# Poker with a summertime theme? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 24, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747 "2011-06-24T18:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/1 "2011-06-24T18:52:14Z")
I have been tasked by my boss to come up with a new achievement for a (texas holdem) poker video game I helped make last year. The only requirement is that the achievement have a “summertime theme.” I am wracking my brain to come up with some sort of pun relating to poker and summertime. The best I have come up with so far is “(Cow)Boys of Summer” which would fire if you got, say 3 kings. Boss wasn’t so keen on that one. I am running low on ideas, even after scouring the [wikipedia poker term glossary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_poker_terms). Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/2 "2011-06-24T19:01:49Z")
Still flipping through ideas, but how about: Summer of 69 - sixes full of nines or vice versa ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/3 "2011-06-24T19:11:02Z")
Hmmmmm not bad. Plus I like the dirty undertones! Might be a tough achievement to hit, unfortunately. We want this thing to be fairly achievable, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/4 "2011-06-24T19:22:55Z")
Well, you could always extend it to include two pair of sixes and nines. Just having a 6 and a 9 might be too easy, but I don’t know how hard-to-get you want to play. Another thought which I like less, but hey, brainstorming: School’s Out For Summer - Four Aces (like a report card, geddit?). I know it doesn’t necessarily need to be a song, but right now those look like the best opportunity for ‘clever’ achievements. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/5 "2011-06-24T19:25:12Z")
I was thinking of just having a 6 & a 9. The only thing making me hesitate on that is that a lot of people would get it from the board. Maybe I could make it so one of them would have to be a hole card, but then it starts getting a little tedious. School’s out for the Summer is cute, but 4 aces would be borderline impossible to get. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/6 "2011-06-24T19:36:17Z")
> [@HoboStew](#): > > I was thinking of just having a 6 & a 9. The only thing making me hesitate on that is that a lot of people would get it from the board. Maybe I could make it so one of them would have to be a hole card, but then it starts getting a little tedious. School’s out for the Summer is cute, but 4 aces would be borderline impossible to get. How about a winning hand with a 6 and a 9? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/7 "2011-06-24T19:43:31Z")
I want to say something like Flip-Flop that involves something happening on the flop, but I can’t think what that would be. Like all three cards being different suits or something. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/8 "2011-06-24T19:49:04Z")
Three cards of different suits on the flop is generally called “Rainbow”… but that’s not necessarily summer-themed, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/9 "2011-06-24T19:55:47Z")
A fishing theme could also work for JJ hole cards, referred to as “fishhooks”… ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/10 "2011-06-24T20:24:41Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > A fishing theme could also work for JJ hole cards, referred to as “fishhooks”… This has the wonderful advantage of also being extremely easy to implement =D ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/11 "2011-06-24T21:21:16Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > How about a winning hand with a 6 and a 9? I like this idea. The thing that would bum me out is if I had, say, A9, and the board ends up AQJ62, and I don’t get the achievement because my winning hand is AAQJ9. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/12 "2011-06-24T21:56:04Z")
Floatin’ on the River award: gotten when you suck out and have the winning hand because of what the last card brings you. Life’s a Beach: gotten when you lose because of the river card. Royal Party: When your five card hand consists of only J, Q, or K. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/13 "2011-06-24T22:23:47Z")
Tracking when you win/lose because of the river card would require some extra handling since it is across game states (4th/5th street). I think I am going to go with Summer of '69 because it is A) most directly on theme & B) reasonably easy to implement. I am going to ignore my bummedness when I fail to get the achievement in the example I gave above. Thanks for your help everyone, off to set this up! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/14 "2011-07-07T18:52:24Z")
I’m reviving this thread because this achievement has gone live on Steam. Congrats, **HoboStew** and all the Dopers that contributed! ---
**Author:** ![Snifit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snifit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snifit)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/15 "2011-07-07T19:21:24Z")
Hey hey, I just got this achievement. Neat that the person behind it is a Doper! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/16 "2011-07-07T19:40:24Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > A fishing theme could also work for JJ hole cards, referred to as “fishhooks”… A running joke I like to use is if someone gets 3 Jacks, I tell them they are “One Jack Off”. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-with-a-summertime-theme/586747/17 "2011-07-07T19:50:59Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > A running joke I like to use is if someone gets 3 Jacks, I tell them they are “One Jack Off”. Heh. I use that line when somebody is missing a Jack from a straight. It gets a laugh, like, 20% of the time. 🙂