Anthony M. Rud

“ Poker itself, though usually interesting while it is played, is merely repetition of inanimate detail when retold. Suffice it to say of that game that I followed instructions to the letter. In three hours of play I squandered nearly two hundred dollars, some of which I could have saved by taming my recklessness. ”

“ Once when I was engaged in an air duel in the Tours salient I engaged a straggling boche whose Gotha seemed to be acting up. Though my “typewriter” riddled him from tip to tip, he did not fall. As sometimes happens when all calculations of both parties go amiss, we both had to swerve sharply to avoid a collision in midair. ”

“ Special slots in the floor and walls were provided in the other rooms for chips, so these bits of evidence could be hustled out of sight in a very few seconds. Hoffman told me that while the auction players won and lost large sums, the money itself mattered little to them, and that they would take no newcomers. For that reason, although bridge always has been one of my best games, I was introduced to a group in the third room, where a game known as “blind opener” poker was in progress.
Only four were at the table, and they welcomed both Hoffman and myself. ”