Episode 4: Hitchhike Poker
Show Notes for Episode 4:
“Poker Woman Blues” (1929) by Blind Blake
I love to gamble, gamblin’s all I do
I love to gamble, gamblin’s all I do
And when I lose, it never makes me blue
I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack
I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack
Same way I lost it, same way I get it back
I won a woman in a poker game
I won a woman in a poker game
I lost her too, win another just the same
Sometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a cent
Sometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a cent
But I’ve had a good time, every way I went
I got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her away
I got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her away
Goin’ to keep her with me each and every day
“Tales from the Tables” by Bob Woolley
(a.k.a. Rakewell, the Poker Grump)
The “Poker Grump” returns with the continuation of his list of stupid things players say at the tables, including the ever-popular “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.”
For the first part of the list, check out Episode 2.
An excerpt from The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
In which Granny comes to Roulettenburg and wants to go to the casino.
A couple of years back, I wrote a series of four posts about The Gambler titled “Dostoevsky Is Not Considered Summer Reading” in which I discussed how the novel might be of particular interest to poker players. Those posts begin here.
“Hitchhike Poker,” Suspense (originally aired September 16, 1948)
Starring Gregory Peck (Ray Fowler) and Ed Begley (Belden). Produced and directed by Anton M. Leader. Written by John and Gwen Bagney.
Here is the Wikipedia entry on Suspense. Hundreds of episodes of Suspense remain available. Here is a page containing a sampling of some of the best.
And here is a story about Utah’s recent license plate poker contest.
I love to gamble, gamblin’s all I doI love to gamble, gamblin’s all I do
And when I lose, it never makes me blue
I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack
I gambled away my money, I gambled away my shack
Same way I lost it, same way I get it back
I won a woman in a poker game
I won a woman in a poker game
I lost her too, win another just the same
Sometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a cent
Sometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a cent
But I’ve had a good time, every way I went
I got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her away
I got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her away
Goin’ to keep her with me each and every day
(a.k.a. Rakewell, the Poker Grump)
The “Poker Grump” returns with the continuation of his list of stupid things players say at the tables, including the ever-popular “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.”For the first part of the list, check out Episode 2.
In which Granny comes to Roulettenburg and wants to go to the casino.A couple of years back, I wrote a series of four posts about The Gambler titled “Dostoevsky Is Not Considered Summer Reading” in which I discussed how the novel might be of particular interest to poker players. Those posts begin here.
Starring Gregory Peck (Ray Fowler) and Ed Begley (Belden). Produced and directed by Anton M. Leader. Written by John and Gwen Bagney. Here is the Wikipedia entry on Suspense. Hundreds of episodes of Suspense remain available. Here is a page containing a sampling of some of the best.
And here is a story about Utah’s recent license plate poker contest.
posted by Short-Stacked Shamus at 6/01/2008 11:09:00 AM
1 Comments:
You know, nothing bad about this, but the poker grump comes across as not grumpy, but stuck up. Stop trying to explain to me, why there are no hot streaks, what do you think I'm dumb or something? No, really, even though you're right, you sound like this:
Some drunk guy says: "Tonight, 2+2 is 5"
you: "No, you don't get it. 2+2 will always be 4, here is why, say you have two balls and then you take two other balls and then you count them up, one, two, three, four. They will always be four."
Just let the drunk guy be.
Chicken dinner was mostly coined in Binions in the 50s, because their Chicken Dinner was only 1.50$ instead of 1.79$ or whatever. So when you hit a blackjack (on a 1$ wager), you had a "dinner". Dealers used to say it all the time, when you hit your blackjack. Recently the movie "21" had a whole intro with that phrase, so naturally you're gonna hear that a lot from wanna-be gambolers.
Although I cringe when I hear those phrases, especially the explanation on why AK is called "The Anna Kournikova", at the same time a huge smile appears on my face when I hear them.
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