As a result, high play went on with small hands though no play lasted long.

A filled straight belonging to French Louis gave him a pot of five thousand against two sets of threes held by Campbell and Kearns.
One pot of eight hundred dollars was won by a pair of treys on a showdown.

And once Harnish called Kearns for two thousand dollars on a cold steal.

When Kearns laid down his hand it showed a bobtail flush, while Harnish's hand proved that he had had the nerve to call on a pair of tens.
But at three in the morning the big combination of hands arrived.
It was the moment of moments that men wait weeks for in a poker game.
The news of it tingled over the Tivoli.

The onlookers became quiet.
The men farther away ceased talking and moved over to the table.