Blind Hookey
A card game of chance played with a full pack of cards,
sometimes used for the purpose of gambling.
The players, of whom there may be any number,
cut for deal, the lowest having the preference. The
pack is then shuffled by the player on the dealer's
right hand, and afterwards, if he so please, by the
dealer himself, after which it is cut by the
right-hand player. The two halves are then re-united,
and the pack is passed to the player on the left of
the dealer, who cuts from the top a small quantity
of cards (not less than four, nor more than his due
proportion of the pack). The pack is then passed
to the next player, who cuts a similar portion, and
so on round the circle, the cards left belonging to
the dealer. No one looks at his cards, but makes
his stake on pure speculation; hence the name
"blind" hookey. The dealer then turns up his
cards, and shows the bottom one; the other players
do the same. Each player holding a higher card
than that of the dealer receives the amount of his
stake; all below or equal pay the dealer. This is
repeated until a hand occurs in which the dealer is
a loser all round, when the deal is at an end, and
the next player deals.
A second method is as under: The cards having
been shuffled and cut, the dealer cuts them into
three portions. Two of these are for the company,
the third for himself. The other players place their
stakes on whichever two packets they please, the
rejected packet being taken by the dealer.
The stakes having been made, the cards are turned up,
and the players receive or pay as the bottom cards
of their packets prove to be higher or lower than
that of the dealer.
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