no, that's a different game.  i've learned so far that the game is played
like this:  players select any two of four cards faced in a layout and bet
that one of them will be matched before the other, as cards are dealt one at
a time from the pack.  i'm still trying to find out how the gambling went,
however, because diarists in the gold rush talk about the dealer (aka keeper
of the bank) making a lot of money.  the dealers were often Mexican and/or
French women.  the preceding information is from Webster's 3d New
International Dictionary, 1981.

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Date: Sunday, January 28, 2001 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: monte, anyone?


>]probably refers to 3 card monte