The Game of Draw Poker
by John W. Keller

A fairly detailed work on the rules and variations of draw poker. Also includes some advice on how to play the game successfully. This work includes Robert C. Schenck's rules for draw poker.

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
  • Introduction
  • The Element of Chance
  • The Question of Stakes
• CHAPTER II
  • Technical Terms
• CHAPTER III
  • The Order of Hands
  • The Straight
  • The Blaze
• CHAPTER IV
  • Rules of Draw Poker
  • The Limit
  • The Ante
  • The Straddle
  • The Deal
  • Betting Before the Draw
  • Discard and Draw
  • Betting After the Draw
• CHAPTER V
  • Jack Pots
  • Incidental Jack Pots
  • The "Buck"
  • Progressive Jack Pots
• CHAPTER VI
  • Freeze Out
• CHAPTER VII
  • Table Stakes
• CHAPTER VIII
  • The Unlimited and Old-fashioned Games
  • The Old-Fashioned Game
• CHAPTER IX
  • Hints to Players
  • On Judgment
  • On Patience
  • On Coming in
  • On Straights and Flushes
  • On Curiosity
  • On Bluffing
  • On Attention
  • On Borrowing
• CHAPTER X
  • Schenck on Poker
  • RULES FOR PLAYING POKER
  • Of Drawing
  • Relative Value of Hands in Their Order, Beginning with Best
• CHAPTER XI
  • Mathematical Probabilities
• CHAPTER XII
  • Progressive Poker
  • The "Joker"

1st edition 1887, 84 pages; PDF 45 pages.
word count: 18148 which is equivalent to 72 standard pages of text