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Explaining Poker to 5 Year Olds
Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:35 pm
WSOP Final Table happened to come on one of the ESPN channels.
Not that I figured I could teach a couple of 5 year old boys how to play Texas Hold em, but I was just generally explaining what was going on, talking about the poker chips, the hands, all that good stuff.
One of my boys looks at me and says, "Can you eat those chips?"
That's when I realized that I may not have ever wasted 5 minutes as spectacularly as I just did.
Not that I figured I could teach a couple of 5 year old boys how to play Texas Hold em, but I was just generally explaining what was going on, talking about the poker chips, the hands, all that good stuff.
One of my boys looks at me and says, "Can you eat those chips?"
That's when I realized that I may not have ever wasted 5 minutes as spectacularly as I just did.
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Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:41 pm to shel311
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One of my boys looks at me and says, "Can you eat those chips?"
Well, can you?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:51 pm to shel311
I could play poker at 5.
I brought a deck of cards for "game day" in kindergarten. No one played with me expect an Indian boy. We played one hand. I won. He quit. That is the entire story.
I brought a deck of cards for "game day" in kindergarten. No one played with me expect an Indian boy. We played one hand. I won. He quit. That is the entire story.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:52 pm to shel311
Teach them Blackjack. Will help with their math and counting cards is super easy to teach too.
Prepare for the next 16 years and its Rainman time
Prepare for the next 16 years and its Rainman time
Posted on 5/16/17 at 7:12 pm to shel311
I might not have asked the question but I would've thought it at that age. 
Like when Jessica McClure fell down the well as a little girl, I thought to myself what's a whale doing underground?
Like when Jessica McClure fell down the well as a little girl, I thought to myself what's a whale doing underground?
This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 5/16/17 at 7:19 pm to Bags of Milk
quote:Funny as I was just thinking about teaching them blackjack a few days ago, as it would be easy to learn and just another game we can play together.
Teach them Blackjack. Will help with their math and counting cards is super easy to teach too.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 8:19 pm to kciDAtaE
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No one played with me expect an Indian boy
Are you a retard?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 9:52 pm to VABuckeye
quote:
Are you a retard?
Yes
Posted on 5/17/17 at 7:18 am to Bags of Milk
quote:
Teach them Blackjack. Will help with their math
poker is much better for math and strategic thinking
Posted on 5/17/17 at 8:51 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:Yea, definitely.
poker is much better for math and strategic thinking
I'll probably start w/blackjack though. We've yet to play any games involving a deck of cards, so it'll be a good start.
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