Queer Luck
- Subtitle
- Poker Stories from the New York Sun
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1. Queer Luck2. Why he Quit the Game THE EXCITEMENT OF A PHENOMENAL STRUGGLE TOOK HIM TO THE VERGE OF DISHONOR3. Freeze-out for a Life AN OLD GAME UNDER NEW CIRCUMSTANCES4. A Gambler’s Pistol Play ENDING OF A POKER GAME IN FLOOD TIME IN ARKANSAS CITY5. Queer Runs of Luck VARIOUS YARNS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MAN AND THE OPAL6. Storms’s Straight Flush IT CAME NEAR COSTING HIS LIFE AND ANOTHER’S7. For a Senate Seat A POKER GAME IN MINNESOTA THAT HAD POLITICAL IMPORTANCE8. The Bill Went Through THE USE THE LOBBY USED TO MAKE OF POKER9. Poker for High Stakes A BOUT WITH CARD SHARPERS ON A MISSISSIPPI BOAT10. “Overland Jack” HOW A WESTERN CROOK HAD FUN WITH SOME SHARP NEW YORKERS11. His Last Sunday Game HE WAS BETTING ON A JACK-POT WHEN THE YACHT UPSET12. Foss Stopped the Game ONE OF THE DUTIES OF AN OLD-TIME MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET CAPTAIN13. He Played for His Wife A FREEZE-OUT GAME BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND HIS RIVAL14. The Club’s Last Game IT TAUGHT AN INTERESTING MORAL ABOUT RAISING THE LIMIT