Gambling Fun Times / Little Post #3

There needs to way to enjoy the thrill of poker without sustaining the financial repercussions. The psychological and mental aspects, staring your enemies down trying to figure them out, always scrounging for intel by noting any peculiarities, not knowing whether the information you gather is reliable or a cleverly crafted facade by a truly worthy adversary; the glee of being dealt a fated pair of cards, unbeknownst to the player the potential grandeur of the flimsy low cards, or the anguish to come by the seduction of a delightful duo of Jacks, prior to gaining a glimpse at the flop. Meanwhile, one must wear the guise, be that of the fool or the authority, in order to avoid suspicion and successfully pull off complex stratagems.

But really, the thrill is non-existent without money. Anything greater than money on the line is just stupid and nervewreaking ("I see your right foot, and raise you my ballsack"), and anything less is not worth the time and effort (gambling with poker chips but not for money). I'm guilty of doing the latter for fun, hell I'll even try my best, but subconsciously I know I'm just not at that same level of focus when there is no consequence, and I know for certain others would not take it seriously. Money has significant value, I'm happy to get $100, and sad to let go of it. Everyone has some access to money, imagine how difficult it would be to find someone to gamble with diamonds or Babylonian gold coins circa 65,000 BC.

I did however, played poker with my friend once. She came over to my house and we played a game of Hold'em, where the loser had to do a dare requested by the winner. I (astoundingly) lost, and what I had to do was get up in the middle of my biology class, and walk 3 times around the classroom.

*Gets up, walks around class*
Teacher: "Umm... what are you doing?"
Me: "Don't worry about it"

(To this day, I think she thinks I let her win, and I want her to think that, but really I got my ass-handed to me by an amateur).

This was suppose to be a post about the trails and tribulations of the first time I went to a casino, and the kooky people I met, but I'm losing focus so here's some highlights I'm gonna make in a little post:

1. I was short of the $30 for the buy-in at the legit poker table
   
2. I won $15 playing at a special poker table, similar to blackjack but its poker only against the dealer. I use "play" very loosely, I sat down one hand, put down a $20, doubled up and left like a pussy ($5 tip which he helped himself to). Borrowed the other $15
   
3. I lost $100 playing real poker
   
4. My uncle won $350 playing slots. Ugh... I'm HOT... I think I just got burned

Maybe I'm playing the wrong game...