# Texas Hold'Em Question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 28, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672 "2010-04-28T21:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/81 "2010-05-07T00:55:10Z")
i’d just make sure you have it loaded. **missy** can track any man down. she’s tricksy like that, dontchaknow. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/82 "2010-05-07T00:57:04Z")
what’s your aim names? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/83 "2010-05-07T01:51:05Z")
Looks like I got there too late tonight, but I’ll see y’all next week. Thanks for the invite! Q ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/84 "2010-05-07T01:51:35Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > what’s your aim names? That’s just it…I (and apparently, **notfrommensa** too) can’t complete the account creation process. Quite frustrating, and its funny…I generally hate AIM, but tried to install it on this machine which is my newer one just for the poker. Seems to work fine on my older XP machine. I don’t understand the errors I’m getting. Fuck it, I can still play cards. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/85 "2010-05-07T03:10:12Z")
I’ll satisfy myself knowing I came out ahead of **peekercpa** and **meeko** , the two biggest shit talkers in the bunch! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/86 "2010-05-07T03:26:29Z")
Pocket jacks are easy to play, seriously. Here, this guy gives a pretty good explanation: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9CBtSW0kA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9CBtSW0kA) Note that he does talk kind of crassly, so don’t click if occasional foul language offends you. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/87 "2010-05-07T04:07:28Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Looks like I got there too late tonight, but I’ll see y’all next week. You posted that nine minutes before the game started, that would have been plenty of time to sign up. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/88 "2010-05-07T04:09:35Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’ll satisfy myself knowing I came out ahead of **peekercpa** and **meeko** , the two biggest shit talkers in the bunch! > 😉 And I came out ahead of all the donkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/89 "2010-05-07T07:32:14Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Pocket jacks are easy to play, seriously. Here, this guy gives a pretty good explanation: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9CBtSW0kA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9CBtSW0kA) Those were some horribly played pocket jacks, but gets the idea across. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/90 "2010-05-07T22:27:57Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Those were some horribly played pocket jacks, but gets the idea across. 😛 “This guy’s been playin’ loose, everyone can see it, I’m gonna go all in…WHAT THE!?..” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/91 "2010-05-08T00:56:49Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’ll satisfy myself knowing I came out ahead of **peekercpa** and **meeko** , the two biggest shit talkers in the bunch! > 😉 Joke or not, I didn’t know I had moved into the arena of shit talking. I might use four letter words if I get a suck out against me, but I don’t think that compares. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/92 "2010-05-08T01:13:30Z")
Dear Guys, I’m sorry I didn’t wait (one time I was 9th and then I signed back in and was 15th). I checked that I wanted to observe the table to watch y’all, but all that came up was an empty table with a “D” in one seat and no one else in any of the others. Y’all know how much I love ya’ and I didn’t want you to think I was pissed or anything. I honestly thought I missed the beginning of your tournament, and I really didn’t understand what to do. Be that as it may, I am now a full-fledged member and am looking forward to learning from y’all so that I can get on one of those tv shows, wear shades and baseball cap and look like somebody just raped my mama.😉 Y’all _would_ stake me, right? 😃 Thanks and see ya next week! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/93 "2010-05-09T06:12:28Z")
Texas Hold’Em is contest to see who can put the most money in the middle of the table. If there’s a tie, the best hand wins. Once I understood that, I got a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/94 "2010-05-09T12:01:22Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Joke or not, I didn’t know I had moved into the arena of shit talking. > > I might use four letter words if I get a suck out against me, but I don’t think that compares. Maybe it was just **peekercpa** always mentioning you that had me thinking that way. Yeah, its all **peeker’s** fault, that’s the ticket… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/95 "2010-05-09T14:35:27Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Texas Hold’Em is contest to see who can put the most money in the middle of the table. If there’s a tie, the best hand wins. > > Once I understood that, I got a lot better. And so the beams begin to cross. First, I agree with your point as stated. Second, If I assume you are the person that I think you are, It is interesting to see you make this comment about Poker, given your contributions to Mafia. The quote above gives interesting insight on how you approach games in general. I wonder if that is an overall good, or an overall bad for Mafia. Then again, there are other people in our circles that would probably argue that I don’t get Mafia, either. Oh, and **Peeker** , you don’t have a leg to stand on, on this. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/96 "2010-05-09T15:22:59Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Maybe it was just **peekercpa** always mentioning you that had me thinking that way. > > Yeah, its all **peeker’s** fault, that’s the ticket… fuck you. fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck and dag nabbit. ---
**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 11, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/97 "2010-05-11T04:52:25Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Texas Hold’Em is contest to see who can put the most money in the middle of the table. If there’s a tie, the best hand wins. May I steal this? I might even give attribution, if it is yours. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/98 "2010-05-11T14:36:05Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > And so the beams begin to cross. > > First, I agree with your point as stated. > > Second, If I assume you are the person that I think you are, It is interesting to see you make this comment about Poker, given your contributions to Mafia. The quote above gives interesting insight on how you approach games in general. I wonder if that is an overall good, or an overall bad for Mafia. > > Then again, there are other people in our circles that would probably argue that I don’t get Mafia, either. > > Oh, and **Peeker** , you don’t have a leg to stand on, on this. guilt by association, my friend. guilt by association. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/99 "2010-05-11T15:11:27Z")
how late do your thursday night games usually go? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672/100 "2010-05-11T15:31:26Z")
The one last week started at 10:05 pm et and finished at about 11:30 pm et. I posted the results at 11:56 pm and it took me at least 20 minutes to get collect and collate the results. I had a really good time, and it goes pretty quickly. This newbie recommends that you play, even though I may not be able to play this Thursday because of a conflict. Dang it. I had such a good time beating **PeekerCPA** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-holdem-question/537672.md?page=6)