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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 519
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
A baby had been born that evening in the steerage, and it was decided to inaugurate a small "jack-pot" for the benefit of the mother. All went well until about the fourth hand, when Bok began to bid higher than had been originally planned. Kipling questioned the beginner's knowledge of the game and his tactics, but Bok retorted it was his money that he was putting into the pot and that no one was compelled to follow his bets if he did not choose to do so. Finally, the jack-pot assumed altogether too large dimensions for the party, Kipling "called" and Bok, true to the old idea of "beginner's luck" in cards, laid down a royal flush! This was too much, and poker, with Bok in it, was taboo from that moment. Kipling's version of this card-playing does not agree in all particulars with the version here written. "Bok learned the game of poker," Kipling says; "had the deck stacked on him, and on hearing that there was a woman aboard who read The Ladies' Home Journal insisted on playing after that with the cabin-door carefully shut." But Kipling's art as a reporter for The Tonic was not as reliable as the art of his more careful book work.
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定位：Additional excerpt 519 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
当晚统舱有婴儿出生，大家决定用扑克“底池”筹钱帮助产妇。打到第四手，博克开始加注超出计划，吉卜林质疑他的打法，博克反驳说钱是自己的，别人可以不跟。底池越来越大，吉卜林叫牌，博克亮出皇家同花顺，新手运气爆棚。吉卜林觉得太离谱，从此禁止博克再打扑克。吉卜林后来在《补药》报上写了个不同版本，说博克被做了手脚，还因杂志的事要求关门打牌，但博克认为吉卜林的报道不如他的书严谨。
上下文
博克与吉卜林一家在船上打扑克，为统舱新生儿筹款，博克新手运气好到让吉卜林不再玩。
今日一问
当新手运气好到破坏游戏平衡时，你会像吉卜林一样退出，还是调整规则让游戏继续？
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