May 11, 2004

The Game of Pluck

Hey, kids! I think I have strep throat. I'm not sure, but I'm in horrible pain! Oh lordy.

Well, that's enough pity partying. It's time now that I tought you all the game of Pluck, which I learned about a month ago while waiting with some other degenerate gamblers for a poker game to start. Pluck is great because, like baccarat, there's no skill involved; but unlike baccarat, I understand it.

OK, here's how you play. First of all, each player names a specific card (suit and value). Then all the cards are spread out face down on the table in an unorganized pile. Moving clockwise, each player "plucks" a card (get it? get it?) from the pile. Depending on what card they get, they might get money!

Here's how it works: suppose my card is the 3 of diamonds.
* if I get a diamond, everyone pays me $1.
* If I get a 3, everyone pays me $5.
* If I get the 3 of diamonds, everyone pays me $20! Give me your money!

Ah, but the money-giving doesn't stop there. After each player has 5 cards, everyone pays $3 to the player with the best poker hand (or $6 if their hand is 3-of-a-kind or better).

Believe me, this game is fun. Highlights include: picking your card and suddenly getting $80; and, getting super-drunk while you play and realizing it makes no difference whatsoever and possibly even helps. Play Pluck(tm) today.

Andrew - 10:19 AM
Comments

Do you keep the same card as your pick for multiple turns, i.e., if you pick 3 of Diamonds and your first card pulled is the Queen of Hearts, are you still going for the 3 of Diamonds on your next turn? And, more importantly, does Juice Newton materialize from the middle of the pile and serenade the whole drunk group?

LiAps - May 11, 2004 - 2:43 PM

Whoa... Juice Newton reference. Rock, rock on.

James F - May 11, 2004 - 3:20 PM

You have to keep going for the same card throughout each 5-card hand. Technically you can change cards between hands, but if you're drinking as much as you should be, it gets confusing.

Andrew F - May 11, 2004 - 4:57 PM

Yeah I totally don't understand why I'd want to give you money.

Lee Katz - May 11, 2004 - 6:29 PM

Hey, kids! I think I have strep throat. I'm not sure, but I'm in horrible pain! Oh lordy.

I think you gave it to me, fucker.

Huha - May 11, 2004 - 7:10 PM

Ooops.

Anyway, I went to the doctor, and she said I don't have strep; it turns out I'm just a whiner. She prescribed pills that are really just giant Advils. It's like if Advil was uncomfortably huge and not candy-coated and wonderful. I'm all, "why can't I just take a handful of Advils like I've been doing?" and she's all "how much did you say you drink every week?" Fuckin' doctors.

Andrew F - May 11, 2004 - 10:59 PM

Until I have my own blog (so, forever), I'm occasionally going to post my random thoughts as comments to the latest entries here, whether there is any conceivable connection or not. So:

Could somebody please tell Keith Hernandez that repeatedly referring to the baseball players' "fannys" ("fannies?") during a Met broadcast does not help dispel the rumor that he's gay. Thanks.

LiAps - May 12, 2004 - 1:05 AM

hey you. let's get drunk when i go to the atl. woo!

reply to me, because i'll probably forget to check this thing again.

and i'm making sangria tonight. mwahaha.

susana - May 19, 2004 - 10:18 AM