# I got sucked out by a celebrity! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726 "2005-04-23T03:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/1 "2005-04-23T03:49:58Z")
With the recent unpleasantness at PokerRoom, I’ve moved my bankroll to Hollywood Poker. The big gimmick is that celebrities show up semi-regularly and play the rings and the tourneys. Vince Van Patten and James Woods are the big names from what I can tell. I saw Merv Griffin announced but didn’t see him at a table. Tonight I was playing with Michael Woods (brother of James and also an actor) and [Bill Smitrovich](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810488/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0xfHE9YmlsbCBzbWl0cm92aWNofGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=17) (I never heard of him either). Anyways, so I’m in the BB at a .50/$1 table with J4os and see the flop for free. There’s like four callers. Flop comes J74 with two diamonds; two pair for me. SB checks, I bet $1. Smitrovich raises to $2. Folds around to me and I raise $9 to put him all in. He thinks about it and calls. Turn is another diamond, river is Qd. I turn up my two pair figuring I’ll see a diamond in his hand for the flush. No diamond, but he does have pocket QQ for trip Queens on the river to bust my two pair. Which kinda sucked, but not as bad as the non-celebrity _moron_ earlier in the night who called a raise and a big re-raise in front of her with 65os out of position to catch a 6 on the flop and a 5 on the turn to crack my pocket AA. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/2 "2005-04-23T03:51:02Z")
Aw geez, if some kind soul could hit REPORT POST and ask a Mod to fix my coding I’d appreciate it, because that’s just ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/3 "2005-04-23T04:23:31Z")
Boy, is my mind in the gutter, or what? ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/4 "2005-04-23T04:25:55Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Boy, is my mind in the gutter, or what? Getting crowded in here… ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/5 "2005-04-23T04:28:25Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Boy, is my mind in the gutter, or what? My mind isn’t always in the gutter. Sometimes it crawls out to feed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/6 "2005-04-23T04:33:15Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Boy, is my mind in the gutter, or what? Nope. Couldn’t be. Nope. Nobody could’ve misread that title as… oh… wait. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/7 "2005-04-23T04:55:13Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Boy, is my mind in the gutter, or what? You’re thinking of suck **off** , not suck **out**. (Not that I didn’t think there might be a regional difference…) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/8 "2005-04-23T05:00:26Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > You’re thinking of suck **off** , not suck **out**. > > (Not that I didn’t think there might be a regional difference…) Depends on whether a straw is involved, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/9 "2005-04-23T05:09:10Z")
I’ll just be joining everybody else down in the gutter, then. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/10 "2005-04-23T05:10:58Z")
Hey, folks. This gutter could stand some cleaning (whips out the Hertel)… Ah, there we go. _hunkers down_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/11 "2005-04-23T05:15:43Z")
_JohnT brings wings and beer_ Looks like we’re going to be staying down here a while! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/12 "2005-04-23T05:16:47Z")
True… beer is not known for making people leave. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/13 "2005-04-23T05:25:07Z")
I’d suggest betting much more than 20% of the pot on the flop with two pair. It’s a pretty vulnerable hand, especially with the flush draw out there (note that a 7 also kills you). Two pair is made to be played very fast. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/14 "2005-04-23T05:30:58Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Hey, folks. This gutter could stand some cleaning (whips out the Hertel)… Ah, there we go. _hunkers down_ [Beavis] You said “whip”. [/Beavis] ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/15 "2005-04-23T05:40:07Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > With the recent unpleasantness at PokerRoom… What unpleasantness? I don’t play too much, but when I do, it’s there… ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/16 "2005-04-23T05:56:35Z")
Would you people _please_ get your minds out of the gutter? You’re blocking my periscope! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/17 "2005-04-23T06:23:30Z")
I gave it the benefit of the doubt that the thread would not be about what it appeared to be, and I was right. However, as i do not understand a half of what is being described beyond it being some kind of Poker vernacular, I’ll just stay in the gutter with everyone else. And also ask if Vince Van Patten can really be called a celebrity anymore. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/18 "2005-04-23T06:49:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Depends on whether a straw is involved, doesn’t it? Wow, I must be losing it. For a second there I was like “…I know the term for that … I do! It’s … GAH! I KNOW IT!” And then it hit me. However, the more common phrase is sucking off:) ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/19 "2005-04-23T07:00:19Z")
Some of us prefer to call it the “channel”, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726/20 "2005-04-23T07:19:16Z")
DAMN! I though this post was gonna be about getting oral from a well-known celebtrety. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-sucked-out-by-a-celebrity/300726.md?page=2)