Comments on: The crapshooter versus the poker player http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/ Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear Thu, 24 May 2012 02:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DaveW http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-200175 DaveW Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:15:23 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-200175 "I do know during WWII Nixon won over $10,000 in 1945 dollars playing poker in the Pacific backwaters while serving as a Navy Lt." Further support for my hypothesis that sucessful poker-playing pols are lying b'stards. “I do know during WWII Nixon won over $10,000 in 1945 dollars playing poker in the Pacific backwaters while serving as a Navy Lt.”

Further support for my hypothesis that sucessful poker-playing pols are lying b’stards.

]]> By: DaveW http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-200173 DaveW Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:02:01 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-200173 The poker player keeps his intentions secret until the last - expertly practicing decption until the moment of truth. Little surprise, then, that Obama is a master. Craps, on the other hand, is more a game of probabilities and calculation - like blackjack, a game of mathematics and of keeping your nerve when things seem to be going against you. It seems probably that McCain risks a far smaller proportion of his wealth at the craps table than Obama wagers behind his poker face. The poker player keeps his intentions secret until the last – expertly practicing decption until the moment of truth. Little surprise, then, that Obama is a master.

Craps, on the other hand, is more a game of probabilities and calculation – like blackjack, a game of mathematics and of keeping your nerve when things seem to be going against you.

It seems probably that McCain risks a far smaller proportion of his wealth at the craps table than Obama wagers behind his poker face.

]]> By: Careless http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199885 Careless Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:42:09 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199885 It sounds like my state senators play with wild cards. It sounds like my state senators play with wild cards.

]]> By: John Meredith http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199628 John Meredith Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:29:36 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199628 Holding four of a kind and losing to another four? I think that would be the day I gave up poker. Holding four of a kind and losing to another four? I think that would be the day I gave up poker.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199380 virgil xenophon Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:06:49 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199380 Jim: How do you know? I must admit I am not a historian specializing in Truman lore, but I do know during WWII Nixon won over $10,000 in 1945 dollars playing poker in the Pacific backwaters while serving as a Navy Lt. (equivalent of AF,Army or Marine Capt.) on a "Mr. Roberts"-like cargo ship which he used to put himself through law school and start his political career. Of course, besides poker Nixon and Truman also had in common the fact that they were both veterans--Truman serving as a Capt. in the artillery in Europe during WWI. Jim: How do you know? I must admit I am not a historian specializing in Truman lore, but I do know during WWII Nixon won over $10,000 in 1945 dollars playing poker in the Pacific backwaters while serving as a Navy Lt. (equivalent of AF,Army or Marine Capt.) on a “Mr. Roberts”-like cargo ship which he used to put himself through law school and start his political career. Of course, besides poker Nixon and Truman also had in common the fact that they were both veterans–Truman serving as a Capt. in the artillery in Europe
during WWI.

]]> By: chuck http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199353 chuck Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:57:31 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199353 Bush is also said to be a pretty good player, but I can't find anything on Carter. Maybe we should just have an online Texas Hold'em tournament and forget the election. All the money used to pay for advertising and consultants could go into the pot and be donated to charity at the finish. Bush is also said to be a pretty good player, but I can’t find anything on Carter. Maybe we should just have an online Texas Hold’em tournament and forget the election. All the money used to pay for advertising and consultants could go into the pot and be donated to charity at the finish.

]]> By: Jim S. http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199345 Jim S. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:30:07 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199345 Sorry, Harry Truman was the best poker among postwar presidents. Sorry, Harry Truman was the best poker among postwar presidents.

]]> By: chuck http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199342 chuck Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:23:56 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199342 Yeah, Gene, Obama is a God, a God, I tell you. Get out those cute pink jack booties, you might need them some day to march in worship. BTW, Nixon was probably the best poker player among recent presidents. Yeah, Gene,

Obama is a God, a God, I tell you. Get out those cute pink jack booties, you might need them some day to march in worship.

BTW, Nixon was probably the best poker player among recent presidents.

]]> By: mesquito http://hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/comment-page-1/#comment-199336 mesquito Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:15:16 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/03/the-crapshooter-versus-the-poker-player/#comment-199336 If someone beat my four-of-a-kind, I'd be tempted to call him a cheat. Or maybe they were playing with a buncha wild cards. If someone beat my four-of-a-kind, I’d be tempted to call him a cheat. Or maybe they were playing with a buncha wild cards.

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