CARDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 1, 9 July 1874, Page 4

CARDS.

VARIETIES OF POKER, .v.,..: Tbe usual game of poker is termed/draw poker. Tbvre are, however, several different ways of playing— namdy, atraighf;poker, whiskey. pt ker, and stud poker.' - " Straight Poker, or bluff as it is sometimes called, is played in the same * way as/ draw poker, cxc pt in the following particu-. lars:— „; . ;/ 1. The winner of the pool has the deal. 2. Each lUyer antes before the cards are cut for deal. ■•: 3. Any playerimy pass with the privilege o* coming jn a^ain provided no. player precedi-g him has made a bet. " • 4. No pa. er is p- rmitttd to discard' or draw any card*. ;"- . 5. W. en the playtrs pass, the -eldest hand deals, and each player deposits/aro'ther ante in the* pt o', 1 thus making -what is Cfil'ed a r'ouWle header: _'■ When f a*misdeal occurs, the rule is the «ame : ;/ &• •■"-'.;■ If this rule were to obtain at draw; poker • it would be an improvement, an thb* dealer V has a slifjhf advantage-from having fhelksfc •'*.* say but onf*, and' also 'from, being? able/to play on a weaker hand than the;pthers, : in . conseq-renc- of having already put-up half the stake (the dealer's ante), whichhemust lose if he does not make it goodie .*.:' '■.. ""■' To a. oid confusion it is better at; straight poker t.-r the first dea't r at the cbmmence'T ment to pu t vp a sum equal to an anjte? from each— generally a knife or key,' or'other small a* tide— which; is re'dtemed-'^at its . nomiral value when tne play cea--e3./ ; Thusi, • if four are playingand theiante'ieone chip, the "b-ickV-Xasf- it ia called) would be valued at four cMos ' The d^ aleVputs up four ch's . s, ; ahd pas-es th*- huck/i&thetplayer' oh his. left. When the ne^tl;deal takes place the player hay.. h-r the buck- to his next neighbour who in turn doe's the same, and so it goes round as long as. the ejame'continues. .£f\\ t A>A - Whiskey Poker is an amusippvariatiop. Each player cmtribut s a chip tij'tbe Jpool. The same rules govern as at draw; poker, except that s'raighfs are si ways' itfthegame. Five cards. are dealt to each player,' and an extra hat d on the table- called the 'widow.', The.eldest' hand examines his' cards, and - either parses cr takes the, widow; If he-) pass? s, the next player baa the- choice of the widow, and So on. If any /player- takes ■ the -widpw,/he lays' his 'discarded band face j .'/upwards in the. middle g[f the tkblei and the j hext'.player to his lfc/ftniay take from it one. | card to fill his hand;' discarding apard and f adding It t.6 the exposed; : hand 'randZ-so on i round and jouud the board until one player I is satisfied. "' This he righlfiesby/khockibg | ou the table. '/ When this occurs'^achof the | other playera 'has one more ; draw ; after j which the hahj-s' are shown, and the I strongest poker .'hand win's-'' Tf any: <player 1 knocks before the widbw is -turned up, 1 each player froih'the one/ who § has one draw. Should no ooe^take tbe § widow, but all pass? to the dealer/ be f urns § up t-*e widow and all- di-aw &^ before, be- | .ginni -g at the eldest "hand, until some one $ is satisfied. '-*- ■■ .-'^.v ;-.--,- V- A Stud Poker is thus played : five cards-/-are v dealt, as usual, one at a •time. . The i card dealt';in the first rourid is i'tdr'be placed / face /dowifwkrds; all theStfthers are dealt V face 'upward*-. \Tbe betting then takes f/ place aa at,draw;poker. - .player has • . a right to look air 'his own •uhkhbwn card.. | / When a cill ocshrsV th/e unseen^^rds are^ i shown,, and; the/ highest. pokCT/:;n-i'pd /winp:? | For .example : A-haa exposed/afeng, seven, /I fouf, and five; B has exposed a^qUeen, ten.- - nine ih/d./six.; A's hand *ihMght i-ls' theij better/iarirT baying/the 'f highes^icard ; bujb 'I a call being - mlde, and -the'uhknotvh cards I turned eyer,/A shows ah eigHtV-and B a six, I Of course Bwins^ / -,- : M