Stupidest Poker Terminology in Movies/Television

[popinjay999]

I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
places too, perhaps even in Rounders. The guy says, "I raise you $10,
I think you're bluffing". Well then why are you raising, you dumb
mutherfucker?

[popinjay999]

By the way, I bet Clave doesn't even get it. Fucking n00b.


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"Even then you're only a slight dog in a coinflip."
-- Clave, RGP, April 21, 2012

[Dave the Clueless]

Cuz he's a decent fellow and wants to give villain a chance to fold and
not show his shitty bluff.

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JerryFOREX the retard thinks "Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an
American philosopher, academic, activist, author and prominent member of
the Democratic Socialists of America" is a right-winger! LOL! HAHAHAHAH!
What a moron!!!

[risky biz]

It isn't always a better play to call, either:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcPFpHLGGY

[popinjay999]

On Mar 26, 3:08 pm, "risky biz" <a31d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:

>
> It isn't always a better play to call, either:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcPFpHLGGY

To tell you the truth, I really need to see that movie. I watched it
as a kid. Maybe I'll buy it on Amazon or something.

I looked back at Rounders earlier today and it wasn't quite what I was
thinking. In the initial bad beat when he loses the 30K at the
beginning of the movie, he shoves against Teddy and says something
like "I'm going to raise you all-in because I don't think you have the
spades." Not quite the same, but it was a stupid thing to say anyway.

I still remember the first thing I thought about Rounders. When Worm
was cheating, nobody ever cut the deck on him. Wtf?

[fffurken]

On Mar 26, 10:35 pm, popinjay999 <paulpopin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I looked back at Rounders earlier today and it wasn't quite what I was
> thinking.  In the initial bad beat when he loses the 30K at the
> beginning of the movie, he shoves against Teddy and says something
> like "I'm going to raise you all-in because I don't think you have the
> spades."  Not quite the same, but it was a stupid thing to say anyway.

I didn't even see the initial bad beat coming.

That's when I thought this might be an above average poker movie,
which I think it was.

Talking about opening your trap when you shouldn't, why exactly did he
tell KGB that he spotted his tell (the thing with Orios), because he
was in a fucking hurry? Didn't he say some shit like that? What the
fuck sense did that make?!

[popinjay999]

On Mar 26, 3:48 pm, fffurken <fffur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I didn't even see the initial bad beat coming.
>
> That's when I thought this might be an above average poker movie,
> which I think it was.
>
> Talking about opening your trap when you shouldn't, why exactly did he
> tell KGB that he spotted his tell (the thing with Orios), because he
> was in a fucking hurry? Didn't he say some shit like that? What the
> fuck sense did that make?!

I remember that, barely. Didn't he lay down Aces and Fives or
something like that?

By the way, lol at 'Orios'.

[fffurken]

On Mar 26, 11:07 pm, popinjay999 <paulpopin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> > Talking about opening your trap when you shouldn't, why exactly did he
> > tell KGB that he spotted his tell (the thing with Orios), because he
> > was in a fucking hurry? Didn't he say some shit like that? What the
> > fuck sense did that make?!
>
> I remember that, barely.  Didn't he lay down Aces and Fives or
> something like that?

I don't recall exactly and that's not the point fuckf.. eh, Paul. Why
did he tell KGB (and be right) that he spotted his tell, huh? Isn't
knowing an opponent's tell a valuable piece of information you might
prefer to keep to yourself? No?

> By the way, lol at 'Orios'.

I knew I shoulda said cookies.

[popinjay999]

On Mar 26, 4:20 pm, fffurken <fffur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I don't recall exactly and that's not the point fuckf.. eh, Paul. Why
> did he tell KGB (and be right) that he spotted his tell, huh? Isn't
> knowing an opponent's tell a valuable piece of information you might
> prefer to keep to yourself? No?
>
> > By the way, lol at 'Orios'.
>
> I knew I shoulda said cookies.

I knew what the fucking point was. I'm not a child. Do you think
you're talking to Clave or something? I was just sayin, that the hand
was Aces and Fives, I THINK. And Teddy had a wheel. I may be wrong,
but can't I just fucking say what I remember without you busting my
balls?

[fffurken]

Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.

Perhaps you could go research that for me. Or I'll put a bet on with
you now if you promise you don't know the answer.

[popinjay999]

On Mar 26, 5:15 pm, fffurken <fffur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
> I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
>
> Perhaps you could go research that for me. Or I'll put a bet on with
> you now if you promise you don't know the answer.

I have the movie on my hard drive somewhere. I might check it later.
But I don't want to bet with you, because I'm pretty sure it was Aces
and Fives, and he laid it down because of what Teddy did with the
OREOS.

[datty oh]

>"I raise you $10, I think you're bluffing".

He's conveying weakness. He's saying that he's not raising based on the
strenth of his own hand.

That's one of the first tells I learned at Commerse playing $1-$2. On the
river an Asian guy declared, "I know you don't have nothin". Then he
raised me. You know what he had.

Of course you might want to try that as a reverse tell against some chump
like me.

[datty oh]

> He's conveying weakness. He's saying that he's not raising based on the
> strenth of his own hand.

"strength"

[risky biz]

Paul's an "Orio". LOL.

[Pepe Papon]

Maybe he doesn't really think the guy is bluffing. He's holding a
monster, and he's trying to trick the other guy into calling or
re-raising.
--

Pepe Papon

[risky biz]

On 'Gunsmoke'? LOL.*

*response exception made for poker-related content.

[Beldin the Sorcerer]

Teddy had the wheel, Mike had A5 for top two

[Beldin the Sorcerer]

Home game with prep school boys.....
They didn't notice Mike got hit in the face with the dec, either

[Beldin the Sorcerer]

Maybe he doesn't have a hand either

[popinjay999]

On Mar 26, 9:10 pm, "Beldin the Sorcerer" <Beldin...@verizon.net>
wrote:

> popinjay999 wrote:

>
> > I still remember the first thing I thought about Rounders.  When Worm
> > was cheating, nobody ever cut the deck on him.  Wtf?
>
> Home game with prep school boys.....
> They didn't notice Mike got hit in the face with the dec, either

I think it was the same when they were playing with the off-duty
cops. Worm runs up an overhand stack and then just starts dealing,
without offering the deck for a cut. Wtf?

Of course, I loved the movie, but there were some obvious things like
that that were just unrealistic. For instance, when his girlfriend
was about to drop him, and he said something to her like "I was in
that card game and for the first time in months I felt alive". And
she responds, "You're talking about feeling alive over a fucking card
game?", while shaking her head disapprovingly. Realistically, he
should have PUNCHED HER right there!

[VegasJerry]

Heh, it's rather obvious why you lose at poker. I wish I had you in my games.

"I hate niggers and spics and slants. I should have included kikes and lesbos too. I am a racist"
-- Stupid Susan (11-21-12)

[Will in New Haven]

On Mar 26, 9:45 pm, Pepe Papon <hitmeis...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:46:01 -0700 (PDT), popinjay999
>

> <paulpopin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
> >places too, perhaps even in Rounders.  The guy says, "I raise you $10,
> >I think you're bluffing".  Well then why are you raising, you dumb
> >mutherfucker?
>
> Maybe he doesn't really think the guy is bluffing.  He's holding a
> monster, and he's trying to trick the other guy into calling or
> re-raising.

That's the obvious answer. Paul isn't differntiating between dialog
and a thought balloon. Obviously, if you _think_ the guy is bluffing,
so you won't get called if you're not beat, you just call and not
raise. But saying that the guy is bluffing is not the same as thinking
he is bluffing.

On the other hand, I doubt that the writers of a Gunsmoke episode gave
it any real thought.

--
Will in New Haven

[popinjay999]

On Mar 27, 8:13 am, VegasJerry <jerr...@cox.net> wrote:

>
> Heh, it's rather obvious why you lose at poker. I wish I had you in my games.
>

It would be a cold day before an ape like you could beat me in ANY
gambling endeavor, one that does not involve me running a 50 yard dash
or something like that. Seriously, I have forgotten more about poker
than you ever knew in the first place.

[Tim Norfolk]

Those are the Russian knock-offs.

[popinjay999]

On Mar 27, 8:56 am, Will in New Haven

<bill.re...@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote:
> On Mar 26, 9:45 pm, Pepe Papon <hitmeis...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>

>
> > Maybe he doesn't really think the guy is bluffing.  He's holding a
> > monster, and he's trying to trick the other guy into calling or
> > re-raising.
>
> That's the obvious answer. Paul isn't differntiating between dialog
> and a thought balloon. Obviously, if you _think_ the guy is bluffing,
> so you won't get called if you're not beat, you just call and not
> raise. But saying that the guy is bluffing is not the same as thinking
> he is bluffing.
>

It's still not logical.

[Will in New Haven]

No, it isn't. On the other hand, not having seen the episode, were the
writers portraying this guy as a great or even good poker player?
People do and say the stupid things that appear in fiction quite
often.

[mo_ntresor]

On Mar 27 2013 10:14 AM, popinjay999 wrote:

> It would be a cold day before an ape like you could beat me in ANY
> gambling endeavor, one that does not involve me running a 50 yard dash
> or something like that. Seriously, I have forgotten more about poker
> than you ever knew in the first place.

you can't win if you fold.

mo_ntresor

[risky biz]

Count on Jerry and Mo to supply WTF(!?) input.

[halfpastdead]

On Mar 26 2013 2:46 PM, popinjay999 wrote:

> I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
> places too, perhaps even in Rounders. The guy says, "I raise you $10,
> I think you're bluffing". Well then why are you raising, you dumb
> mutherfucker?

There has absolutely NEVER been a poker scene in anay movie that has ANY
credibility whatsoever.

From Cinn Kidd to Big Hand to Rounders to that POS series on espn with
Madsen as the hero (where they show dealers putting the river to the left
of the flop on the end) .

an extra board dealer from the Monte carlo could improve the poker scenes
in ANY movie EVER


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I saw a bumper sticker about six months ago. It said: "Don't Mex with
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[halfpastdead]

On Mar 26 2013 5:35 PM, popinjay999 wrote:

> On Mar 26, 3:08�pm, "risky biz" <a31d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> > It isn't always a better play to call,
either:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcPFpHLGGY
>
>
> To tell you the truth, I really need to see that movie. I watched it
> as a kid. Maybe I'll buy it on Amazon or something.
>
> I looked back at Rounders earlier today and it wasn't quite what I was
> thinking. In the initial bad beat when he loses the 30K at the
> beginning of the movie, he shoves against Teddy and says something
> like "I'm going to raise you all-in because I don't think you have the
> spades." Not quite the same, but it was a stupid thing to say anyway.

I have said it in that spot but I had the A 5 spades when I said it and I
was absolutely sure the other guy had a flush

>
> I still remember the first thing I thought about Rounders. When Worm
> was cheating, nobody ever cut the deck on him. Wtf?

[popinjay999]

On Mar 27, 10:03 am, Will in New Haven

No, it was just a casual card game and two guys were passing time
while sitting in a private train car and they got put on a siding
because the butler had spotted fever and he died and then the guy who
raised the $10 also got sick with it and Doc had to burn the animal
skins they had from hunting in Wyoming because they had tics on them
and the towns people got wind of the train with the plague and Festus
had to keep them from rushing the train and they jumped Marshall
Dillion and knocked him out for awhile and Festus and Doc had to keep
the people from setting the car on fire and the guy who bet in the
first place and got raised $10 ended up trying to leave and he got
shot in the shoulder and took the other guy's wife as hostage and then
he got shot and killed and Marshall Dillion finally woke up and they
saved the other people on the car and Kitty went and got some blankets
or something.

[halfpastdead]

>
> Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
> I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.

HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"

[mo_ntresor]

On Mar 27 2013 2:46 PM, risky biz wrote:

> > you can't win if you fold.
>

> Count on Jerry and Mo to supply WTF(!?) input.

even that, the simplest of jokes at jerry's expense, flies over the
idiot's head.

AMAZING.

mo_ntresor

[halfpastdead]

was there another player involved where raising might eliminate the best
hand and isolate on the guy who is supposed to have nothing

[halfpastdead]

I always loved the poker scenes in MASH.. Draw poker , 7 way action , 2
pat hands , a bet of 10 after the draw , a raie to 15.... 4 callers and
jacks and eights (2 pair) won

the original TVSM's

[halfpastdead]

On Mar 26 2013 2:46 PM, popinjay999 wrote:

> I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
> places too, perhaps even in Rounders. The guy says, "I raise you $10,
> I think you're bluffing". Well then why are you raising, you dumb
> mutherfucker?

UHHH cuz by raising you get rid of the third guy in the hand who might
have the best hand .. ??? DUHHHH

[risky biz]

Yes, that is AMAZING. Jerry didn't say anything about folding and you
thought you were making a joke at his expense by saying "you can't win if
you fold". You're a space cadet just like him.

[risky biz]

All things considered it sounds like it was a pretty good card game.

[popinjay999]

On Mar 27, 2:20 pm, "halfpastdead" <aa94...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> On Mar 26 2013 2:46 PM, popinjay999 wrote:
>
> > I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
> > places too, perhaps even in Rounders.  The guy says, "I raise you $10,
> > I think you're bluffing".  Well then why are you raising, you dumb
> > mutherfucker?
>
> UHHH   cuz by raising you get rid of the third guy in the hand who might
> have the best hand .. ??? DUHHHH

And who would that have been? Doc don't gamble and Festus dint have
no money. Was it Miss Kitty?

[popinjay999]

On Mar 27, 2:18 pm, "halfpastdead" <aa94...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> I always loved the poker scenes in MASH.. Draw poker , 7 way action , 2
> pat hands , a bet of 10 after the draw , a raie to 15.... 4 callers and
> jacks and eights (2 pair) won
>
> the original TVSM's

I asked you some questions about the scratching of part of a coupled
entry. Please find the thread and answer me.

[RedKnave]

So what you're saying is that a couple of guys sitting on a train in the
late 1800's, neither of whom had the benefit of RGP's dazzling insight,
didn't play or talk poker correctly. And of course, neither did the
writers of the episode.

[mo_ntresor]

On Mar 27 2013 3:19 PM, risky biz wrote:

> Yes, that is AMAZING. Jerry didn't say anything about folding and you
> thought you were making a joke at his expense by saying "you can't win if
> you fold". You're a space cadet just like him.

have paul explain it to you. i'm done with endless back and forths with
morons.

mo_ntresor

[brattt]

On Mar 27 2013 4:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:

> >
> > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
> > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
>
> HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"

tres bien

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On Dec. 18, 2012 | 2:03 AM, VegasJerry wrote:
I want the penalty of owning or carrying a weapon to be life in prison.

[fffurken]

Don't worry, I'm sure there's a meaningful mystery behind mo_ron's out
of place joke which he'll never explain to us.

[fffurken]

On Mar 27, 9:50 pm, "mo_ntresor" <amontilladofortun...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mar 27 2013 3:19 PM, risky biz wrote:
>
> > Yes, that is AMAZING. Jerry didn't say anything about folding and you
> > thought you were making a joke at his expense by saying "you can't win if
> > you fold". You're a space cadet just like him.
>
> have paul explain it to you.

Paul?

[poopiejay]

play poker in vegas during the national finals rodeo, and you'll see and
hear all the poker movie cliches. its quite comical.

[risky biz]

Maybe the writer got spotted fever and died before he had a chance to
write in the third player.

[risky biz]

On Mar 26 2013 3:35 PM, popinjay999 wrote:

> On Mar 26, 3:08�pm, "risky biz" <a31d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> > It isn't always a better play to call,
either:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcPFpHLGGY
>
>
> To tell you the truth, I really need to see that movie. I watched it
> as a kid. Maybe I'll buy it on Amazon or something.

I like it. Private games at pocket stakes and no one whining about all the
string bets. But anyone getting in a game like the one in that scene
without a handgun tucked in the back of his waistband is crazy.

[halfpastdead]

Chester ... dumbass

[halfpastdead]

On Mar 27 2013 4:53 PM, brattt wrote:

> On Mar 27 2013 4:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
> > > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
> >
> > HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"
>
> tres bien

ce n'est pas le meme choise

>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Dec. 18, 2012 | 2:03 AM, VegasJerry wrote:
> I want the penalty of owning or carrying a weapon to be life in prison.

[brewmaster]

On Mar 27 2013 2:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:

> >
> > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
> > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
>
> HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"

in 2013 it is spelled "three"

[Bill Vanek]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:30:52 -0700, "brewmaster"
<a1...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:

>On Mar 27 2013 2:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
>> > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
>>
>> HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"
>
>in 2013 it is spelled "three"

Heh. I was going to ask if that was acceptable.

[brewmaster]

doggy has this thing. If you say "I won the hand with a boat twos full of
threes" his head will explode

[fffurken]

Cool.

[Tim Norfolk]

'chose', not 'choise', if I remember my French from 1973.

[brattt]

I agree with doggie - the whole terminology, plus the word *boat* makes my
skin crawl.

[risky biz]

What if you say, "Full boat, twos over threes"?

But who ever drew a hand like that? LOL.

[risky biz]

On Mar 27 2013 6:52 PM, brattt wrote:

> On Mar 27 2013 8:25 PM, brewmaster wrote:
>
> > On Mar 27 2013 5:58 PM, Bill Vanek wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:30:52 -0700, "brewmaster"
> > > <a1...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Mar 27 2013 2:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I
think.
> > > >> > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
> > > >>
> > > >> HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"
> > > >
> > > >in 2013 it is spelled "three"
> > >
> > > Heh. I was going to ask if that was acceptable.
> >
> > doggy has this thing. If you say "I won the hand with a boat twos full of
> > threes" his head will explode
>
>
> I agree with doggie - the whole terminology, plus the word *boat* makes my
> skin crawl.

It has become a BIG DEAL because of TP.

[Pepe Papon]

None of them read Harrington.
--

Pepe Papon

[Pepe Papon]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:13:11 -0700 (PDT), VegasJerry <jer...@cox.net>
wrote:

>
>
>On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:46:01 PM UTC-7, popinjay999 wrote:
>> I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
>> places too, perhaps even in Rounders. The guy says, "I raise you $10,
>> I think you're bluffing". Well then why are you raising, you dumb
>> mutherfucker?
>

>Heh, it's rather obvious why you lose at poker. I wish I had you in my games.

Where do you get the idea that Paul loses at poker? I seriously
doubt it.
--

Pepe Papon

[patmp...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:18:20 AM UTC+8, halfpastdead wrote:
> I always loved the poker scenes in MASH.. Draw poker , 7 way action , 2
>
> pat hands , a bet of 10 after the draw , a raie to 15.... 4 callers and
>
> jacks and eights (2 pair) won
>

Seems quite a realistic view of Army poker. Richard Nixon won a ton of money in the Navy, stationed on Guadalcanal.

[halfpastdead]

you might very well be right .. mine was from 1968

merci beaucoup

[VegasJerry]

On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:14:58 AM UTC-7, popinjay999 wrote:

> On Mar 27, 8:13 am, VegasJerry <jerr...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Heh, it's rather obvious why you lose at poker. I wish I had you in my games.
> >
>
>

> It would be a cold day before an ape like you could beat me in ANY
> gambling endeavor, one that does not involve me running a 50 yard dash
> or something like that. Seriously, I have forgotten more about poker
> than you ever knew in the first place.

.
Oh yea! Oh yea! Well ask your friend Beldin; I kicked his miserable ass and he won't even fold aces.

"I hate cards, niggers and spics and slants. I should have included kikes and lesbos too. I am a racist"
-- Stupid Susan (11-21-12)

[VegasJerry]

On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:19:04 PM UTC-7, risky biz wrote:
> On Mar 27 2013 2:08 PM, mo_ntresor wrote:
>
> > On Mar 27 2013 2:46 PM, risky biz wrote:
> >
> > > > you can't win if you fold.
> > >
> > > Count on Jerry and Mo to supply WTF(!?) input.
> >
> > even that, the simplest of jokes at jerry's expense, flies over the
> > idiot's head.
> >
> > AMAZING.
> >
> > mo_ntresor

.
.> Yes, that is AMAZING. Jerry didn't say anything about folding and you

> thought you were making a joke at his expense by saying "you can't win if
> you fold". You're a space cadet just like him.

Holy shit! It's a good thing you bumped mo_ron's post. I don't read him and you've just shown why. And I cleaned out the boys at poker last night; along with a full bottle of wine and I'm 6 for 12 at turny cashing on line. I am UNBEATABLE.

"I hate poker, niggers and spics and slants. I should have included kikes and lesbos too. I am a racist"
-- Stupid Susan (11-21-12)

[Bill Vanek]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:52:07 -0700, "brattt" <af3...@webnntp.invalid>

wrote:

>On Mar 27 2013 8:25 PM, brewmaster wrote:
>
>> On Mar 27 2013 5:58 PM, Bill Vanek wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:30:52 -0700, "brewmaster"
>> > <a1...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> > >On Mar 27 2013 2:10 PM, halfpastdead wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Teddy had the wheel alright, that much I remember, 2 and a 4 I think.
>> > >> > I'm not 100% sure if it was aces and fives or aces and tres.
>> > >>
>> > >> HOWEVER.. it is spelled "trey"
>> > >
>> > >in 2013 it is spelled "three"
>> >
>> > Heh. I was going to ask if that was acceptable.
>>
>> doggy has this thing. If you say "I won the hand with a boat twos full of
>> threes" his head will explode
>
>
>I agree with doggie - the whole terminology, plus the word *boat* makes my
>skin crawl.

Sort of off the subject, I can't remember the last time I heard any
player declare his hand, and I rarely hear dealers do it either. We
just turn our cards up, and that's it. Where does Doggie play when he
hears these things? Is it still 1950 where he lives?

[Will in New Haven]

Sometimes players at the Connecticut casinos say what they (think
they) have as they turn their cards over. Some of the dealers will say
what the winning hand is, but not often. If it is a case where a
kicker might or might not play, the dealer will usually say "ten
plays" as she pushes the pot or "chop" as he splits it.

Doggie absolutely _knows_ what was normal poker slang in one
particular place at one particular time and feels that this is the
correct way to speak anyplace and anytime.

[Tim Norfolk]

As I recall, he paid his way through college with poker winnings.
One of our old students played poker with him, when he was in the Marine Honor
guard.

[Will in New Haven]

According to yet a different version that he told people, Nixon didn't
learn poker until after college. He was a serving officer in the Navy
and he would talk to an older officer about the game, deal out sample
hands and study the game very carefully. Only after he had studied the
game for months did he risk any of his money actually playing.

Eisenhower gave up poker when he realized that winning money from his
fellow officers (officers were forbidden to play with enlisted) might
hurt his relationships with them. So he started playing more bridge.
Which is weird because people, on the average, get much angrier with
bridge partners who fuck up than with poker players who win money from
them. But that's the story.

[Pepe Papon]

Moments after I read this post, I was dealt 32o in the BB. Just for
the heck of it, I called a min raise from the SB. Didn't draw a boat,
but I did flop a straight.

[halfpastdead]

BOOM goes the dynamite :)

[halfpastdead]

jesus .. dont get me started about rotten fkn dealers who wont call hands

>
> Doggie absolutely _knows_ what was normal poker slang in one
> particular place at one particular time and feels that this is the
> correct way to speak anyplace and anytime.
>
> --
> Will in New Haven

[halfpastdead]

good share .. and because it is from you . i believe every word of it

[Will in New Haven]

I think I made it clear that I have no knowledge of whether the Nixon
story is true. He and people who knew him told different stories to
different people. I think the Eisenhower story is very likely right.
He certainly played a lot of bridge, including a famous game on ship-
board on the evening before D-Day. But I only know the poker
information from his memoirs.

[Pepe Papon]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:39:28 -0700 (PDT), Will in New Haven
<bill....@taylorandfrancis.com> wrote:

>Eisenhower gave up poker when he realized that winning money from his
>fellow officers (officers were forbidden to play with enlisted) might
>hurt his relationships with them. So he started playing more bridge.
>Which is weird because people, on the average, get much angrier with
>bridge partners who fuck up than with poker players who win money from
>them. But that's the story.

He just had to be careful not to fuck up!

[Beldin the Sorcerer]

It's consistent with Spanier's chapter on Presidential Poker in Total Poker
Which doesn't confirm it, I know

[John_Brian_K]

On Mar 26 2013 3:46 PM, popinjay999 wrote:

> I was just watching Gunsmoke, and I'm sure I've seen this in other
> places too, perhaps even in Rounders. The guy says, "I raise you $10,
> I think you're bluffing". Well then why are you raising, you dumb
> mutherfucker?

Boat

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