“Mark you this.”
Much Ado About Nothing. Act I, Scene 1st.
Although everybody is supposed to know what the “age” means at poker, there is no rule more commonly blundered about. The rule must be taken in its strictest sense. In no manner whatsoever ought it to be departed from except in jack-pot. If the age B passes out, abandons his chip, and D comes in and all the rest, though B is out of the game D must bet first. It may be a relic of superstition, this tenacious holding of the age, but all conservative players insist on the maintenance of the rule. What it does, when once established, is to preclude constant mistakes and doubts as to the first bet.
The only exception is then in the jack-pot. In the jack-pot the age has made a forced contribution, and his age has gone, according to the rule of jack-pots.
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