What I See In Poker

What I See In Poker


Women and men can praise their set or pair
While playing in his or her underwear.

Those family pots amongst learned misfits;
The whole world sitting across from where I sit.

You can get hit with the deck and drawing dead,
Then get sucked out by the big blind in the red.

Sklanmuthian filleted mathematics;
Poker brats with their third grade theatrics.

Not flushing can really stink
And occurs more than we think.

Buttons and chips and five limpers and stakes;
Reading tells and checks and rivers and rakes.

Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay.
Dropping not two/three or dos/tres, but deuce/trey.

2+2 can equal positive EV,
While most will imitate WPT.

Teenage trust fund kids blowing dad’s dough online;
Vital old hands going through the perfect line.


aura



... there are more on the tip/s of my brain/fingers. This was my first attempt at poker poetry. I couldn't help myself. I hope you enjoy it.

Good first effort; work on your meter and you'll wind up the poker poet laureate.

Thanks. I vary meter slightly as you can tell. I'm actually surprised you caught it. It's sort of subtle except for the middle. I suppose it's trying to defy the restriction of a rigid structure.

I will try to create one with structurally perfect meter in the future. It is very difficult to make it "work" with meter exactly on time throughout a whole poem.

I am glad this forum can teach, inspire, and motivate it's readers/posters to excel away from the tables.

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...you'll wind up the poker poet laureate.

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This made me blush. Thanks, peth

enjoyed it very much,and being somewhat uncouth, I thought the not flushing can stink line pretty clever.
Here is one of mine. It's a Haiku.

Today I was burned
The game demands I breathe fire
I mustn't fear heat

I liked the poem. It defintely reminds me of low stakes online poker. And the ryhming isn't bad. The meter, I didn't even notice.

Thanks, jk. The Haiku is pretty good, and I usually don't enjoy them very much.

Thanks. I realized today that I didn't mention "the bubble" or "the nuts" (slaps forehead). Damn. Could easily be in the same line. Responses or any questions are welcome. Maybe a line or two of a new poem contributed by others to create a new multiauthored poem? Just an idea. I will write more of my own soon.

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Vital old hands going through the perfect line.

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I'm not sure what this meant. Hands like hands or hands like "hands"? Don't know what perfect line means in relation.

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Women and men can praise their set or pair

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Not sure why someone would praise a Pair. But I guess I use to think a pair of 3s was good.

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Then get sucked out by the big blind in the red.

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In the red?

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Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay.

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Funny, but doesn't make much sense. Seems like you were trying to fit in a rhyme here.

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You can get hit with the deck and drawing dead,

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Not sure what "hit with the deck means". Is it literal? I don't think so. But can't think of any meanings.

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Anyways I still liked it. I liked the tone, very whimsical. I think that's becuase of the rhyme and meter. Surprisinly the rhyme didn't bother me. I normally hate rhyming.

[wtfsvi]

Are you a girl? If so, I looved it so much. If not, it was ok I guess. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think you could get more out of the "flopping a rainbow"-phrase.

Editet to remove "haha". I use it too much /images/graemlins/blush.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif (I'll edit to remove some smileys too soon, I use them too much too /images/graemlins/tongue.gif)

[amoeba]

this isn't SR in disguise is it?

[wtfsvi]

Damn. I might settle for Spirit Rock instead of a girl. He was gay, wasn't he?

Haha. No i won't.

Wow. Okay, gohn. Here we go...

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I'm not sure what this meant. Hands like hands or hands like "hands"? Don't know what perfect line means in relation.

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An "old hand" is a title on this forum for someone who's been here a long time. A "perfect line" refers to finding the best way to play a hand. A line is the way someone plays a hand.

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Not sure why someone would praise a Pair. But I guess I use to think a pair of 3s was good.

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It is rare, but if it's like AA vs. KK, someone may say "nice pair" or something. I was sort of going for the double entendre.... set can be testicles or breasts... a pair can be testicles or breasts.

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In the red?

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That is someone who's losing.... you're in the green if you are winning.

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Funny, but doesn't make much sense. Seems like you were trying to fit in a rhyme here.

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If I have AA and see K94 raindbow, I'm very happy. Also I was trying to mix in the rainbow coalition thing, which is a homosexual group. With this and other lines, I was trying to include some "different" groups of people, as poker can include even all people.

Getting "hit with the deck" means getting an unusual number of good hands in a short period of time.

Thanks for the questions and the responses, gohn.

[xcrack999]

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Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay.

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Funny, but doesn't make much sense. Seems like you were trying to fit in a rhyme here.


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Flopping a rainbow may make one charged and gay? CLASSIC! Come on! rainbow? gay? rainbow? gay? no? Ok, maybe it's just me then. Very nice poem. You gotta post more.

Greetings wtfsvi,

No, I'm not a girl. I'm glad you thought it was "ok".
Haha

Thanks, crack... I'm glad you got it. I thought it was one of the better lines in the poem myself. I will post more soon. Does anyone like the multiauthored poem idea? I see no lines yet.

[wtfsvi]

What about "Teenage trust fund kids making daddy's dough mine", to avoid the online-line rhyme?

Oh well, I'm no poet /images/graemlins/cool.gif

If the poem was in Norwegian I would question the use of semicolons, but I'm no authority on that foreign language you're using, so I'll just keep my mouth shut. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Guidelines for the multiauthored poker poem
..... must be rhyming and at least seven syllables and about poker.

wtfsvi,

Ummmm. No need to shut your mouth. How about starting the new multiauthored one? You can throw in a Norwegian word or something.... hopefully we'll understand it.

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this isn't SR in disguise is it?

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Funny

[amoeba]

in all seriousness it was pretty well done.

I like sklanmuthian.

Thanks, amoeba..... and I really did think asking if I was SR in disguise was funny. Heh heh.