Contents

Why he Quit the Game THE EXCITEMENT OF A PHENOMENAL STRUGGLE TOOK HIM TO THE VERGE OF DISHONOR

Freeze-out for a Life AN OLD GAME UNDER NEW CIRCUMSTANCES

A Gambler's Pistol Play ENDING OF A POKER GAME IN FLOOD TIME IN ARKANSAS CITY

Queer Runs of Luck VARIOUS YARNS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MAN AND THE OPAL

Storms's Straight Flush IT CAME NEAR COSTING HIS LIFE AND ANOTHER'S

For a Senate Seat A POKER GAME IN MINNESOTA THAT HAD POLITICAL IMPORTANCE

The Bill Went Through THE USE THE LOBBY USED TO MAKE OF POKER

Poker for High Stakes A BOUT WITH CARD SHARPERS ON A MISSISSIPPI BOAT

"Overland Jack" HOW A WESTERN CROOK HAD FUN WITH SOME SHARP NEW YORKERS

His Last Sunday Game HE WAS BETTING ON A JACK-POT WHEN THE YACHT UPSET

Foss Stopped the Game ONE OF THE DUTIES OF AN OLD-TIME MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET CAPTAIN

He Played for His Wife A FREEZE-OUT GAME BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND HIS RIVAL

The Club's Last Game IT TAUGHT AN INTERESTING MORAL ABOUT RAISING THE LIMIT

Transcriber's Notes

Queer Luck

Poker Stories from the New York Sun

By
David A. Curtis

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New York
Brentano’s
1899

Copyright, 1896, 1897, 1898, by
THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

Copyright, 1899, by
BRENTANO’S