# Poker night! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062 "2000-08-03T23:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/1 "2000-08-03T23:33:36Z")
Yippee! First Thursday night of the month means - poker tonight! I love drinkin’ and smokin’ and playing poker. I wonder who’ll show tonight? Wish me luck! ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/2 "2000-08-03T23:49:48Z")
They call you lady luck But there is room for doubt At times you have a very un-lady-like way Of running out Your on this date with me The pickin’s have been lush And yet before the evening is over You might give me the brush You might forget your manners You might refuse to stay And so the best that I can do is pray Luck be a lady tonight Luck be a lady tonight Luck if you’ve been a lady to begin with Luck be a lady tonight Luck let a gentleman see Just how nice a dame you can be I know the way you’ve treated other guys you’ve been with Luck be a lady with me A lady never leaves her escort It isn’t fair, it isn’t nice A lady doesn’t wander all over the room And blow on some other guys dice Lets keep this party polite Never get out of my sight Stick with me baby, I’m the guy that you came in with Luck be a lady tonight A lady never flirts with strangers She’d have a heart, she’d be nice A lady doesn’t wander all over the room And blow on some other guys dice Lets keep this party polite Never get out of my sight Stick with me baby, I’m the guy that you came in with Luck be a lady tonight ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/3 "2000-08-04T01:52:17Z")
**beatle** said: > [@](#): > > I love drinkin’ and smokin’ and playing poker. It’s always been one of my favorite pastimes, too. Good luck. (And stay away from Acey-Deucey–that games a killer.) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/4 "2000-08-04T04:39:49Z")
~sigh~ I miss my bi-weekly poker game. We played every other Thursday in the olden days. Dealers choice, no wild card games. quarter/half dollar. On a bad night you’d lose $50.00 at most. It was worth that much for entertainment expense. ~sigh~ I wish I were there with you. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/5 "2000-08-04T10:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\ ***beatle** said: > > > [@](#): > > > > I love drinkin’ and smokin’ and playing poker. > > It’s always been one of my favorite pastimes, too. > > Good luck. (And stay away from Acey-Deucey–that games a killer.) \*\* I hate acey-deucy myself. And remember the old poker rule: If you sit down to the table and don’t see a sucker–it’s probably you. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/6 "2000-08-04T10:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\* (And stay away from Acey-Deucey–that games a killer.) \*\* Evil game. I lost forty bucks playing that stinkin’ game! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/7 "2000-08-04T10:18:51Z")
Also, never sit at a poker table with anyone whose first name is a city. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/8 "2000-08-04T11:08:39Z")
I love to play poker with people who think drinking is an integral part of playing poker. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/9 "2000-08-04T11:12:58Z")
I used to throw a girl’s night poker game once a month. It really was a reason to just hang out, smoke, drink, and gossip. We need a Doper’s poker night. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/10 "2000-08-04T11:48:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \ we’ll call you “Girl-Java: Partner in crime” (GaWd, you’ll always have credit for sigs!) 😃 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/11 "2000-08-04T12:06:39Z")
And, I _love_ the morning after (where’s my lunch money?). ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/12 "2000-08-04T12:12:12Z")
Hang on beatle…I’ll frisbee you a bagel 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/13 "2000-08-04T14:18:12Z")
You got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em; Know when to walk away, Know when to run. _Kenny Roger_’s only real contribution to society. In a friendly game in the dorm one day, a couple guys retreated to the men’s room leaving only two of us at the table (desk). A short while later I was dead broke when my “Aces over boat” got shot down by 4 nines AFTER he’d drawn three cards. In a natural (no wild card) game. With ME dealing! ---
**Author:** ![h\_thur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@h\_thur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h_thur)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/14 "2000-08-04T14:48:31Z")
Good luck beatle! Never play Boo-ray (I never took french, so I don’t know how to spell it correctly) with a bunch of wiley cajuns - you’ll lose your house, car, **and** clothes! It’s a fun game though. Maybe at the next Houdope we could have a doper-poker night. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/15 "2000-08-04T15:04:46Z")
Remember: a Smith and Wesson beats four aces. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/16 "2000-08-04T15:36:16Z")
Sweet and holey Moses, someone else knows the game of Booray. That was a staple at the college poker games (among about 70 other games we knew.) I miss playing twice a week. I miss getting together and playing with friends, because you knew even if you lost, you’d still have fun. I miss playing at fraternities where they played to drink and lost all ability to make intelligent plays. I miss winning enough money to finance my education. I miss the 19 hour marathon sessions thanks to a snow day. However, I don’t miss the lack of sleep. But somehow, the big roll of money made up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-night/28062/17 "2000-08-04T16:43:36Z")
Funny you should say that, Bluepony; my first name _is_ a city, right here in Texas. We play lots of Booray.