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There's a soap on British TV called "Emmerdale." So what, I hear you ask.
A recent subplot involves a group of four or five men starting up a home poker game, which is full of the usual bollocks that apparently takes place but never ever does. What's particularly annoying is that the person writing the script or whatever has obviously NEVER played it or even seen the game being played, furthermore the characters are all playing for ££££s and a couple are supposedly good, experienced players, which makes it all the more difficult to swallow.
Example 1:
Scene starts off with the flop being dealt.
Bloke A (first to act): Fold.
Me looking at tv in disgust: W H A T ? ? ? ? ??????
Example 2:
All cards have been dealt, last round of betting, headsup:
Bloke A: Bet... 100. (throws unknown quantity of chips DIRECTLY onto the chips in the pot, which has no set boundary and laps randomly at the players own stacks like waves on a beach).
Bloke B: I'll call.
Bloke A: Check
Bloke B: Check
Me: W H A T T H E ? ?????????? HE'S JUST CALLED, YOU DON'T CHECK! WTF?????????? WHAT????
Example 3:
Like Example 2, all cards have been dealt, last round of betting, headsup:
Bloke A: All-in
Bloke B: All-in
Bloke A: Let's see your cards then
Me: WTF? Bloke A shows first!
Example 4:
Flop, three players still in:
Bloke A: Bet... 50
Bloke B: I'll call your 50... (three second pause) and raise 20
Me: WTF??????
Bloke C: I'll call your 20
Me WTF????????????? (to be fair I think I just imagined that last one)
So... that made me wonder there are any other totally assinine depictions of poker playing on the tv that make your blood boil. I can think of the "Only Fools & Horses" episode as follows:
Boycie: raise 300
Del Boy: I'll see your 300 and raise you 300...
Boycie: I'll see your 300.... (at this point there is no more "free" money on the table - Boycie pulls a previously undeclared and hidden wad of money out of his jacket pocket and plonks it on the table)... and raise you 1000
Del Boy: But I haven't got that kind of money
Boycie: WEll it's gonna cost you 1000 to see me... or lose.
ME: WTF???????
Can you think of any others?
A recent subplot involves a group of four or five men starting up a home poker game, which is full of the usual bollocks that apparently takes place but never ever does. What's particularly annoying is that the person writing the script or whatever has obviously NEVER played it or even seen the game being played, furthermore the characters are all playing for ££££s and a couple are supposedly good, experienced players, which makes it all the more difficult to swallow.
Example 1:
Scene starts off with the flop being dealt.
Bloke A (first to act): Fold.
Me looking at tv in disgust: W H A T ? ? ? ? ??????
Example 2:
All cards have been dealt, last round of betting, headsup:
Bloke A: Bet... 100. (throws unknown quantity of chips DIRECTLY onto the chips in the pot, which has no set boundary and laps randomly at the players own stacks like waves on a beach).
Bloke B: I'll call.
Bloke A: Check
Bloke B: Check
Me: W H A T T H E ? ?????????? HE'S JUST CALLED, YOU DON'T CHECK! WTF?????????? WHAT????
Example 3:
Like Example 2, all cards have been dealt, last round of betting, headsup:
Bloke A: All-in
Bloke B: All-in
Bloke A: Let's see your cards then
Me: WTF? Bloke A shows first!
Example 4:
Flop, three players still in:
Bloke A: Bet... 50
Bloke B: I'll call your 50... (three second pause) and raise 20
Me: WTF??????
Bloke C: I'll call your 20
Me WTF????????????? (to be fair I think I just imagined that last one)
So... that made me wonder there are any other totally assinine depictions of poker playing on the tv that make your blood boil. I can think of the "Only Fools & Horses" episode as follows:
Boycie: raise 300
Del Boy: I'll see your 300 and raise you 300...
Boycie: I'll see your 300.... (at this point there is no more "free" money on the table - Boycie pulls a previously undeclared and hidden wad of money out of his jacket pocket and plonks it on the table)... and raise you 1000
Del Boy: But I haven't got that kind of money
Boycie: WEll it's gonna cost you 1000 to see me... or lose.
ME: WTF???????
Can you think of any others?
