Games
Make a list of games you like to play.
1. Cotch - Can't imagine nobody won't know what it is- but if you haven't ever heard of it, it's three card poker in the Spanish style. You can play it in all the sporting houses and cafes in the District. Whenever I canplay without getting kicked out, I'm up for a good game of Cotch.
2.Craps - All you need is a pair of dice and a wall to shoot against. If you're on a lucky roll, you can get a good bit of coin that way.
3. Vingt-et-un - Another card game. Object is to get twenty-one, which is pretty obvious from the name.
4. Slot machines - My favorite's the Hy-Lo, where you can win five dollars on a nickel play for a royal flush (though I've never saw nobody do it). I won a whole liberty dollar from one, though. Some of them are fixed though so you got to know where to go for an honest game. If you need tips, you can consult the Blue Book or ask me.
5. Banquette Games - Not to ruin my reputation as a rounder, but I enjoyed my share of skipping stones and drawing chalk and saying rhymes out on the banquette when I was little. You probably heard 'em all if you've ever been a kid, like the one about the pralines...
Soeur Rosalie au retour de matines,
Plus d'une fois lui porta, des pralines.
1. Cotch - Can't imagine nobody won't know what it is- but if you haven't ever heard of it, it's three card poker in the Spanish style. You can play it in all the sporting houses and cafes in the District. Whenever I can
2.Craps - All you need is a pair of dice and a wall to shoot against. If you're on a lucky roll, you can get a good bit of coin that way.
3. Vingt-et-un - Another card game. Object is to get twenty-one, which is pretty obvious from the name.
4. Slot machines - My favorite's the Hy-Lo, where you can win five dollars on a nickel play for a royal flush (though I've never saw nobody do it). I won a whole liberty dollar from one, though. Some of them are fixed though so you got to know where to go for an honest game. If you need tips, you can consult the Blue Book or ask me.
5. Banquette Games - Not to ruin my reputation as a rounder, but I enjoyed my share of skipping stones and drawing chalk and saying rhymes out on the banquette when I was little. You probably heard 'em all if you've ever been a kid, like the one about the pralines...
Soeur Rosalie au retour de matines,
Plus d'une fois lui porta, des pralines.