Monday, April 24, 2006
Zeke's Bistro and Casino
Looks like he got him a deal. We broke it in with skirt steak (because we didn't get enough skirt the night before) and salmon because, just because. The neighbors came over and played "poker" and we all had a fine time. I cinderella'd just before sundown as we'd been watching CHP pull over cars all.day.long.
Is it me or has poker gone to hell? Where's the long, leisure days and nights of throwing chips and cards? Now it's all about tournament play even if it's not a tournament. Let's see. We can take our $5.00 buy-in and bet it all in one shot. "ALL IN" is the cry. Then there's the issues about ante. It's just impossible to explain the ante routine to someone who doesn't understand. I'll try here and maybe get some understanding from the TV poker crowd.
The reason why TV poker has blind bets is because we're just seeing either a star-studded prearranged table of people who're going to win thousands of dollars anyways or we're seeing a tournament. I get to have an argument every damn time I play TV watchers about antes. Every. Body. Antes. The blinds. Are blind bets. The reason for the blind bets. Is that if you didn't have blind bets. No one would play until they had a big hand. The tournament would last forever. No one would play except people with big hands. The blind bets force the players to bet. Now in cash poker, you don't need blind bets. We aren't playing a tournament. We don't care how long it takes because there isn't going to be one big take it all winner. We're playing poker. What's even more unnerving for me is that playing TV tournament poker during dealer's choice means the dealer has no idea or ignores the idea of cash poker and suddenly turns the game into a tourney with blind bets and a rotating dealer. That means the dealer unhinges the game by changing the betting rules and order of play AND for some reason which he will undoubtably argue about loudly, the dealer himself shouldn't ante. How does that make sense? "That's the way they do it on TV." Bullshit. Now, if you want to start a tournament and play no limit, let's go.
Is it me or has poker gone to hell? Where's the long, leisure days and nights of throwing chips and cards? Now it's all about tournament play even if it's not a tournament. Let's see. We can take our $5.00 buy-in and bet it all in one shot. "ALL IN" is the cry. Then there's the issues about ante. It's just impossible to explain the ante routine to someone who doesn't understand. I'll try here and maybe get some understanding from the TV poker crowd.
The reason why TV poker has blind bets is because we're just seeing either a star-studded prearranged table of people who're going to win thousands of dollars anyways or we're seeing a tournament. I get to have an argument every damn time I play TV watchers about antes. Every. Body. Antes. The blinds. Are blind bets. The reason for the blind bets. Is that if you didn't have blind bets. No one would play until they had a big hand. The tournament would last forever. No one would play except people with big hands. The blind bets force the players to bet. Now in cash poker, you don't need blind bets. We aren't playing a tournament. We don't care how long it takes because there isn't going to be one big take it all winner. We're playing poker. What's even more unnerving for me is that playing TV tournament poker during dealer's choice means the dealer has no idea or ignores the idea of cash poker and suddenly turns the game into a tourney with blind bets and a rotating dealer. That means the dealer unhinges the game by changing the betting rules and order of play AND for some reason which he will undoubtably argue about loudly, the dealer himself shouldn't ante. How does that make sense? "That's the way they do it on TV." Bullshit. Now, if you want to start a tournament and play no limit, let's go.
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me thinks he's still looking for his $2.50??? Ok, your point on 'Blinds vs. Antes' is well taken, at least by this dealer who was at least willing to give it a go. I'm guessing, just maybe...you may have lost yer ass bigtime in a poker game long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away??? Was that you in the first Star Wars episode where young Luke Skywalker came into that funky below-street level saloon, & got into with a local because Solo was playing with a short deck again? Just a guess....
.. FEAR NOT POKER PLAYERS! for Zeke' Bistro is still alive and well with pleasant games of white-man's poker, complete with antes, 52 cards, a bong shifter and plenty of cheese. Martin just get's testy when nobody's told him what to do in a couple of days....
.. FEAR NOT POKER PLAYERS! for Zeke' Bistro is still alive and well with pleasant games of white-man's poker, complete with antes, 52 cards, a bong shifter and plenty of cheese. Martin just get's testy when nobody's told him what to do in a couple of days....
"We don't care how long it takes because there isn't going to be one big take it all winner. "
Wha?!?!?! No Acey Deucey to close the night?
They left Martin home alone? You'd think by now . . .
Wha?!?!?! No Acey Deucey to close the night?
They left Martin home alone? You'd think by now . . .
# posted by 
: 8:31 PM, April 24, 2006
: 8:31 PM, April 24, 2006
and I had to take a Taxi home with Liz and Dave and who were those other people and how did we get 5 people and the driver in the taxi?? Well better than a DUI forsure. thanks son.....good thang I don't play cards...
Nice Q Zeke, where do you put the mesquite, though?
Is that cylinder for the pita rita's?
Nice touch!
Is that cylinder for the pita rita's?
Nice touch!
# posted by : 8:49 PM, April 26, 2006
: 8:49 PM, April 26, 2006
You folks don't think Zeke is just hostin poker time to help pay off his new rig, do ya?
At a buck two fifty each, THAT won't happen fast . .
UP THE ANTE, ZEKE!
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At a buck two fifty each, THAT won't happen fast . .
UP THE ANTE, ZEKE!
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