RE: [ba-poker] learning by doing

[EAEven(deleted the rest)]

In a message dated 12/13/2004 2:58:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, kubey(deleted 
the rest) (Ken Kubey) writes:

>How long a pole would the singer not not touch the Grinch
>with?

Not in the book

>What was the name of the Grinch's dog?

Max!

>What mountain did the Grinch live on?

Mt. Crumpit

(I never owned/read the book as a kid, celebrating Chanukah and all, but I 
spent last Thursday reading the book several times to groups of kids at the 
Carlsbad Boys & Girls Club as part of a company-hosted holiday party for the 
kids.)

>OB Poker:  Worst play I've ever seen #3296:
>I raise with KsQh.       
>Flop K-3-2, two spades.  I bet, BB calls.
>Turn 8s.  He bets, I raise, he calls.
>I plan to check it down if I don't improve on the river.
>River 7h.  Check, check.  I look up his hand, T9o, no spades.

Give me players like these at my table any day!  :-)

My own ObPoker: I called upon my poker lingo while reading to the kids...at one 
time mentioning that I could see we had some sheriffs in the room when kids 
were "helpfully" pointing out those who shouldn't be eating their candy in the 
computer lab.  I realized many times the little distance between these kids and 
many of the poker players encountered at the tables at a regular basis!

Beth