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The Game He Did Not Understand

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
June
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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From the ííew Orleana Picayune. The best poker hand we ever heard of was held by old Weasel the other night. Weasel didn't know rauch about poker, but he wanted to learn, and every now and then (the party was playing euchre), he would show bis cards and aak if that wasn't a good hand. Once or twice he bet, but somebody alwttys beat him, becauae he knew so little about the game After a while, as Weasel was dealing, and when he had thrown three cards around to each one, he stopped and looked at his three. He looked a good while. Then he got excited. " Now I know this is a good hand. - I've learned something about poker in the last two houra, and 111 bet $25 on these three cards. It's just the best hand I ever saw." Jonos had beaten Weasel on this sort of a banter already, and 80 he took up his cards. He had three aces - a pretty good hand for three cards. Nobody could have a full of fours, and his threes were the biggest in the deck. He bent a pitying Biuile on old Weasel, and said : " I think I've got something pretty good here, but I couldn't bet less than $50 on it. We are not playing poker, you know, and these outside issues are irregular. I bet $50." " Done !" said old Weasel ; " what have you got T They put up their money, and then Jones showed his hand. " Here's three aces, you old muttonhead ! You can't beat that with any three cards on earth. You ought to know better than to - " " Hold on," cried old Weasel, throwing down the king, ten and seven of hearts. " That's a flush, I believe ; and a flush always beats threes. I don't know inuch about poker, but it seems to me I've got the best hand out of jail." Jones had forgotten about flushes. In fact, the whole party rather underrated old Weasel because he was a religious man and not supposed to know anything about cards. But they kept a very watchful eye on him after that, and when he spoke of poker hands they all insisted on stioking to the game they were playing.

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Michigan Argus