I've never gambled properly and I am twenty-one, is it too late to start?

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dom is upset about girls. I haven't had that many girls but I am not upset about that. I am upset that I have never placed a single proper bet in my entire life. am I not like normal people? will I always be an outsider?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:13 (twenty-three years ago)

are you trying to get invited to my poker night this weekend, Rube, er, I mean, RJG?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:14 (twenty-three years ago)

i have not either and i am older than you

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:15 (twenty-three years ago)

do you not let it bother you?

horace, I know the basics of poker, where is your game played?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you wish to spend your life surrounded by unemployed Chinesemen, and retired minor military members, all of whom have lung cancer and go "Come on baby..." whilst cheering home some glue-factory destined donkey all day? If so, it's a great career move.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I was joking about taking advantage of you.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Poker's only worth it if you can get a cool nickname, like "The White Shark" or "The Haitian Hitman" or "Dave".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

wait, i forgot, my mom took me to the track when i was 12. it was how i purchased my nintendo.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

we could do the Glasgow FAP (like that's going to happen) at the casino. i could sign you in and teach you how to be rubbish at poker if you like.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, okay then, horace--I know more than just the basics.

dom, you make it sound so colourful

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

we only joined the casino as they give you free food at the chinese new year but we forgot to go this year.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey man, I'm a Scouse Socialite- William Hill, Wetherspoons, McDonalds...

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)

[cross post, kinda]

haha, allyC was talking about your casino and he said it was owned and full of chinese people and they have a big their new year party with free food.

dom mentioned chinese gamblers, too.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:21 (twenty-three years ago)

It's all about playing poker for laundry money with your friends. Along with pizza and beer. The most cost effective way to have fun.

I've been doing that since I was 12 years old... (uh, minus the beer part for those first few years)

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:23 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think any of my friends would like to play poker much.

I do have a barrel full of plastic chips.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:25 (twenty-three years ago)

ha - poker quiz machine = DUD. you have to answer questions to turn over cards and make them into a poker hand, but you have to get about ten hands to win any decent amount of money. it's the most evil quiz machine ever.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

probably should have posted that to the quiz machines thread...

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

video poker in las vegas with cars on plinths as prizes=CLASSIC!!!

I have been to las vegas twice and I have never gambled properly [I wasn't twenty-one either time]!!!!!

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)

and now my girlfriend tells me she just got a phonecall from a casino telling her they have some jobs available and asking her to come in!!

how the tables turn!

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I bet on the Grand National once, the rider fell off, but the horse finished second.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I've never placed a bet with a bookie or anything, but I've gambled for money on cards a bit. Nothing big.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I have been trying to get my mates to play blackjack (with me as dealer, natch) since coming back from Vegas. It's fun!

I gambled properly for the first time three summers ago at the casino in Lido di Venezia. I was a roulette and slots whizz. In Vegas I lost my money on each game far, far quicker than the law of averages would suggest. Funny old game.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:33 (twenty-three years ago)

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