# Let's play some TEXAS FOLD EM! -- Beta Test **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 9, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828 "2009-05-09T05:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/81 "2009-05-15T14:24:12Z")
> [@Juggler](#): > > Wow, I won! Here is my whine from the first pm I sent to Meeko > > “Wow, three tens in different hands, no pocket pair, no suited, only one card over ten.” > > But it worked out alright, easy decisions all the way. Thanks for doing this **Meeko**. > > I think it would be more fun to have two threads the next time, one off limits for players. If mafia can do it so can we, right? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11122747&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11122747&postcount=9) This is where I discussed the idea of a Forbidden thread for Fold em. I think, and rightfully so, the aspect of having 38 or so odd cards that works on the honor system is too much for some players. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/82 "2009-05-16T20:48:41Z")
> [@Juggler](#): > > “Wow, three tens in different hands, no pocket pair, no suited, only one card over ten.” Psst…you can’t make a straight without a 5 or a 10. 😛 But alas, you didn’t even use your 10 to make a staight. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/83 "2009-05-16T20:51:40Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > No, I meant that given a straight was possible, what were the odds someone flopped the nut straight given this many hands in play? > > I’ll head up the next game if nobody else wants to. I’m In ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/84 "2009-05-16T21:41:30Z")
Ok. At work right now but I’ll set things up when I get home. Same thread or different? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/85 "2009-05-16T21:56:57Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Ok. At work right now but I’ll set things up when I get home. Same thread or different? Let’s have you go on your own. I think the beta test ended successfully, wouldn’t you say? ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/86 "2009-05-17T06:59:47Z")
[Texas Fold’em Thread 2.0](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11149212) **Meeko** , **notfrommensa** , \*\*Oslo Ostragoth \*\*, and **Really Not All That Bright** have first shot at the seats by showing interest in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/87 "2009-05-17T16:11:02Z")
Were there any takers for the spreadsheet from my game, that had all the cards, who folded what, when, etc? ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828/88 "2009-05-18T02:09:40Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > [Texas Fold’em Thread 2.0](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11149212) > > **Meeko** , **notfrommensa** , \*\*Oslo Ostragoth \*\*, and **Really Not All That Bright** have first shot at the seats by showing interest in this thread. I’ll give up my seat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-some-texas-fold-em-beta-test/495828.md?page=4)