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Tweak says, "always better the second day"

Doctor Facilier (gotvoodoo) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-01-16 14:32:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, doctor facilier, eric northman, euphemia li britannia, klara guildsen, korra, spike, zatanna zatara

Day 254 Audio + Action OPEN
[ Ah, what beautiful morning here in sector 4, the artificial sun, the little noises here and there around the amphitheater, the tall thin man in the bright orange jumpsuit that is sitting crouched next to a stone wall, muttering to himself. He turns the dial on the communicator. ]

What is this? You got the wrong man… I ain’t done half of that… [He taps the little headpiece in that light fashion everyone takes when trying to get something old to work once more.] Are you listening to me?

[ There is another tap for good measure before Facilier tries to reason with the Loa again and yes, that is a bit of a desperation in his usually smooth voice.] We had a deal! And I know that I haven’t really held up my end of the bargain but it was just a minor set back… Small part of a bigger operation..!

[ ooh: Facilier can be found wandering around sector 4, eventually ending up in 0 and 5. ]

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	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-02 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	That sounds simple enough. [ He looks over the cards one more time, memorizing the rules once and for all. He gives the girl another smile.] Well lets play then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-02 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Really? So soon? You think you've got it, just like that? Impressive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-03 08:53 am UTC (link)
	I'll deal then? [ Have to show the teacher how much he has learned. The cards gets shuffled around just as expertly as when she did it, two cards for you and two cards for me. See he did not even cheat one bit.] You in? [ See he does even know some lingo.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-03 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	[She had to pick up the cards to see what they were, of course, a feat done by just barely lifting the corners of each. Her face betrayed nothing, but she almost immediately tossed in two chips.] Sure. Why not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-03 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Now I can raise, yes? [ He plays with a few of his chips, flipping them around his fingers.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Action.

notbabymagic
2014-02-03 07:46 pm UTC (link)

If that's what you want.

I should warn you though; preemptive raising before you even see the Flop is usually a sign of one of two things: either you've got a horrible hand and are trying to buy the pot, or else you've got a super strong hand and want to buy the pot before anybody else has the chance to beat your top pair.

[She tosses her cards his way.]

Best way to get a person to fold, yes, but you're only going to get a couple of chips for your trouble. Not worth it.

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	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-04 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I assumed as much... Just wanted to make sure I understand the rules. [ He takes her cards, shuffles the deck ones or twice before passing the whole thing over to Zatanna.] Naturally the whole thing is to bluff your way to the big pots, just like in normal poker. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-04 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	Assuming it's a bluff. The unique thing about Texas Hold 'Em is that, with three to five cards on the table, it's entirely possible to know you've got the best hand. [She takes the cards and also proceeds to re-shuffle. Less of a distrust thing and more of a habit. Have cards in hand, will shuffle. One way of keeping her fingers busy while she spoke.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-05 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	It is entirely possible to know if you have the best hand in normal five card draw too. [ He lets one chip travel from knuckle to knuckle before with the tiniest of wrist flicks he makes it disappears.] If you have a royal flush no one can beat you. [ He smiles, he knows it's technicality but it's fun to tease.] The can only tie at best. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-05 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, sure, if you somehow manage to get that lucky. But those hands are super rare. Even if you end up drawing one, that's just one hand out of an entire game. Really, some of the best poker players can bluff with nothing but a pair of pocket twos. I've seen it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-06 12:48 am UTC (link)
	I have seen that too, I saw one guy once that lost for an hour then all of the sudden won hand after hand after hand. [ His fingers make two piles of chips into one the divide them again since there is a lack of cards.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-06 12:51 am UTC (link)
	[She finally finishes shuffling, and deals out the next hand.] Sure he didn't start cheating? People get desperate. Especially if there's actual money on the line. Or they're losing to a ten-year-old girl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-07 02:23 am UTC (link)
	No no, he spent that hour getting the other players tells, so that he could see if they had good or bad hands. [ He takes his cards and sneaks a peak and since those cards were good enough he put in the minimum stakes.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action. notbabymagic 2014-02-07 03:47 am UTC (link)
	An hour? Amateur. [It's impossible to tell whether or not she's joking. Either way, she threw in her chips as well.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-07 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	I reckon pro, if he would have gone to fast the others could have gotten wise about it. [ He takes another look on his cards, just a tiny glance before he looks over at the little pile of chips.] And now the turn yes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Action.

notbabymagic
2014-02-07 12:59 pm UTC (link)

Yes.

[The next card was flipped over accordingly.]

Debatable. And it depends on who you're up against. The stagehands who taught me...some of them would actually brag about being able to read each other. I mean, they'd never actually admit what the tells were, but it was another kind of technique, I guess. Either that, or they just liked being a bunch of jerks to each other.

[True friendship]

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	Re: Action. gotvoodoo 2014-02-10 01:23 am UTC (link)
	It's all about smokes and mirrors, like the fact that if I always give a smile and chuckle when I look at my hand no matter what I have you can't use that against me. ] Said smile is there and he throws in a tiny little raise, was that a good card for him perhaps?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action notbabymagic 2014-02-10 01:51 am UTC (link)
	Well, no, but if it's something that obvious, people probably aren't going to use it to judge you anyway. [She sees his bet. And raises.] Actual tells are much smaller. Hands twitching. Tone of voice. Eyes. Things you don't even realize you're doing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action gotvoodoo 2014-02-10 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	And don't I know it. [ His lips twitches in a "I really want to smile and laugh" sort of way, that the little girl wants to teach him how to notice peoples tells is adorable. Facilier was using these tricks longer then she has been alive. He sees her bet, because easy does it.] I was only using it as an example. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action notbabymagic 2014-02-12 02:21 am UTC (link)
	So was I. Just trying to keep the friendly conversation going, you know? [The last card was flipped over. Action to him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action gotvoodoo 2014-02-12 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Of course, nothings like chewing the fat while you play. [ He barely looks at the card that was flipped before he raises quite a lot. Might be a bluff might be a good hand.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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notbabymagic
2014-02-13 03:14 am UTC (link)

[He was waiting to do that. Which meant that last card actually meant squat. Hmm. She glanced down at the cards on the table. Like she said, there were only so many hands possible to go up against when you could see more than half the hand.]

[Her own hand was...actually pretty decent. There were just two possible hands that could beat it. The only question remained: had he been able to score one of two said hands with just four cards on the table?]

[...not a chance.]

[She called.]

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	Didn't know who should win this one so I leave it to you. gotvoodoo 2014-02-13 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	[ Since there is just a call not a raise it figures that she doesn't have the best possible hand, or she just underestimate him either way it says quite a lot about her.] Lets see then. [ He flips his cards so that Zatanna can see them.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Fair enough; I assumed he's not cheating (yet), so.... notbabymagic 2014-02-13 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	[She flipped hers over as well.] [They were close. She actually had to look twice to make absolutely certain.] Not bad. You almost had it. [Her three of a kind just barely trumped his two pair; as it was, she'd only pulled that third card on the Turn. The River, just like with him, was a moot point.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

gotvoodoo
2014-02-14 01:35 pm UTC (link)

Close never gets the pot though. [ He gives her a small crooked smile before he scrapes the cards over to himself and starts shuffling it.

A little fake shifting there, a little actual shuffling there and cards go round and round in his hands.]

So you grew up in a circus huh? What did you do? [ Here Zatanna have pocket aces, just to see what you will do with that starting hand actually.]