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Pocker "Cool Kids"

August 24, 2006

Eat your heart out Danny Zuko. You're not the big man on campus anymore. Pocker "Cool Kids" are taking over the highschools. My point is that the more callers that are in a hand, the harder it is to determine if someone can actually stand up to your all in bluff. All you need to do is click your mouse and play with the pretty pictures. The television cameras captured every minute of the compelling action that verifies Dolly's unchallenged position as the Almighty King. Should we then ignore these cowardly and evil acts and turn the other cheek? Of course not. Tournaments offer an exciting and challenging way to play high-stakes pocker for buy-ins of any size.

For example, if there were three pocker tables of entrants for a tournament, they probably would pay three spots. I quickly found out that I was wrong: while hold 'em was indeed my best game, it was also the best game for the vast majority of pocker players in the field, especially the weaker ones. That would be my same advice for an experienced player as well. Food provided can range from the hot dog snack bar fare to the nearly gourmet, depending on your locale.

If you're one of those folks who holds a strong opinion for or against Tex's Tears 50% blind increase structure, you'll find that in Reno (although WSOP payout structure will be used), while in Tunica you'll find a the more traditional WSOP-style blind structure and payouts, not surprising considering that McClelland is running the show. Even if you just consider yourself a recreational player, I think it's important to play more than one game. I really didn't have many friends or much of a social life. Perhaps it's partly to make up for the time he must be away from home pursuing his profession, but it's hard to imagine a more loving, attentive father.

When the blinds get high, you will be forced to gamble more than you might like, or you will be blinded away. Its a game with a level playing field. I have played pocker for more than 25 years and am currently playing on a semi-professional basis. If you're on the other side of the fence-that is, you're one of the better players in the game-then keep your mouth shut when your likely source of profit makes a minor breach of etiquette.

Although most writers do put A-Q in a separate category from A-K, many do group A-Q suited with A-K, and the two play very differently, especially as you move up the pocker ladder. This is something that even old fogies like me have gotten used to doing on computers (I was in college when Pong came out and we thought it was the coolest thing we'd ever seen. I am going to address in this forum, at least for the time being, Texas hold'em. After all, practice makes perfect. There will be non-smoking tables, but you should be prepared for some second-hand smoke in the Horseshoe side games.