Poker entendre

[dougo]

In this week's episode of "Celebrity Poker Showdown", Adam Rodriguez went broke on the first hand, trying to call Norm MacDonald's bluff. His comment from the Losers Lounge: "It was like my first time having sex, I'm like, 'this is great, but it's over?'" Host Dave Foley's response: "Well, you prematurely ejaculated your chips all over Norm MacDonald." Well, I thought it was funny.

Also, I realized something interesting about Texas Hold'em a while ago that I just remembered: it's clear that a pair in the hole can lose to a non-pair, but it can even lose to a non-pair that doesn't match anything on the table: if two higher pairs come up, and the non-pair has the high card.

Two weeks from now, on "Celebrity Poker Showdown": Maura Tierney!

Comments

[bushmiller.livejournal.com]

And Rodriguez's response to Foley was "Yeah, and he's a CANADIAN."

--sean

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Also if they complete a flush or straight, unless you were considering those in the definition of "match".

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess "match" is the wrong word, but I'm not up on my poker lingo. There's probably some colorful term for a three-pair hand losing to a two-pair hand...

[ghudson.livejournal.com]

Has Dave Foley been hosting a lot of these, or do they rotate hosts each episode?

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Kevin Pollock hosted the first season, but was unavailable to host the second (current) season, so they got Dave Foley to do it. I think each "season" (i.e. tournament of 5 or 6 games) is filmed over the course of a few days, so I don't think they're going to rotate hosts during a season.