Poker academy
07.16.2008
The Hard Rock is opening up a “Poker Lounge” which is some weird combo poker room and lounge (where lounge = bar/club mashup) and Samantha (and some of her fellow employees) wants to learn how to play some poker before then because they’re having some sort of internal competition before it’s open to the public. Somehow she decided I knew something about poker so I’m over at her house for dinner and we’re going over some rules of the game. The game being tournament no-limit hold-em. I didn’t have the heart to tell her I didn’t know that much aboutt strategy although I knew just about everything else so I begged geeeek, as my resident poker guru, for some help. He helped immeasurably by sliding me a basic instruction guide he had written up previously and I owe him for this big time. Without this guide I’d be just guessing, basically.
If you go to poker school won’t that annull your ability to make witty comments about not knowing how to play, i.e., “What does it mean when 4 of my cards have the same picture?”
P.S. where is everybody?
I am here and I am waiting for people to make comments. Thanks Adam. I played poker the other night and I had Mandy helping me and I still lost.
I am here, waiting for posts! Todd missed a couple days.
Looks like it’s time for our favorite 606 game: “Create-your-own WriteupTM”, where we each come up with a writeup for this post. I’ll start us off:
“Now that I’m feeling a little better, and having lived in Las Vegas forever, I figured it was time for me to learn the fundamentals of the game that brings joy and misery to so many people visiting this fair city. Geeeek was kind enough to host an improptu training session, so I’ll be high-rolling in no time. Suck it, plebians!”
“After getting home at 8:30 am from my usual Tuesday-night bender at Seamless, I had a quick nap and grabbed some ‘zza for lunch. Then it was off to the liquor store for some T-Bomb fixin’s and I jetted over to the Double-Down, where the proprietors were kind enough to host an impromptu traing session, so I’ll be drunk and high-rolling in no time. Take that, proles!”
“I had the wildest night on Tuesday, me and the roomie -REDACTED- place to find your cell phone! After a day like that, it was off to Ma’s house where she was kind enough to host an impromptu training session, so me and OGG will be high-rolling in no time. F U, bitches!”
Can you get Matt one of those sheets of paper? He REALLY needs it. Thanks for the amusing posts since our host is slacking.
THose that can strategize play, those that can’t deal.
Pretty much…I make no bones about my lack of poker acumen.
The best part about the poker crash course guide I put together is the fact that I was paid to do it. Our company was going to host a poker tourney at some show we threw a few years back and they asked me to write up a beginner’s guide that could be printed and handed out to all attendees.
I promise you that not a single one of them actually read it.
Well let me tell you this guide has been much appreciated and pored over by this newbie poker crowd so it didn’t go to waste. The best part is that I’ll say something and hear “That’s not what this said”. I finally issued a standing order, where contradicted by the document, the document wins.
That is awesome! I’m glad the document finally came in handy. I wish I could have been there to hear/watch this training session.
Yeah, me too. I’m uncomfortable talking about something I feel I know this little. I just kept trying to channel you. Can you channel a live person?
I channel Adam all the time, “must not spend money… unless on large electronics”