The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction (1912)
[Phillips, Barnet], 1828-1905, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Excelsior publishing house · leaf 132
insistedupon, because no game of Poker is possible without it. It acts as a curb,and prevents losses. To play without a limit would be the same as towager $1,000 in a game of whist or euchre. It may be then supposed thatthe players A, B, C, D, and E, have agreed that ten cents be the limit.When A… … Dealer 128 DRA W POKER. Bmit of the game, because should he or any of the ^iher players come ic,he or they would have to double the ante, which if he put up five wouldbe ten, and ten is the limit of the game. If he put up one he would haveto double it if he came in. No bet then can be made of any…
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