Texas Hold 'Em

[KitchenWitch]

Discuss

[PittPoliSci]

1. worst fad ever.

seriously, at least when POGS were cool we didn't have to watch that shit on 30 different channels.

[Mojambo]

2. A great game

I'm glad to see people excited about it.

It is amazingly fun to play.

[Suich]

3. I taught my 3 teenage great-nephews how to play.

I've created a monster but it's a lot of fun.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Fun game

too many TV shows

[Mojambo]

5. It's on quite a bit

But it's not like it soaks the TV schedule like certain things (reality TV anyone?) It's really only on like 3 or 4 channels.

Personally I find it extremely compelling to watch.

[Telly Savalas]

12. It does soak the schedule though.

It crowds out other stuff on the 24 hour sports channels, and these channels are the only ones that provide quality programming with any regularity. At least this is the case in Canada where it seems that at any given time at least one of the 3 sports networks is broadcasting poker. Part of the allure of a sports network is the goofy shit they air during off hours (e.g. wheelchair Australian rules football, U.S. miniature golf championship, round table discussions of steroid abuse in professional bowling). In the last couple of years, this diversity of programming has been vanishing with the networks filling the deadspace with yet another poker tournament.

I enjoy watching it every now and then, but good grief, it's like these channels have become the Texas Hold 'Em Network.

[Mojambo]

35. Well, if pushing miniature golf and bowling analysis off the air

counts as soaking the TV schedule then I guess you'd be right.

That these poker tournaments get better ratings than the goofy shit they air during off hours doesn't surprise me. That's how TV works I guess.

I can sympathize though. I wish American Idol wasn't on so much, but people like it and watch it so I guess I'm out of luck.

[leftofthedial]

6. fun game, but

the gambling fad has been created to accelerate the concentration of wealth prior to the end of the oil economy.

[Suich]

7. What???

[Fiona]

8. That's interesting

very very interesting.

[Zuni]

14. been created by who? Karl Rove?

:wtf:

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Didn't you hear? Rove ghostwrote "The Gambler" in the 70's

As psy-ops to get the nation to piss away their savings into the RW gaming machine. It's documented:

http://www.karlroveatemybaby.com
http://www.karlroveisomnipotent.net
http://www.everythingoutsidemydoorstepiscontrolledbytherightinanattempttokeepusdown.net

[Zuni]

16. So what you are saying is.....

"you gotta know when to hold them and know when to fold 'em," aren't the rantings of a third rate country sage but the machiavellian manipualations of the most evil political genius the world has ever known?!?!?! :o

Get this thread to the NY Times, the WaPo and Olbermann! These fascist must be stopped! This is HUGH! :patriot:

[asthmaticeog]

21. What are you, trolling?

Kenny Rogers is AT LEAST second rate.

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. But his chicken is first rate!

:thumbsup:

[Zuni]

26. agreed

:9

[leftofthedial]

29. Karl Rove is a drudge

a cog in a machine

a functionary

a corporal in the class war

[leftofthedial]

28. capitalists who own casinos

among other things

probably ultimately banks

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Yep, and pornography was concocted in Stalin's laboratories to uproot the

Christian civilization. Along with rock'n'roll. :tinfoilhat:

[Zuni]

19. no, the Jews created rock and roll

to start a race war in America. Didn't you read that laRouche pamphlet I sent you? :silly:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. I thought it was the Catholic Church

Isn't this what Jack Chick said? I mean, after they created Communism?

Or, wait, lemmesee... Jews -> RCC -> Communism -> R'n'R -> Pornography.

Yeah, that's it. :crazy:

[leftofthedial]

30. no, pornography was concocted by horny cavemen

capitalists did not create gambling

they have marketed it and are exploiting it.

[Donkeyboy75]

25. leftofleftfield

:wtf:

[leftofthedial]

31. you think the corporatization of Las Vegas and the widespread

legalization of gambling around the country were

just an accident? a coincidence?

follow the money.

[Donkeyboy75]

33. The problem is,

you think nothing is a coincidence.

[leftofthedial]

36. nothing like an absurd statement

how do you know what I think?

[sasquatch]

9. I think 5 card draw is a better poker game

That's what I played as a kid.

[ps1074]

10. I like it

I play in online tournements very often and I can say I am good at it :)

You have to play very conservative the first 30 minutes, have to figure out the way the other people play. Then you have to play wisely till 80% of the competitors drop out. Then you can start thinking of winning the tourney :)

[fhqwhgads]

23. me too

i live within driving distance of both atlantic city and the connecticut casinos, so i like to play cash games when i can. i'm happy about the explosion of poker, quite honestly. nothing better than sitting down at the borgata with a bunch of cocky frat boys who learned to play by watching poker on tv and taking their beer money.

i enjoy nl hold 'em but pot limit omaha (hi) is great too. not too many poker rooms spread omaha though.

totally agree about tourney strategy...play tight early and protect your chips, let the crazies knock each other out. pick up pots here and there so you're not short-stacked when you get to the fourth or fifth level when you can start playing more aggressively.

[jmowreader]

11. I prefer having all my own cards, thanks

The best poker game is Seven Card Stud, with Five Card Draw a close second.

[Beware the Beast Man]

13. Not my bag. I prefer Uno or Fluxx myself.

:)

[tigereye]

27. I bet you are a nasty Uno player....

[funkybutt]

17. I play weekly with neighbors. Sure beats watchin TV all night.

I love it. We all started playing at the same time and we're all pretty good. We bought a table top and chips. The winner usually takes home about $70, which is always nice. The losers are only out $10. We play in a single table tournament style. Winner takes all.

[WeRQ4U]

24. Fun game. My buddies and I play whenever we can...

I built my own octogonal poker table downstairs. All oak, cork cupholders, black felt. Looks nice and it's fun to play on. Got some nice chips and we're in business. We play for 10 or 20 bucks, either winner takes all or simple cash out. WAY better than sitting around doing nothing all night. And at the most, you only out 20 bucks. We rotate houses.

[tarkus]

32. I don't know how to play any game but solitaire, but love "Rounders"

Matt Damon and Edward Norton are two of my favorite actors, so them being together just blows my mind.

[Dukkha]

34. It's like golf & bowling

fun to play but totally pointless to watch on TV. Enough already! You'd think there's a THTV network it's on so much.