I’ve updated the points. Sorry that the Tilted Kilt scores were off, I had forgot to save my recent changes. Everything is up to date now!
Week 10 begins, which means you have 3 more weeks of play to bring your scores up and make it in into the season final tournament!
You can earn an extra bonus for tonight’s game at Mazzy’s by completing the word search below. Find as many poker related words as you can. Find at least 20 words for a bonus, find all 32 and you’ll get a double bonus. (Click the image for a printable page). Good only at tonight’s (6/16/11) Mazzy’s game.
Edit: I think it would take too long to figure these out without help. Here are all of the possible words:
ALLIN, BETS, BLIND, BLUFF, BUBBLE, BUYIN, CARDS, CHIPS, CUTOFF, DEAL, FISH, FLOP, FLUSH, FOLD, FULLHOUSE, HEADSUP, HIGHCARD, HOUSE, JOKER, KICKER, MUCK, NOLIMIT, RAISE, RIFFLE, RIVER, ROCK, SHARK, SHUFFLE, STRAIGHT, SUCKOUT, TOURNAMENT, WILDCARD
The answers to the trivia from last Friday are below. I got some interesting responses, many that were wrong, or were not what I was looking for, while those that submitted, insisted they were right. Anyone who made the attempt got credit.
1. As it turns out, there are a few different views as to what the suits of the cards represented. However, the most common and historically significant answer came from the French in the 15th century. The suits represented the different classes of people: Clergy (Hearts), Merchant/Working Class (Diamonds), The Peasants (Clubs), and the Nobility (Spades). While there are some other interpretations, including those of the tarot, this is the generally accepted representations.
2. Turns out that there are a lot of card games with 3 hole cards… however, the key phrase was “like hold ’em”. This means a “community card game” that has almost the exact same rules as hold ’em, except you get 3 hole cards dealt pre-flop instead of 2. The game is called Pineapple (or Crazy Pineapple), and works just like hold ’em except after the flop you must discard exactly 1 of your hole cards. Three card poker is not like hold ’em, and neither is any stud game (which gives you technically 3 hole cards), as they are not community games.
3. There are also different orders for suits, but the generally accpepted one in U.S. Poker (from highest to lowest): Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs. (If you refer back to question #1, it makes a bit more sense).
Thanks for playing!
PPS. For those of you who read entire emails and posts or check the website regularly… good for you! You never know what kind of bonus offer you’ll find if you are thorough! Case in point: Anyone who is a member of the Posh Poker facebook group, and posts to the group today, will get a bonus at the Doubletree game. If you are not a member, but request to join, that will serve as your bonus. If you are not a member of facebook, and have no desire to be, just tell me so at the game, and you’ll get the bonus as well. If you are on facebook, but are too lazy to join… I’ll be too lazy to hand you a chip 😉
Simply go to facebook, and search for Posh Poker to find and join the group.
Greetings!
Are you ready for tonight’s 8:00pm $100 Freeroll? We’ll roll deepstack tonight while listening to the live music of Reggae frontman and Poker Entertainer extraordinaire Jeff Schuelke, and his band, Spreadin’ Bob.
I’ll also being doing Food and Drink bounties with a twist tonight. Details will be available at the game, but don’t worry, you’ll get chipped up for your food and drink purchases (including tonight’s “Island” drink specials), with the chance to earn more with those bounites.
Those who RSVP to the event will earn extra chips, and anyone arriving early will earn another bonus. Finally, if you answer the trivia questions below when you arrive, you’ll get an extra bonus!
See you tonight!
– Jesse
RSVP: $100 Freeroll at the Tilted Kilt – 8:00pm
Details
– Poker starts promptly at 8:00pm, Band starts at 9:30pm
– Early Arrival and food purchases get you bonus chips
– Located at the Tilted Kilt, Roswell (925 Holcomb Bridget Rd.)
POKER TRIVIA (bring me the answers tonight!, and hand them to me on a piece of paper — no verbal answers accepted).
* What do the suits of a standard deck of cards represent?
* What Poker Game, Like Texas-Hold ’em, features 3 hole cards instead of 2?
* In most poker games, the individual suits have no value over another. However, in certain situations in stud games, drawing for deal, etc… what ranking is used for suits (From High to Low)?