Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/12 - A Weird Game

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $12$

A Weird Game

Seven men engaged in play.

Whenever a player won a game he doubled the money of each of the other players.

That is, he gave each player just as much money as each had in his pocket.

They played $7$ games and, strange to say, each won a game in turn in the order of their names,

which began with the letters $\text A$, $\text B$, $\text C$, $\text D$, $\text E$, $\text F$, and $\text G$.

When they had finished it was found that each man had exactly $2$ shillings and $8$ pence in his pocket.

How much had each man had in his pocket before play?

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $12$. -- A Weird Game
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $8$. A Weird Game