he table can
give evidence, the disputing player shall be held to have demanded the
proper number of cards.

47. If the dealer draw more or less than the number of cards he has
discarded, he shall be held to have demanded such improper number,
and his hand shall be a foul hand, and he shall retire from the game
and shall forfeit his state in that game.

48. If cards drawn be raised from the table, and the hand be found to
contain more or less than five cards, such hand shall be a foul hand,
and the player to whom it belongs shall retire from the game and shall
forfeit his stake in that game.

49. Any player after drawing, but before raising his hand from the table,
may ask the dealer how many cards he, the dealer, drew, and the dealer
shall answer correctly.

50. If a player raise from the table the cards he has drawn, or if he bet,
he shall forfeit his right to ask the dealer how many cards he, the dealer,
drew.

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51. The dealer shall not give any information as to the number of cards
drawn by any other player.

_The Betting_.

52. All bets shall be deposited in the pool.

53. The first player to the left of the ante shall have first right to bet
after the draw, whether the ante-man have retired or not. The turn to bet
shall pass to each player from right to left, and each player shall stake a
sum at least equal to that staked by the preceding player.

54. If, when his turn comes, any player have not staked, and does not
stake a sum at least equal to that staked by the preceding player, such
player shall place his cards, face downwards, on the table, and shall
retire from the game, and shall forfeit his stake in that game.

55. A bet once made, whether made in proper turn or not, cannot be
recalled.

56. A bet* is complete and irrevocable when the player making it has
deposited the amount in money or value on the table, and such deposit
shall be considered as a deposit into the pool.

*_i.e._: The bet is the actual amount deposited, and the
player's statement that he intends or intended depositing
another amount is of no value.

57. The statement of his intention to bet, or to refrain from betting,
shall not invalidate the right of any player to bet or pass when his
turn comes.

58. If a player bet or raise the stake of a previous player, and no
other player call or raise him, such player wins the pool, and shall
not be compelled to show his hand.

59. When the bets of all th