To the Editor of the NonrH-CHINA DAILY News."
Sim—I shall be glad if you would kindly allow me a space in your correspondence columns, to Present an unusual situation in a game of poker which requires a fair and unbiassed opinion—Perhaps. you, or some of your readers may ful ish the necessary solution, Five persons, A, B, C, D and were having 'a game "of poker. Playing had been in progress for a couple of hours, when E found necessary to leave the game due to circumstances beyond his control. His absence was acquiesced by the four remaining players. On his return, the players informed him that, during his absence, C had struck a premium (4 of a kind) and C was therefore entitled to a premium stake, E refused to pay up, basing his refusal on the follows ing facts:
(1) He left the game, due to circumstance beyond his control.
The players acquiesced to his request to. withdraw temporarily.
agreement or under; standing was made to the effect that a premium stake had be paid whether a person withdrew temporarily' from the game or not, On the other hand C advanced the following facts why E should pay up, and these are: (1) Temporary withdrawal from the game did not give E the privilege to suspend payment of premium stake, In previous games, the absent player paid' up the premium stake if a "four of a kind" was struck by any player.
Since both C and E insisted that each was right, all arguments to the contrary, the matter is now referred in your columns, with the hopes that you or some of your readers who are well acquainted point to the satisfaction of all: con poker player writes: If B lett the table without making provision as fo'how his hand should be dealt. with, the assumption ig that for the period of hin absence be was not playing. Cards" should not have been dealt: him Sod. "consequently, "he could have arranging for 8 pt fords, and, by going. away" in such Slreutmatances, and. being dealt would be foreed to declare his intention of "standing. pat" on an undealt hand ich ie absurd, "Tt consequently, dex spda.ga te stzaneement under which waisted the table. Tf ho lett without arrangements for can
rae cur limbies the Loft a reve his handy then "he. would ise Meth that tae Sa ata any specie arrangement
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.