So, I'm hanging out with a friend of mine last night ... and we were discussing poker. Now, I've never really played ... unless you count the games from my misspent youth where we substituted clothing for chips ... and we are not counting those ... so I'll admit my pool of information is very limited.
But if I were to say ... give me the first mental image that pops into your head when you hear the words "poker night" ... what would your answer be?
What I picture in my head is some kind of fucked up hybrid of Karma Chameleon and The Hangover. I'm picturing a smokey room ... highball glasses of bourbon ... guys with cigars ... and porn playing in the background.
Now ... I'm willing to admit that I have no idea where the porn part of this came from ... I can't directly point to a movie that gave me the idea that there's a flat screen with girl-on-girl action going on in the background of any card game. In retrospect, it's a pretty stupid idea. It would be distracting, right? At least one would hope ...
But I'm standing my ground on the booze and cigars. That's a pretty common picture of poker, right? I'm not talking about casino play ... cause in my mental image of that scenario, everyone is dressed like James Bond and has a gun strapped to their leg. I'm telling you, the world is so much more fun the way I imagine it ...
No, I'm talking about boys night out ...
So, in my head ... there's a door, right? In an alley ... that's dark and dank? And you have to know a secret knock? Or wait ... no ... there's a big guy at the door and if you don't know the password you can't get in? And inside it's smokey ... and there's a guy at a table who exchanges your hundred dollar bills for chips? And the chip guy is a little jumpy because he's afraid of being shot by Big Tony (yeah, the mafia is involved in all poker nights in my head).
Okay, okay ... that last part isn't realistic but the rest has to be, right? I refuse to admit that my idealization of poker night comes from the "dogs playing poker" image up there. But ... having said that ... I think there's a pretty good chance one of you guys is hiding an ace under the table ...
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
