A gambler's money has no home. 

Wise words my dad gave me a long, long time ago. 

I love to play poker, but can never find any one to play with that doesn't want to play for real money. 

My husband used to be a heavy gambler long before I met him.  I'm so glad he doesn't do that anymore.  His friends told me horror stories of how he'd lose most of his paychecks playing poker.  I'd string him up if he ever did anything like that now. 

Oh hey, thanks JR!  I'll check it out some night this week since it's free. 

See ya there shortly buddy!! 

Gee, that doesn't look like a fight emoticon. It looks more like a constipated one

That's my schtick. I show up to the table lookin' like I don't know what I'm doing.

I start out by asking "now refresh my memory, a straight beats a flush right?"

Then when you're comfortable and thinking you're gonna wipe the floor with me, I TURN ON MY MAD POKER SKILLZ!

Yeah, uh huh, right!  The sharks spot you comin' a mile away and think "baby needs a new pair of shoes" while cleaning you out. 


Ya know what other card game I haven't played in a really long time??....Euchre.  We used to play a lot when we had family gatherings.  I learned to play back when I was 15 or 16 while skipping school and hanging out at the local park with friends.    I haven't played in almost 8 years.

What?!? A Wisconsinite who doesn't know about Euchre? Must be from 'Stallis or something...

You're hopeless.

Never heard of it??? OMG, what, did you live under a rock back in Milwaukee??

4 players, two on a team. 5 cards dealt out to each player, using only the 9s and higher. Five cards left--dealer places those face down on the table, turns top card over. Suppose a heart turns up. Each player has the option of passing on the heart that turned up, or any player can "order" the dealer to pick it up. If anyone tells the dealer to pick it up or the dealer picks it up on his/her own, hearts then become trump and Jack of hearts is now the highest card; known as the right bower; and Jack of Diamonds is second highest card, known as the left bower. The object is for each team to take the most "tricks". Example, Ace of spades is the first card played on the table.....each player takes turn playing a spade.....if he/she doesn't have a spade, you can play a lower card of another suit, or use a heart to take the trick. 3 tricks take a point, 4 tricks take 2 points, and if you play what's known as "playing alone" (meaning you have a great hand with lots of high cards and you don't want your partner to play with you) and you take all 5 trickes, you get 4 points. You used the 5s to keep track of points...each team gets two 5s.....first team to 10 wins. You can also lose points if your partner calls a suit trump and you and your partner take less than 3 tricks. Great card game!! Also a betting game to some people.

-- Edited by ghostdancer at 22:48, 2008-06-22