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Just to get an idea on who knows how to play.

Well maybe not take your money.

I've played once or twice, some of the rules are fuzzy still...

My brother just got his own place this week; I am planning on doing some major cleaning and re-orging and so perhaps before this summer is over I would like to have hosted at least a couple of "poker nights" at Chez Dirt.

I'm guessing due to my usual weekends-I've-got-the-kids situation, it would be weeknights running from around 6pm until 10 or 11ish (depending on the luck of the "draw")... Anyone interested even remotely? I've been a real slacker in the "hosting my buds with some brews and social fun" category. :-\

Good to go here, just need to plan it early, not last minute.

Sounds like a plan, Stan. However the best days for me are Friday and Saturday.

There's a 40% chance of me having this Friday night "available" so if there's a few of you interested in a movie and/or poker night let me know... I'll clean up if at least 2 of you care to socialize at Chez Dirt ;)

Prob be ok for me.

Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 10, 2006, 12:05:46 PM
There's a 40% chance of me having this Friday night "available" so if there's a few of you interested in a movie and/or poker night let me know... I'll clean up if at least 2 of you care to socialize at Chez Dirt ;)

Is this the Accu-Darren forecast? If so I'm interested.

Quote from: Mr. Analog on July 10, 2006, 07:41:04 PM

Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 10, 2006, 12:05:46 PM
There's a 40% chance of me having this Friday night "available" so if there's a few of you interested in a movie and/or poker night let me know... I'll clean up if at least 2 of you care to socialize at Chez Dirt ;)

Is this the Accu-Darren forecast? If so I'm interested.

Waiting for an email response back from somebody who is famously email-adverse ::)

I guess I could use the "phone" but that'll be like 90 minutes wasted fighting ;) ... tomorrow morning I'll know for sure. Guess I've got cleaning to do eh guys? ;D

...make that lunchtime today -- but still floating around 40% :(

Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 11, 2006, 07:40:43 AM
...make that lunchtime today -- but still floating around 40% :(

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S'gon' rain!

YAY! Friday is a "go for launch". (I traded some of my Saturday morning to ensure it doesn't get "rained out".)


Anyone who needs my address please PM me.

My door will be "open" at 6:30pm to anyone who wants to partake... we'll order Pizza once all have arrives -- "on me", to offset all the generosity of Ustauk over the last little while :) -- and it's BYOB although I'm guessing I'll pick up a couple six of Kokanee Gold. If we've got enough and interest for Poker I'm thinking an even 20 buy-in. And I've got a hundred movies to choose from either way.

Your exhausted host,
Dirt.

Hello busy people of Edmonton... Can the folks who plan on coming over on Friday please PM me the time they plan on arriving, and whether or not you have a preference re. the activities (i.e. Poker is my preference, but if all anyone wants to do is watch Serenity -- haha Mr. A j/k, I meant "any movie but Serenity"). :)

Also if you have a weird favorite munchie feel free to bring it along although I will be providing Coke, 7-Up, ripple chips with Ranch dip, and pretzels (plus the pizza I'll order later).


Anyhoo, time to go home and do some cleaning...

I choose to make my response public:

I will attend.

Anytime after 4:30 is ok.

I will need a ride.

I will pick up my own booze (Rum & Coke probably)

Poker's the name of the game! Movies I can watch any time.

Do you allow smoking? The only thing that goes better than friends and poker is a fine Cuban cigar.

"Official" RSVPs from Ustauk, Mr. Analog -- thanks guys, check your PM.

My brother is 90% sure to be joining us, and he -- like Ustauk -- is not exactly a "shark" so go easy on 'im ;)

Melbosa, Lazy, anyone else -- let me know if you're for sure able to make it k?

C'mon Boyo's!

I owe Melbosa 75 dollarinis if he's there he gets the cash right away.

;)

Lazy said something about some other plans on Friday so he's prolly not able to join us, but Melbosa, are you coming? ...slow day on the boards here...

Ya, my dad is comming to town on the weekend and staying with us a few days.. I need to get a bunch of stuff done on and I suck at most card games anyway..

Maybe next time.

I needs a ride, however I must do a few things before I come over, seems I lost my cigar clipper at the Airport last year, as of course I am a deadly armed terrorist with a cigar clipper that and a bottle of rum and some Pepsi.

Otherwise, prepare yourselves for a great game o' cards me old pally-wallies.

Quote from: Mr. Analog on July 13, 2006, 10:14:17 PM
I needs a ride, however I must do a few things before I come over, seems I lost my cigar clipper at the Airport last year, as of course I am a deadly armed terrorist with a cigar clipper that and a bottle of rum and some Pepsi.

Otherwise, prepare yourselves for a great game o' cards me old pally-wallies.

I gave Mr. Analog a call, letting him know that I'll be the wheelman.

Ranking of Hands (in case you don't know already):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_hand#Ranking_of_hands

Quote from: Mr. Analog on July 13, 2006, 11:09:19 PM
Ranking of Hands (in case you don't know already):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_hand#Ranking_of_hands

I sent the following to one of youz guyz, might be helpful to others:


- - -

I'd highly recommend Wikipedia the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_hand

The rules for "Texas Hold'em" are actually quite simple (you've maybe seen a hand or two on TV)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_%27em#Rules

It's a good idea to be a bit familiar with some of the good/medium/bad hands in Texas Hold'em...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_%27em_hands

And it's more fun when chatter includes the slang, so for fun pick up on a few of these perhaps...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_slang_names_for_poker_hands#Texas_Hold_.27Em_Slang


If you want to fill your brain with some "number crunching" peruse this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability_%28Texas_hold_%27em%29#The_flop


Other than that, relax and have FUN with the gang o' friends... It's all about the socializing, less about "winning". :)

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...as a reminder, $20.00 buy-in, and sounds like there's 4 of us "confirmed" and maybe 5 or more if Melbosa or others are joining us ???

How many chips do we get for $20? And when we're tapped can we buy more for another $20?

And yes, Melbosa, you comin' buddy? I got yer 75 smackers here.

I should be able to make it... I am on call between 4:30 and 10:00 tonight, but as long as nothing goes wrong I should be fine.

One more useful page I found is the Rank of Hands Wiki Entry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_of_hands_%28poker%29)

Bitchin'

Quote from: Mr. Analog on July 14, 2006, 08:43:54 AM
How many chips do we get for $20? And when we're tapped can we buy more for another $20?

And yes, Melbosa, you comin' buddy? I got yer 75 smackers here.

I've got enough chips I think where we can each start with "$100,000", and the game will begin with $100/$200 blinds and "double" every "round" (i.e. when the dealer repeats).

The chip colours are white blue red and black -- I'm thinking 100, 500, 1000, and 10000 should do just fine.

And yes, if you do a poorly-judged "ALL-IN!" and end up penniless early in the game I'm sure everyone would be okay with you "buying in" once again (thus starting with $100,000) but seriously wait at least until we're at $500/1000 blinds okay ;)

Quote from: Ustauk on July 14, 2006, 08:58:34 AM
One more useful page I found is the Rank of Hands Wiki Entry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_of_hands_%28poker%29)

Ooo... pretty colored chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_%27em_hands#Texas_hold_.27em_hand_groups) :)

FYI: probable distribution of chips (to total $100K each to start)


[ignore, I was wrong how many chips I had...]
20 x 100= 2000 whites

12 x 500= 6000 blues

22 x1000=22000 reds

7 x10000=70000 blacks
[/ignore, I was wrong how many chips I had.]


[reminder to self for next time]
oops, not quite... I had only 100 total of each colour, so ended up using 6 stacks each of...

> 15 x white100= 1,500

> 15 x blue500 = 7,500

> 11 x red1000 =11,000

> 8x black10000=80,000

[/reminder to self for next time]


Agenda for tonight:
We should order the pizza as soon as all have arrived (hopefully before 7:00) and start playing by 8:00 -- giving Ustauk and my brother especially a bit of extra time to familiarize with the rules re. dealing, betting, etc.

While waiting for pizza, those of us who don't need to "read up on the rules" or whatever can maybe watch an episode or two of Family Guy or American Dad.


How's that all sound folks?

Thanks for coming guys, and congrats to Ustauk for a job well done (it was more than just "beginner's luck", seriously.)

I'm surprised we were all still alert until 1:30am and I'm especially surprised that nobody realized the new deck Melbosa opened had the Ace of diamonds still inside the package :o ::)

Fantastic time had by all 6 of us players; I can't believe it all actually came together and Murphy's Law was on vacation ;)

Countless LOL moments that I'll surely remember until I'm an old senile man... and, umm.. now what was I saying? Uh... :P

Thanks to Darren for a great job hosting,  and to the rest of the players for a great game.  It was partially beginner's luck, but the rest was all the advice I got from the rest of the players.  Thanks, guys.

This weekend is a "go" for poker at my place again, for anyone interested.

Friday night probably preferable, but Saturday night is a possibility too I think.

So who's up for it? Lazy, hope to see you there if you can make it...


PS: Thanks to my 3 dear friends for letting me vent yesterday... I'm at a place of "acceptance" right now, hence the poker plans. I'll make it through this, without becoming some monster version of my true self. Something funny about perspective and long-term thinking, it helps bring about a sense of peace. Your guys' support is really appreciated.

(oh great, I'm gettin' all emotional in front of the whole Internet ;) )


Over and out,
Darren Dirt.
"The Cynical One" ;D

Sorry Friday is definately out for me.  Have to work all weekend.  Sat, well there was talk of D&D that night too, and again I am tenative of either as I may still be working.

Bummer re. Friday... We'll see how the other thread goes (maybe FridayPoker SaturdayD&D?)

PS: A few of us over dinner yesterday were talking about cards and such, "Kaiser" was mentioned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_%28game%29

Quote

Kaiser is a card game which is only popular in the prairie provinces in Canada, namely Saskatchewan and parts of its neighbouring provinces. There is a lot of mystery surrounding the origins of this game. It is known that Kaiser has been played in mainly small Ukrainian towns, but there is no knowledge of this game actually coming overseas from the Ukraine. But there seems to be no historical record (spoken or written) that justifies it being a solely Saskatchewan area game. It is a tradition for some Ukrainian families to play this game during Christmas. The game delivers 32 cards of pure adrenaline.

*grin* never played it before, but funny it originated from us crazy prairie Ukes ;)