Jack Pots
A 1900 collection of poker stories published under the byline Eugene Edwards, believed by card scholarship to be another pseudonym of the unidentified S. W. Erdnase.
- Original byline
- Eugene Edwards
- Published
- 1900
- Form
- Other works
- Authorship
- Pseudonym; identity unresolved
- Reason for anonymity
- Unrecorded
- Copyright
- Public domain
The authorship story
Jack Pots: Stories of the Great American Game appeared from Jamieson-Higgins of Chicago in 1900, a collection of poker tales credited to Eugene Edwards. No person of that name has been established, and card scholarship believes the byline to be another pseudonym of the writer who two years later published The Expert at the Card Table as S. W. Erdnase. That connection would make Jack Pots part of the most famous unsolved byline problem in American gaming literature. This entry reports the belief as belief: the byline is documented, the identity behind it is not.
Questions readers ask
Who wrote Jack Pots?
Jack Pots was published under the byline Eugene Edwards. The identity behind the byline has never been established in the documented record.
Can I read Jack Pots for free?
Yes. Jack Pots is in the public domain and the full text is free to read at the Internet Archive.
When was Jack Pots published?
Jack Pots was published in 1900, credited to Eugene Edwards.
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