A (dealer) looks at his cards, elects to play, and stakes one shilling and sixpence (he must stake sixpence, but he raises the stakes by the maximum amount allowed).
B (ante) looks at his cards, elects to play, and stakes one shilling and threepence, making his stake equal to A’s. B then discards two of his cards, places them face downwards on the table, and receives from A two in their place.
C (No. 1) adds a shilling to his stake, making it equal to A’s and B’s, and throws down all his cards, receiving five new ones in their place.
E (No. 3), rather than increase his stake to one shilling and sixpence, relinquishes his hand, throwing down his cards, and losing the sixpence he has already staked.
A (dealer), who has already staked one shilling and sixpence, throws down one card and takes another in its place from the top of the pack.
There are now three players, A, B, and C, each of whom has staked one shilling and sixpence on his hand, and there is a sum of five shillings, including E’s first stake in the pool.
No. 1 then begins play by betting a sum not exceeding [37] the limit. He may, if he choose, “stand,” decline to bet until the next round, or he may throw his cards face downwards on the table and retire from the game, losing the money he has already staked. The turn then passes to No. 2. Let us suppose, in the first place, that he does bet.
The next player on his left must then— (a) Make his stake equal to that of No. 1, in which case he is said to “call” No. 1, and he has the right to see No. 1’s hand when the game is over, or— (b) Make his stake greater than that of No. 1 by a sum not exceeding the limit, in which case he is said to “raise” No. 1; or— (c) Resign the game, place his cards face downwards on the table, and lose the sum he has already staked.
Each player in succession has a similar choice. He must— (a) Call the preceding player; or (b) Raise the preceding player; or (c) Resign his stake and the game.
If No. 1 had “stood,” i.e. not bet when it was first his turn to play, he would have to do so when the turn came round to him again, or else relinquish his cards and his stake.