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Pauca

Started my monthly poker game Friday. We don’t play over the summer. I’ve said this before, none of this group play serious poker, it’s a social thing. The host provides the place, the booze and the food. The stakes are quarters. The variance ranges from losing $30.00 to winning $30.00, though occasionally some manage to find themselves outside of these ranges. The record winning night was set by me a couple years ago, up $72.00.

Traditionally, we all count our change at the beginning, count it at the end, and then compare win/loss. Though we always have a pretty good idea idea who is up and who is down. After five hours, I finished up $0.25. That’s a whopping win rate of 5 cents an hour.

Spent Saturday golfing with my brother-in-law, while Mrs. NakedPaulToast and her sister-in-law went to Canada’s Wonderland. I won two skins. That’s a whopping win rate of 40 cents an hour.

We then all met up for a barbecue and beer .


Perhaps if my parents had focused more on my Arithetic as a youth, I wouldn’t be such a degenerate gambler.

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8 Responses to “Pauca”

  1. kc lc Says:
    September 21st, 2008 at 11:56 am

    Oh… go ahead and laugh at him.

    But at least he hasn’t over-used his commas.

  2. Ghost of Ed Says:
    September 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    I think gambuling is shaymful. My wife is adicted to poker. You should be critticizing gambulers not peeple who cant spel.

  3. Yourself Says:
    September 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Nice.

  4. flexaplex Says:
    September 21st, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    It’s alright being addicted to poker if you can win.

  5. desertdweller Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    “It’s alright being addicted to poker if you can win.”
    And what if you’re not? Do you think that one shouldn’t play if one can’t win?

  6. Yourself Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    Entertainment costs money.

    …usually.

  7. flexaplex Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 am

    “And what if you’re not? Do you think that one shouldn’t play if one can’t win?”
    There is a difference between being addicted and just playing. I do not think one should be addicted to poker when one can’t win and one should seek help before one gets into serious debt.

    One was also not making a serious comment; one can lose ones family, mental stability and health from any serious addiction, whether one wins or not. If one is being affected in such a way one should also try to seek help.

  8. kc lc Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    “…one can lose ones family, mental stability and health from any serious addiction, whether one wins or not.”
    – flexaplex

    Whether one wins or not? I’m not so sure. Give me winning any day. I can deal with the mental stability and health issues. ;-)