The Alphaville Herald

Luck Has Nothing To Do With It

by Alphaville Herald on 01/02/05 at 8:04 pm

A Second Life Herald parable

The following is a chat log of an actual SL conversation, submitted by a pair of luckless gamblers for your edification. Not one word has been changed.

Poker Player #1: you wanna hear a funny story?

Poker Player #2: sure

Poker Player #1: since 2 days im playing poker a bit
Poker Player #1: loving it
Poker Player #1: i used to play a lil bit here and there
Poker Player #1: texas holdem on them fairplay tables

Poker Player #2: at the edge?

Poker Player #1: nah
Poker Player #1: at fairplays casino and aka fools place
Poker Player #1: anyways only minor games

Poker Player #2: nah play at the edge

Poker Player #1: since i dont know the tables

Poker Player #2: ok

Poker Player #1: so like theres an event going on 4am my time
Poker Player #1: a 50k holdem tournament
Poker Player #1: buyin 5k
Poker Player #1: play till last man standing
Poker Player #1: winner takes all
Poker Player #1: no rakes
Poker Player #1: so im like OMG i wanna try

Poker Player #2: DAMN

Poker Player #1: i will get my ass handed to me but i will play that table dammit
Poker Player #1: so i powernap 3 hours from 12 to 3ish
Poker Player #1: get up
Poker Player #1: make some coffee and wait for the game
Poker Player #1: so im likechilling
Poker Player #1: playing it slow
Poker Player #1: checking out how pplz play
Poker Player #1: 10pplz playing
Poker Player #1: 5k a piece
Poker Player #1: 50k on the table
Poker Player #1: it all goes well im like staying aroudn 5k
Poker Player #1: then suddenly someone starts playing like a madman
Poker Player #1: just rushing raising doing crazy shit on no cards
Poker Player #1: and the whole game gets fucked up
Poker Player #1: pplz flip out
Poker Player #1: get nervous etc
Poker Player #1: really weird atmosphere
Poker Player #1: the blinds started at 10/20
Poker Player #1: but moved up
Poker Player #1: doubled every 10 hands

Poker Player #2: damn

Poker Player #1: so around 100/50 blinds pplz were paying more attention and calming down
Poker Player #1: so im like picking my fights
Poker Player #1: all goes well ish
Poker Player #1: and i take a dive on some stupid hand
Poker Player #1: someone had an impossible to get combination
Poker Player #1: and im close to going below blind rate
Poker Player #1: then with my last 3k i go ALL OUT on this hand
Poker Player #1: and win a 10k pot
Poker Player #1: so im back in the game
Poker Player #1: chilling
Poker Player #1: still playing it slow
Poker Player #1: and one by one pplz drop out
Poker Player #1: tired
Poker Player #1: broken
Poker Player #1: etc
Poker Player #1: this was 3hours into the game
Poker Player #1: im still staying alive
Poker Player #1: picking my pots
Poker Player #1: then we played for an hour with the madman outplaying pplz
Poker Player #1: just on the amount of money he has
Poker Player #1: me just chilling watching him take pplz out
Poker Player #1: and suddenly im sitting against this lunatic
Poker Player #1: that has insane luck combined with superb strats
Poker Player #1: me on 12k he on 28k
Poker Player #1: blinds at this point were aroudn 500/250

Poker Player #2: DAMN

Poker Player #1: so we playing with 4-8k pots
Poker Player #1: exchanging blinds etc
Poker Player #1: just fucking with each others head
Poker Player #1: and finally i see a shot
Poker Player #1: and i go
Poker Player #1: FULL OUT
Poker Player #1: the blinds were 1.3k+
Poker Player #1: so this was this 30k pot
Poker Player #1: and whoever lost would drop below buyin limit

Poker Player #2: walkd

Poker Player #1: and automatically get disqualified
Poker Player #1: so im doing it
Poker Player #1: going for 2 pairs
Poker Player #1: he is raising my ass off
Poker Player #1: we both go all out
Poker Player #1: and on the last card
Poker Player #1: the river i get
Poker Player #1: a flush
Poker Player #1: im like OMG RAISE RAISE RAISE
Poker Player #1: slamming the button
Poker Player #1: pplz start screaming around the table
Poker Player #1: OMG THIS IS IT
Poker Player #1: for 50k WHO TAKES IT HOME

*Not* a Second Life poker game

Poker Player #1: and as i try to hit the raise button
Poker Player #1: it disapears
Poker Player #1: and the fold button
Poker Player #1: shoves over
Poker Player #1: into its place
Poker Player #1: before i realise this
Poker Player #1: i click
Poker Player #1: on where the raise button used to be
Poker Player #1: and fold

Poker Player #2: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo

Poker Player #1: i had the winning hand
Poker Player #1: to0

Poker Player #2: JACK ASS

Poker Player #1: the guy felt sorry

Poker Player #1: and gave me my buyin
Poker Player #1: +2k
Poker Player #1: he walked away

Poker Player #2: come here so i kick you in the balls

Poker Player #1: with 43k
Poker Player #1: this game lasted
Poker Player #1: 5 hours
Poker Player #1: i outplay him
Poker Player #1: and i win
Poker Player #1: but due to the table that i didnt know i lost the pot

Poker Player #2: damn