How old were you when you learned to play poker?
December 18th, 2013 at 2:38:59 AM
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♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
December 18th, 2013 at 8:13:00 AM
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Quote: AxelWolfIt would sound better in person, from me anyways. So, ill try to make it short. A group of us were discussing a play at the plaza, DJ was half listening as usual, I think he has Gambling A.D.D or something, he cant seem to sit still, great kid even a "NICE GUY" I think he only caught part of the conversation and heard key words. I'm sure he was dreaming of $5 Royals
Because this promo was at the plaza and Louie has a show there, It brought up a discussion between me and a few others. I told them some stories about Louie. The stories dealt with Louie liking legal teen guys.
We made a deal with DJ for him to play the promotion. A few days later DJ shows up for what should have been a long session and starts playing.
Not sure exactly how it went down. But I few hrs later, I get word that Dj was no longer playing. I think he texted me some creepy guy was staring at him and his leg or something. At this point I think Dj started to remember, bits and pieces of the Louie story. Eventually Dj was so unsettled, he ran out the door. I meet up with Dj and he said the guy looked a bit like Louie but was unsure. Louie had a baseball cap on and was not as large as he appears on TV, and he really didn't look like what you would imagine. I went over to the Plaza to play VP with my GF and sure enough, it was Louie Anderson. After that Dj would sneak around and make sure Louie was not around before he started playing.
That's hilarious! I have some asian friends too, and one of them mentioned that there are lots of older gay white guys who have some sort of fetish for young asian dudes. He unfortunately found this out while he was staying in SF for work one time, and I guess a ton of older gay white guys kept hitting on him constantly. I was ROTFLMAO, and I still give him crap about it. :D
I've always cracked up at Louie Anderson's humor over the years, but whenever I see him now, I'm always going to think of the DJ incident. Poor DJ.
LOL!!
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December 18th, 2013 at 11:45:45 AM
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Quote: djatcIt's gonna take years of therapy to fix my women problems
Who knows...maybe you're not missing much. Just listen to Chris Rock about being in love.
"If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in love!" LOL
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December 18th, 2013 at 12:18:36 PM
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Axels right about the story unfortunately.....
I was wearing workout clothes because the plaza has a gym and I use it sometimes. That day I decided to work out then play since I woke up early. When I was playing Louie sat right next to me and I could catch him staring at me and made me extremely uncomfortable. Why couldn't it have been an older cougar I don't know....
I was wearing workout clothes because the plaza has a gym and I use it sometimes. That day I decided to work out then play since I woke up early. When I was playing Louie sat right next to me and I could catch him staring at me and made me extremely uncomfortable. Why couldn't it have been an older cougar I don't know....
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December 18th, 2013 at 12:32:50 PM
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Wizard, were you gambling real money with your brother?
Leave Katie alone.
Rasul: Or what?
Or I come back and break your F** legs
December 18th, 2013 at 2:40:08 PM
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I learned the hand order in my 30s (while learning to play VP) and I knew the basics enough to enjoy the occasional episode of the WSOP on TV. I've recently begun seriously studying Texas Hold 'em (and I know I have a copy of "The Theory of Poker" in my apartment...somewhere) but haven't made it to a live table for real money quite yet. Soon...
May 26th, 2018 at 6:50:11 PM
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Quote: AxelWolfQuote: djatcWe used to play Magic the gathering a lot .
Never Admit that, again. Pretend it was just like that one drunken night, you had with your best friend.
I still play..been going on for 5+ years now
I did start playing poker in middle school..used to have a math teacher who liked to use poker as an example all the time. Played a lot in high school. $5 buyin tournaments with up to 3 rebuys (big $$$ when you are 14 years old)...Havent played a good, fun home game in such a long time though..i need to get back into it one of these days. Any LV members host poker nights?
May 27th, 2018 at 2:55:06 AM
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One dealer of several years ago would regularly host Chinese Poker nights and his guests always included several females because he had learned to have the whole place absolutely spotlessly Spic and Span. Once that attitude lapses it begins to be a poker night reminiscent of The Odd Couple and the females just drift away. The email poker list soon becomes males only.Quote: GlenGAny LV members host poker nights?
May 27th, 2018 at 3:18:15 AM
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Quote: FleaStiffOne dealer of several years ago would regularly host Chinese Poker nights and his guests always included several females because he had learned to have the whole place absolutely spotlessly Spic and Span. Once that attitude lapses it begins to be a poker night reminiscent of The Odd Couple and the females just drift away. The email poker list soon becomes males only.
For whatever reason, women just are not that into poker. Could be intimidation of so many men at the table. But I also see it as in my experience, women like a game with just a few simple rules that they can get playing fast. Also needs a fast result. At the party nights, the women gravitate to BJ and Roulette. It takes coaxing to get them to craps and poker. Many just groan as more rules get explained each hand when they come up.
OTOH, they can be fine once they learn. At my VFW game, it is about 50/50 M/F.
OTOOH, I deal the parties with a casino poker dealer. She insisted that "lots of women play!" I asked back about the M/F ratio, "excluding dealers" and is it ever more than 10% women. Got a very sheepish "no."
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
May 27th, 2018 at 4:27:19 AM
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Poker Night at a buddies house is more of a guy thing anyway to me. Sports game on the TV, cold beer, lots of junk food and good times.
Unless when I say poker night, you mean lots of $$ going around and everyone is intent on winning
Unless when I say poker night, you mean lots of $$ going around and everyone is intent on winning
May 27th, 2018 at 4:42:21 AM
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Quote: GlenGPoker Night at a buddies house is more of a guy thing anyway to me. Sports game on the TV, cold beer, lots of junk food and good times.
Unless when I say poker night, you mean lots of $$ going around and everyone is intent on winning
I once had a woman at the table told some kids (college age) that "poker is a manly game." I say this all the time about both poker and craps. Kids left and we discussed it. She got it, poker is more manly than feminine. Some women like to play, but that is the way it is.
To your point, I wonder if a bunch of women having "ladies poker night" don't end up acting like men playing poker. And then not liking it because of that?
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
May 27th, 2018 at 4:48:45 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanI once had a woman at the table told some kids (college age) that "poker is a manly game." I say this all the time about both poker and craps. Kids left and we discussed it. She got it, poker is more manly than feminine. Some women like to play, but that is the way it is.
To your point, I wonder if a bunch of women having "ladies poker night" don't end up acting like men playing poker. And then not liking it because of that?
Im sure an all ladies poker night is a whole different experience..maybe
May 27th, 2018 at 5:23:54 AM
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I didn't mean to open a can of worms here.
I was thinking of an average monthly poker night type thing, not a fraternity beer bash with poker and pretzels.
If forum members in Vegas furnish their homes courtesy of the Salvation Army or their interior decorating style varies between orange crate vertical and orange crate horizontal they are unlikely to get many females to attend and probably unlikely to even know any females. If you don't air condition your home appropriately and if your home's various surfaces don't get a weekly steam cleaning, females won't be returning to your poker nights.
Now you may be okay with that.
A good many females do play poker particularly online poker. In poker rooms females have cards, bluffing ability and cleavage and they tend to make use of everything they can to win. Many women learn poker because men play poker, particularly aggressive men which are likely to be good breadwinners.
I had an electronic acquaintance in Texas who owned seven businesses around town and was active in charity golf tournaments but she frequently played online poker and once asked me if I had just been to a certain poker site because someone in her recent game had used the same 'nick' I often use on the internet. Bridge and poker are almost mandatory skills in college dorms, graduate schools, military bases, at yacht clubs, etc. During hurricane season many yachts serve as non-stop poker clubs.
I was thinking of an average monthly poker night type thing, not a fraternity beer bash with poker and pretzels.
If forum members in Vegas furnish their homes courtesy of the Salvation Army or their interior decorating style varies between orange crate vertical and orange crate horizontal they are unlikely to get many females to attend and probably unlikely to even know any females. If you don't air condition your home appropriately and if your home's various surfaces don't get a weekly steam cleaning, females won't be returning to your poker nights.
Now you may be okay with that.
A good many females do play poker particularly online poker. In poker rooms females have cards, bluffing ability and cleavage and they tend to make use of everything they can to win. Many women learn poker because men play poker, particularly aggressive men which are likely to be good breadwinners.
I had an electronic acquaintance in Texas who owned seven businesses around town and was active in charity golf tournaments but she frequently played online poker and once asked me if I had just been to a certain poker site because someone in her recent game had used the same 'nick' I often use on the internet. Bridge and poker are almost mandatory skills in college dorms, graduate schools, military bases, at yacht clubs, etc. During hurricane season many yachts serve as non-stop poker clubs.
May 27th, 2018 at 5:53:09 AM
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Quote: FleaStiffBridge and poker are almost mandatory skills in college dorms, graduate schools, military bases, at yacht clubs, etc. During hurricane season many yachts serve as non-stop poker clubs.
Yet it still amazes me the number of adults who do not even know the rank of hands in the game. Somewhere there has to be a divide on that and how it determines how you end up in life.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
May 27th, 2018 at 6:26:59 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanYet it still amazes me the number of adults who do not even know the rank of hands in the game. Somewhere there has to be a divide on that and how it determines how you end up in life.
Card games of any kind bore me to tears. I know the rules of exactly zero card games including poker. So I’m one of the adults you are talking about.
May 27th, 2018 at 8:19:28 AM
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I recall "A Girlhood Amongst Gamblers" the autobiography of a young girl whose family played card games together regularly. Her math skills developed and she, her sister and her brother all became nationally ranked poker players though she soon left the poker world to become a "Quant", stock market player on behalf of hedge funds.
Girls dorms are famous as tutorials for informal courses such as "Boys 101" and "Bridge". Guys dorms often have Poker and Sports Betting going on nonstop.
In the sixties Eugene Burdick was a professor at U Cal Santa Barbara and one of his popular novels featured a young man who devoured a book on poker math and one on poker tells, then went on to a very profitable lifestyle. I wish I had followed suit.
Louis L'Amour's western stories often featured poker but then of course so did the whole country. Look at the Los Angeles Times, I believe it was won in a poker game.
Girls dorms are famous as tutorials for informal courses such as "Boys 101" and "Bridge". Guys dorms often have Poker and Sports Betting going on nonstop.
In the sixties Eugene Burdick was a professor at U Cal Santa Barbara and one of his popular novels featured a young man who devoured a book on poker math and one on poker tells, then went on to a very profitable lifestyle. I wish I had followed suit.
Louis L'Amour's western stories often featured poker but then of course so did the whole country. Look at the Los Angeles Times, I believe it was won in a poker game.
May 27th, 2018 at 9:49:37 AM
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Oh, yeesh. Does yet another thread have to derail into aspersions and generalities against women?
I was about 5 when I learned blackjsck, maybe 7 when I was first allowed to play poker. Data point of 1.
Learned Canasta, cribbage, crazy 8s, and S!#/on your neighbor before that. Whist and hearts shortly after.
Family poker games were all 5-10-25, max 3 raises, still are. It's just a way of keeping score. No need to lose your shirt to family.
Otoh, I've been welcomed into several WoV member poker games lately and held my own, so thanks for that, guys.
I was about 5 when I learned blackjsck, maybe 7 when I was first allowed to play poker. Data point of 1.
Learned Canasta, cribbage, crazy 8s, and S!#/on your neighbor before that. Whist and hearts shortly after.
Family poker games were all 5-10-25, max 3 raises, still are. It's just a way of keeping score. No need to lose your shirt to family.
Otoh, I've been welcomed into several WoV member poker games lately and held my own, so thanks for that, guys.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
May 27th, 2018 at 10:05:52 AM
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Umm... I had a thread that announced a game not too long ago.Quote: GlenGAny LV members host poker nights?
It's not a regular thing but we do it from time to time.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
May 27th, 2018 at 11:36:21 AM
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Poker is great! If you are bored and want to pass time, play poker. If you want to hang with friends and shoot the sh%$, play poker. If you love competition, play poker. If you love to gamble, play poker. If you love the comradery and company of others, play poker. What's not to love! If you cant take a bad beat... stay home.
I first played poker in college.... Criss Cross, Baseball, and other fun poker games I forget. We started playing for beer. That quickly turned into bragging rights. That quickly turned into playing for money. That quickly weeded out the men from the boys.
I guess you could attribute Rounders and the WSOP for bringing Poker to light and creating such popularity.
I first played poker in college.... Criss Cross, Baseball, and other fun poker games I forget. We started playing for beer. That quickly turned into bragging rights. That quickly turned into playing for money. That quickly weeded out the men from the boys.
I guess you could attribute Rounders and the WSOP for bringing Poker to light and creating such popularity.
'Winners hit n run... Losers stick around'
May 27th, 2018 at 11:49:04 AM
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I had heard of needing a pair of jacks to bid in poker so I always thought that was the lowest hand.
Wish I had more of a misspent youth.
Wish I had more of a misspent youth.
May 27th, 2018 at 1:41:16 PM
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I probably learned how to play poker when I was maybe 9 or 10....
It was five card draw and a variation that I think was called Baseball, but when I look up the rules for Baseball nowadays it sounds a little different from the version I learned. I probably just learned some house ruled version or something.
But five card draw was pretty much the version that everyone played casually.
It was five card draw and a variation that I think was called Baseball, but when I look up the rules for Baseball nowadays it sounds a little different from the version I learned. I probably just learned some house ruled version or something.
But five card draw was pretty much the version that everyone played casually.
May 27th, 2018 at 2:11:55 PM
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I learned bridge and hearts at an early age. In college I played a lot of heats and pinochle. Tried to learn backgammon but there simply weren't many good players to learn from. Never got into poker nights. Crushing an opponent in bridge is more satisfying, to me, than winning a poker hand and a few dollars.
Now, if Texas Hold Em had been around, it might have been different, but seven card stud, draw poker and games like baseball or follow the queen bore me. Enjoy a good game of Guts, on occasion.
Now, if Texas Hold Em had been around, it might have been different, but seven card stud, draw poker and games like baseball or follow the queen bore me. Enjoy a good game of Guts, on occasion.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
May 28th, 2018 at 1:53:40 AM
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Quote: beachbumbabsOtoh, I've been welcomed into several WoV member poker games lately
I appreciate the donation. :)
May 28th, 2018 at 4:46:27 AM
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As with blackjack there is probably a difference between learning to play poker and learning to play poker well.
Now that I am frequently on an oxygen machine I seem more able to focus and remember things so I may give some new games a try. I think that I am even getting better at arithmetic after a few whiffs of the stuff and plan to give blackjack another chance despite a bankroll that is depleted by my paying for the oxygen machines.
Now that I am frequently on an oxygen machine I seem more able to focus and remember things so I may give some new games a try. I think that I am even getting better at arithmetic after a few whiffs of the stuff and plan to give blackjack another chance despite a bankroll that is depleted by my paying for the oxygen machines.
May 28th, 2018 at 8:27:01 AM
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Quote: RSI appreciate the donation. :)
I made a mistake playing you. I read you wrong, and everyone saw it but me. I won't be doing it again. :) Call it tuition. It was half winnings from other people by that point, so a lesson well learned.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
May 28th, 2018 at 9:38:08 AM
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I learned to play poker when I was about 12, but I’ve been playing Gin Rummy since I was 5. Gin was my first love.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
May 28th, 2018 at 12:01:24 PM
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Butch Thomas: The Pre-School Poker Coloring Book. Ages 4-7.
May 28th, 2018 at 7:51:12 PM
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Quote: PokerGrinderI learned to play poker when I was about 12, but I’ve been playing Gin Rummy since I was 5. Gin was my first love.
You play poker like a 12 year old. Ohhhhhhhhh!!!! Burrrrrrrrrn!!!!! :-)
May 28th, 2018 at 8:15:29 PM
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Quote: RSYou play poker like a 12 year old. Ohhhhhhhhh!!!! Burrrrrrrrrn!!!!! :-)
Lmao good one 🤷♂️
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
May 28th, 2018 at 9:48:58 PM
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Quote: RSYou play poker like a 12 year old. Ohhhhhhhhh!!!! Burrrrrrrrrn!!!!! :-)
I disagree. He is definitely playing at the 13 year old level. He keeps repeating that one year of experience over and over and over again.😜🤑
May 28th, 2018 at 10:35:17 PM
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I learned to play 5-card draw when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I remember that by 7 years old, I got the joke in the Looney Tunes cartoon where Bugs Bunny says "I only have two pairs: a pair of 'ones,' and another pair of 'ones'"—and rolls away a wheelbarrow of money.
May 28th, 2018 at 10:53:25 PM
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What did I do to deserve so many compliments? You two are too nice.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
May 29th, 2018 at 12:52:04 AM
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Quote: PokerGrinderWhat did I do tuque deserve so many compliments? You tuque are tuque nice.
FTFY
May 29th, 2018 at 2:14:52 AM
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?????
May 29th, 2018 at 5:43:33 AM
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I assumed that means fixed that for you. I don't get the Canadian reference in this instance, it's probably an inside joke they came up with during pillow talk.Quote: FleaStiff?????
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
May 29th, 2018 at 12:24:48 PM
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Quote: AxelWolfI assumed that means fixed that for you. I don't get the Canadian reference in this instance, it's probably an inside joke they came up with during pillow talk.
LMGTFY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knit_cap#Canadian_tuque
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
May 29th, 2018 at 12:28:10 PM
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RS's edit still makes no sense to me. I'm sticking with inside joke during pillow talk.Quote: beachbumbabsLMGTFY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knit_cap#Canadian_tuque
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
May 29th, 2018 at 12:32:56 PM
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Quote: AxelWolfRS's edit still makes no sense to me. I'm sticking with inside joke during pillow talk.
It halfway made sense to me. But then, I'm half Canadian.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
May 29th, 2018 at 4:01:28 PM
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Sorry to hear that. A few things make much more sense to me now.Quote: beachbumbabsBut then, I'm half Canadian.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
May 29th, 2018 at 4:05:24 PM
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Quote: AxelWolfRS's edit still makes no sense to me. I'm sticking with inside joke during pillow talk.
Toque is RS’s safe word.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
May 29th, 2018 at 4:13:31 PM
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Weird, I just learned about that word a few days ago somewhere else.
As for the original topic, I really didn't get into poker until the boom. I was 23 then.
As for the original topic, I really didn't get into poker until the boom. I was 23 then.
May 29th, 2018 at 6:37:39 PM
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I didn't know you needed a safe word during cuddle time. Then again, you might roll over a lot when you sleep so I can see the need for one.Quote: PokerGrinderToque is RS’s safe word.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
June 18th, 2018 at 1:44:15 AM
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I am big fan of poker. I started to play this game in 20 years old.
June 29th, 2018 at 6:14:18 AM
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I know this is an old thread, but when I was 9 years old, I rented a game from Blockbuster form my NES called "Casino Boy" where I learned to play 5 card draw. I then evolved to other games like 5 and 7 card stud, deuces wild, and now what I normally play being hold em or Omaha, if I can find enough people who know how to play it.
A flute with no holes is not a flute, a donut with no holes is a danish
June 29th, 2018 at 6:17:05 AM
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Quote: Gabes22I know this is an old thread, but when I was 9 years old, I rented a game from Blockbuster form my NES called "Casino Boy" where I learned to play 5 card draw. I then evolved to other games like 5 and 7 card stud, deuces wild, and now what I normally play being hold em or Omaha, if I can find enough people who know how to play it.
That game was called Casino Kid.
June 29th, 2018 at 6:20:53 AM
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Yes, Casino Kid, you are correct
A flute with no holes is not a flute, a donut with no holes is a danish
July 3rd, 2018 at 3:50:55 AM
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i had relatives family play two weekly days sat and sun like 20 people two table games. They would have big bottles full of change thousands of dollars so i read up on online poker rules and asked my dad to let me play with paper delivery money. He did I was 13 and would take a couple hundred down right off the start. I will tell you was guys with guns and ultra big fat hairy guys scared the crap out of me wondering if they would let me leave for the first few years lol.
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July 3rd, 2018 at 4:58:48 AM
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Let Me Google That For You.Quote: beachbumbabsLMGTFY
After my not knowing FTFY was Fixed That For You, LMGTFY was a real challenge.
Life is getting hard for me in my old age. Maybe I'll give up my WSOP dreams or even my black jack dreams
