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age if he was in the pot-the dealer if the age had passed out-and so on to the right. Should a player make a bet which is not called he wins the pot without showing his hand. If the highest bet is called the players who have made good show their hands, face up, and the highest hand wins.

All poker hands show for themselves. It makes no difference what hand a player announces he has, the cards must be shown and determine the value of the hand.

If two or more hands are of the same class the rank of the cards decides the winner. As between pairs, the hand with the highest pairs wins. If two players hold like pairs the highest odd cards win. As between straights, the one headed by the highest card wins. As between flushes, the one containing the highest card wins. An ace may either begin or end a straight, as ace, king, queen, jack, ten, or five, four, three, two, ace. King, ace, two, three, four is not a straight. As between full hands, the one with the highest threes wins. Should two hands be identical and these be the best ones out the pool is divided between the holders of the two identical hands.

Many a man will boost a pot who would not help a friend.

Your bluff is called at home oftener than it is in a game.

SPECIAL RULES.

In different parts of the United States there is a wide difference in regard to the special rules of play. In some sections if a card is exposed during the deal-being turned face over by accident-the player is not allowed to take that card up. After all the other hands are filled the dealer gives to the player who received the faced card another card from the top of the pack, the first card going into the discard. The better practice, however, is to be governed by the rule- Should the dealer accidentally expose a card the player to whom it is dealt must take it, but the same player cannot be compelled to take two exposed cards. In such case it is a misdeal.

If any card should be found faced in the deck the hands dealt are dead and the dealer must deal again.

Should a player receive more or less than five cards and discover and announce that fact before lifting his hand from the table it is a misdeal. If the hand has been lifted before the discovery of more or less than five cards it is a foul hand and the player so lifting the hand forfeits any right to play in that pot.

The most loquacious man in the game is often the one who has the least to say when it comes to calling. + Staying In DRAWING CARDS.-Should a player ask for an incorrect number of cards he is obliged to take the number called for unless he discovers the error before the next player has been helped. If he asks for too many cards he must discard before seeing his draw. If he asked for too few he must play with the short hand, or pass out. No player may take back a card once discarded. The last card of the pack may not be dealt. Should all but two cards have been given out and more than one is asked for the top card is given to the player making the draw, while the last card is placed with the discard of the players who have drawn before the hand then being helped and all shuffled together. Then the remaining cards called for are dealt by the dealer from that packet. After the dealer has delivered the cards called for on the draw no player may be told how many cards were drawn by other players. The dealer, however, must announce how many cards he takes, provided he is asked before a bet is made. (In some sections the rule is that the dealer must tell to the best of his recollction how many he has given any player, if the information is asked for before a bet has been made. This, however, is not considered good practice.) The truth is mighty and will prevail. When you go home from a poker game don't tell your wife you're a winner.

OF POKER BETTING AFTER THE DRAW.-The age does not pass after the draw. The first player to the left of the age must make the first bet or pass. It makes no difference if the blind was straddled, or if the age is not in the pot.

Bets must be made by actually placing chips in the pool.

A bet made out of turn cannot be withdrawn.

If a player has not enough chips to see a raise he may, if he chooses, put up all the chips he has and call for a show for that amount. This call does not prevent other players in turn from continuing to bet. In such cases, when the final call is made, if the player who called for a show has the best hand he takes the original stakesthat is, the amount of the pot before the draw-and an amount from each of his opponents equal to that which he himself put up. The remainder of the pot goes to the next highest hand. However, if a player has borrowed to raise he is then barred from calling for a show for his remaining chips, but must also borrow to call. SHOWING HANDS.-A show of hands, putting them on the table face up, must invariably be had when the final call is made.

A "pat" hand does not necessarily have to be held by an Irishman.

Q Two Pair JACK POTS The Jack pot is different from everything else in poker because it forces every player to ante. Jack pots are of two kinds, those which are incidental to a game of straight poker and the game called All Jacks, where it is agreed by the players that every hand is to be played for a Jack pot. It is an almost universal custom to "make a Jack" when all players pass before the draw. Sometimes it is agreed that if only one player comes in before the age the latter may "make it a Jack." Some players agree to have a Jack pot whenever threes or better are called, or whenever there is a misdeal. In a game of straight poker it is customary to produce forced Jack pots by placing any article, as a knife; a coin, or a match box-called the buck-in the first pot played for. The winner of that pot takes the buck with the chips he has won, and when it comes his turn to deal the pot which he deals is a Jack pot, the dealer placing the buck in the pool with his ante. The player who wins that pot does the same, and so on. Jack pots are governed as to dealing, drawing cards, betting, etc., by the general rules of poker, but there are some special rules, as follows:

A poker player, as well as a carpenter, is known by his chips.

There is no age.

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