It may, however, happen that the second round passes without any player holding the needful cards
to open the jack-pot.[[39]] In such case each player puts another chip in the pool, and there is a fresh deal by another player. This is repeated until the jack-pot is actually opened.
Table Stakes.
These are now made the rule by many players, and the practice is a wholesome one. The term signifies that each player puts on the table before him (either in cash, or in counters for which cash has been paid), the whole amount he intends risking, and cannot be "raised" to any greater amount. If a player has no money on the table, he must either make good the deficiency before taking up his cards, or retire from the game.
For the reasons previously stated, there is no universally accepted code of Laws for Poker. For a code which is believed to represent the most usual practice in the cases for which it provides, the reader may be referred to The Book of Card and Table Games. Another set of laws will be found in Round Games, by "Cavendish" (De La Rue & Co.).
We now proceed to discuss the alternative versions of the game. First in order comes—
Straight Poker.
This game, sometimes known as "Bluff," differs from "Draw" Poker in several particulars—viz.:
1. There is no filling of hands, each player retaining the cards first dealt to him.