poker player never
-indulges in strong drink, and especially to excess;
-neither does he talk much, or pay attention
-to the conversation of others while playing. A
-deaf player has the advantage of others, for he
-watches and sees all that is going on, and is not
-distracted by talkative players, or those who
-talk <em>for a purpose</em>, which many sharp players do.
-Your Uncle George decides that too much loquacity
-is indicative of ignorance of the game,
-inebriety, or sharpness.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“Let me here speak of what I would call
-<em>petty wrongs</em> that annoy good players. Such
-as habitually discarding to the wrong place,
-throwing up hands out of time, looking over a
-<a name="png.40" id="png.40" href="#png.40"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>40<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>neighbor’s hand, or asking such questions as:
-Well, what’s the ante? Who’s in? Any one
-straddled? What does it take now? How many
-cards did you draw? etc., etc., etc.</p>
-
-<p>“These are annoyances that no gentleman
-should inflict upon his friends.</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Fifteenth">“<i>Fifteenth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Whenever a new pack of cards
-is introduced for use, and the first deal shows an
-unusual number of good hands, or even at any
-time during the game, whenever an <em>unusual
-number</em> of good hands are out at the same time,
-or <em>two unusually large hands</em> are out against
-each other, it is well not to bet all one has on
-his hand, though he holds four aces; for the
-cards may have been ‘put up,’ and he to his
-sorrow, but too late, might find a straight flush
-against him. This is called ‘<i>Ringing in a Cold
-Deck</i>.’</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“I have in my pocket a slip taken from one
-of our daily papers giving a description of a
-game where a ‘cold deck’ was ‘rung in’ for the
-purpose of robbing one of the party; but, as it
-<a name="png.41" id="png.41" href="#png.41"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>41<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>resulted, without success, for the gentleman
-upon whom the attempt was made evidently was
-an experienced player. I’ll read it to you:</p>
-
-<p>“‘Mr. Guggenheimer, Mr. Rosenbaum, Mr. Levi,
-Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Einstein were engaged
-in a little after-dinner game of “draw,”
-at the residence of the former gentleman. The
-host had occasion to leave the room for a short
-time, and when he returned the cards had been
-dealt for a new hand, and he was included, his
-approaching footsteps being heard. Mr. Guggenheimer
-raised the five cards allotted to him,
-and could scarcely believe his eyes when four
-kings were revealed. He inspected them carefully,
-but the entire quartette of monarchs were
-there.</p>
-
-<p>“‘“Who doled these cards?” inquired Mr. Guggenheimer.
-“Jakey Einstein,” replied Mr. Rosenbaum.</p>
-
-<p>“‘Once more Mr. Guggenheimer gazed at the
-tempting array, and not one of the kings had
-got away. It was his turn to bet; he took a
-<a name="png.42" id="png.42" href="#png.42"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>42<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>last, long, lingering look—heaved a deep sigh,
-and gently murmured, “I pass.”’</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Sixteenth">“<i>Sixteenth.</i>—</h3
-><p>Finally, my boy, your Uncle
-George must say that you stand a very poor
-chance of holding your own, and no chance of
-winning, if, in your party, there should be two
-or three playing, who are ‘in together’; for
-you play one hand against the best one of two
-or three others, as the case may be. There are
-many and ingenious ways in such cases of giving
-each other information as to the value of
-each other’s hands. From toe and knee knocking,
-position of the fingers in holding the cards,
-position of the cards when laid upon the table,
-the use of a letter, syllable, word, or sentence;
-the question you ask, and manner of asking; the
-position of your segar or toothpick in your
-mouth, etc., etc., etc. These parties have a sort
-of a <i>telephono-graphosto</i> kind of information,
-which, many times, it is impossible to detect.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“I will now try to picture to you a successful,
-and yet <em>strictly honest, and liberal poker player</em>;
-<a name="png.43" id="png.43" href="#png.43"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>43<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>one with whom many would rather play and <em>lose</em>,
-than to play with others and <em>win</em>. You have
-undoubtedly often heard this remark in your
-club: ‘Well, there is no use in playing with
-“Smithy,” for he always wins. I know he is a
-square, nice man, a liberal player, and one of
-the best fellows, socially, in the club; but we
-can’t beat him, and yet we have to play with
-him.’ Now, my boy; I will explain why this
-is so; and I may say, the language of the Old
-Roman will apply here very well:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="hangpunct">“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,</div>
-<div>But in ourselves, that we are underlings.’</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p>“The fault is not in ‘Smithy,’ as you call him,
-but in you yourselves, in not giving that attention
-to the game that your friend ‘Smithy’
-does. A good, honest, and successful poker
-player is one who not only follows the rules of
-the game—with such variation as circumstances
-seem to require—but always has his eyes open,
-his head clear, and knows all that is going on in
-the party with whom he is playing. He sees
-<a name="png.44" id="png.44" href="#png.44"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>44<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>and <em>remembers</em> their bets before they discard;
-he never forgets the number of cards discarded,
-and he soon learns their general style of playing;
-the probabilities of their bluffing, etc., etc.
-This gives him an advantage over all others
-who are not so observing, and causes him many
-times to ‘throw up’ a <em>very large hand</em>, instead
-of ‘calling.’ He who says, ‘I know I am
-beaten, but I will call on principle,’ as a rule
-will be the loser. Therefore, by closely watching
-the game, and remembering what takes
-place, you will acquire that knowledge necessary
-for success. Remember, my boy, in giving this
-picture of a good poker player, your uncle does
-not advise you to continue to play the game. He
-only wishes to give you such instruction, should
-you play, as will enable you not only to protect
-yourself, but make you a stronger player—remembering
-the old adage, that ‘Whatever is
-worth doing at all, is worth doing well.’</p>
-
-<div class="plate">
-<a name="png.45" id="png.45" href="#png.45"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>45<span class="ns">]<br
- /></span></span></a><img src="images/i_b45-650.jpg" id="i_b45"
- alt="One player cheating by concealing extra cards" /><br
- />SEE <a href="#png.35">PAGE 35</a>.
-</div>
-
-<p>“A very common error of an inexperienced
-player, is to ‘start off’ in the game very rashly,
-<a name="png.47" id="png.47" href="#png.47"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>47<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>‘going in’ on ‘ace high,’ or even drawing five
-cards; and also of <em>crowding his bad luck</em> during
-the game, and especially just before the
-time for closing, in trying to ‘get hunk.’
-This is all wrong, and will surely bring losses
-and defeat. Play every hand, whether first or
-last, as though it was your only hand, and with
-all the care and coolness that I have mentioned
-of a good player—or of your friend Smithy.”</p>
-
-<p>“Thanks, dear uncle! I have been delighted
-while listening to you. Of course I was aware
-of some of the points you have given me;
-still, the most are entirely new, instructive, and
-amusing, and explain many things that until
-now have been dark to me. They also prove
-to me that there has been cheating in games in
-which I have played, and explain how some
-wonderfully large hands have been made—some
-of which I did not feel satisfied with at
-the time. Now, while your conversation is
-fresh in my mind, if you will excuse me I will
-go to my room and write out a set of rules for
-<a name="png.48" id="png.48" href="#png.48"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>48<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>directing and governing the playing in our club,
-which I know all the members will be pleased
-with.”</p>
-
-<p>“Well, I think no objection will be raised,
-unless by those of the class I have named;
-who, as I have said, are found in nearly every
-club.</p>
-
-<p>“Now having given you so much advice about
-looking out for the wrongs and irregularities
-of other players, I can not have you leave without
-impressing something very important upon
-your mind, namely: ‘<cite>Above all, watch yourself</cite>.’
-It is an old saying that ‘one’s greatest enemy is
-one’s own self.’ Under no circumstances, therefore,
-remain in the game after midnight. All
-players have a right, in accordance with the
-rules of gaming, to leave off playing at midnight;
-and no gentleman can object to it. Whether
-you are ahead, therefore, or behind, <span class="allsc">QUIT WHEN
-THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE</span>. By so doing, your
-head will be clear and all right for business on
-the morrow—remembering that there is another
-<a name="png.49" id="png.49" href="#png.49"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>49<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>evening coming, for its share of recreation and
-rational amusement.</p>
-
-<div class="runin">
-<h3 title="Finally">“<i>Finally.</i>—</h3
-><p>I would advise you to quit the game
-entirely. From what I have said, you must see
-clearly that it has a great many more drawbacks
-than advantages. It has cost your Uncle George
-much money and time,—more than he ought to
-have given it,—especially during his younger
-years in the West and South. Nearly every
-day’s paper has reports of ruined characters,
-caused by enjoying ‘a little quiet game,’ or ‘a
-little game of draw.’ It is impossible to keep
-those who have a <em>predisposition to cheat</em> out of
-the games, even of the most fashionable and
-respectable class of players. Therefore, I say, it
-would be better for you to quit it entirely.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>“As I began by saying you must be sure and
-<em>have the cards cut before the deal</em>, so I close by
-saying you must be sure and see that <em>the dealer
-gives no one more than his complement of cards</em>.
-Some dealers are too much in the habit of
-giving themselves six or more cards; this alone,
-<a name="png.50" id="png.50" href="#png.50"><span class="pagenum"><span
- class="ns">[</span>50<span class="ns">]
- </span></span></a>where all else is square, is a big per cent. ‘in
-favor of the dealer.’</p>
-
-<p>“If what your Uncle George has said to you
-will be the means of saving you from becoming
-the victim of those who ‘cheat at cards,’ or
-save you from the sufferings and torments of
-those others I have mentioned, growing out of
-an undue attachment to the game of ‘Draw
-Poker,’ or induce you to give it up entirely, he
-will feel satisfied and happy.”</p>
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