to coin collectors also like to play poker?

Baley · June 25, 2003 8:10AM

I have time to post one more thread before my poker friends get here, just curious if the same personality types that causes us to like coins and guns and America also favors poker players.

anyone else on here enjoy wired pairs or the big slick when playing Texas Hold 'em?

Tonekiller · June 25, 2003 8:13AM

Craps!

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mact · June 25, 2003 8:15AM

i'm playing poker on yahoo right now

jbsteven · June 25, 2003 8:18AM

I am a craps kind of guy.

give me a 3 way parlay of a hardway with just $1 to start with and it pays $650-$850. for a buck it is one of the best highs I have come across.

jdimmick · June 25, 2003 8:19AM

I like Poker, But I can never find any one around to play. Like playing for a little money, but not a big gambler. Watching the World tour of Poker is about as close to a game Ill see any time soon.

JohnZ · June 25, 2003 8:21AM

Chess.

Android · June 25, 2003 8:21AM

High Stakes Blackjack for me....

ER · June 25, 2003 8:33AM

Seven-card stud.

littlewicher · June 25, 2003 8:36AM

I like playing blackjack and poker. No money is involved, though, because gambling is illegal in NY and I'm under 18.

JRocco · June 25, 2003 8:37AM

5 card stud is my game.

MadMarty · June 25, 2003 8:44AM

Love Texas Hold Em!!!

jbsteven · June 25, 2003 8:47AM

umm you are NOT holding MY Texas

poptopsRus · June 25, 2003 8:54AM

Love to play. Anybody care to play Morgan $1 ante?

braddick · June 25, 2003 8:56AM

UNO, but I think my kid cheats.

kranky · June 25, 2003 9:25AM

I am the world's worst card player, so I don't play.

relayer · June 25, 2003 9:30AM

Collectors gamble with every PCGS submission

FrattLaw · June 25, 2003 10:03AM

Craps --- Commodore System for all you crap players!

Michael

Fairlaneman · June 25, 2003 10:04AM

and every Coin purchase on the Bay of Eee.

anoldgoat · June 25, 2003 10:13AM

I go to Reno a few times a year and play $1 poker at the bar. Only one of those left now. Then after winning a little i'm off to the craps table or piagow to give it back and then some. Used to play poker with the guys once a month years ago. No one kept track of the winnings, just how much beer was in the frig.

ConstellatioCollector · June 25, 2003 10:22AM

I grew up playing poker! Love it.

billiardmaster · June 25, 2003 10:40AM

Baley,
In the old days there were always poker games. Been a few years since I've been to Long Beach, but last time
there was no action. Used to always play even at smaller shows. A good poker game was worth going to
the show for.........
Rusty

boz · June 25, 2003 11:52AM

I'm in, deal

nascar20 · June 25, 2003 12:03PM

play holdem everyday

Nap · June 25, 2003 12:26PM

Coins and Texas Hold'em definitely. Not guns though

mercurynut · June 25, 2003 12:32PM

Sorry I am a race and sportsbook person...its a great second job and buys new additions to my collection on a regular basis.

cladking · June 25, 2003 1:15PM

Second only to chess as a game of pure skill.

Tassa · June 25, 2003 1:30PM

I enjoy playing poker although it's been awhile since I've played.

joejeweler · June 25, 2003 1:44PM

Serious Casino Blackjack for me......though i don't go down to my closest Casino nearly enough! (Turning Stone Indian Reservation in western NY) I'm just too busy at the jewelry store......

....but as more than a few dealers on this forum know it's a great way for me to build up my collection......FAST!

My PCGS MS66RB 1909-S VDB Lincoln from Ira Stein and that gorgous toned 1881 Proof 63BN PCGS Indian that Adrian threw my way each got delivered on Tuesday.......BOTH fully paid for from 2 days "play" last week!

Nicest way to aquire coins............if you don't inherit them!

Morganluver · June 25, 2003 2:50PM

I've been playing poker with the same high school buddies,including my first wife(high school sweetheart) since 1970. Dealer calls the game. None of them collect coins but are all professionals(not pro poker players). Stock broker, attorney, chemical and mechanical engineer, and one works for NASA. I'm the scum of the gang with a degree from the C.I.A. It's fun and nobody loses more than $50-$75 at a time. Oddly enough, that's the only gambling I participate in, except for a few $2 scratch offs.

mnmcoin · June 25, 2003 2:53PM

I love playing cards (got that from my dad), Texas Holdem is a great game, but I prefer Omaha Hi-Lo split.

I would love to start a game at the house weekly when I move to Murrieta.

morris <><

bizzarri · June 25, 2003 3:04PM

Craps. In Vegas. Ceasar's Palace, about 12 midnight after the light weights leave, on a $25 dollar table.. with a suitable "adult beverage" in my hand.

Hadleydog · June 25, 2003 3:09PM

I used to play poker a couple of time a month when I was still in Toronto. Would get together with the boys from work on paydays. Miss it a lot.
Morris, you are moving to Murrieta Ca? Cool..........you can count me in!

Mrpawn · June 25, 2003 3:45PM

Poker & 21 are my favorite card games, I will admit to playing Cribbage more often though

Rifle target shooting is second only to fishing as a prefered past time

jonesy · June 25, 2003 3:48PM

5 or 7 card draw. 7 card baseball. Only bet with Slabs!!

Morganluver · June 25, 2003 4:41PM

Whoa! Baseball, that's the game we play with 3s & 9s wild and a 3 up you match the pot, 4 up extra card, and if you play baseball (Rainout), the Queen of Spades up forces a re-deal and re-ante. This is the variation where the pot can get up ther a bit.

Baley · June 25, 2003 4:47PM

Well, we played and old baley did ok, winning both the limit and no-limit games, enough to buy a nice VF capped bust half dollar. Next Long Beach maybe a game will break out after the show

Robgetty · June 25, 2003 4:59PM

I used to live 5 miles from an Indian Casino in Washington state. 7 card stud and
Texas Hold-Em financed the gold coins in my collection. There is nothing like playing
hold-em against people with a few drinks in them when you have an understanding
of pot odds. (Except when they suck out on the river!)

AbesNeighbor · June 25, 2003 10:35PM

I play: Texas Hold 'em, Houston Hold 'em, 7 Card Stud, and Indiana.

I also do Craps & Blackjack

I guess I am nuts!

MadMarty · June 25, 2003 10:40PM

Shut up and DEAL, damnit!!!!

SarasotaFrank · June 26, 2003 1:27AM

Played poker practically for a living in the early/mid 70s - seven card stud - breakfast of champions. Played $50.00/game gin rummy when I was making $200/week - that'll keep your shorts tight!

Haven't played seriously in 25 years, other than Hold 'em when I get out to las Vegas, which is not often enough. Wouldn't mind taking it up again, but takes a lot of time.

ps: Have guns too - three for three on vices

scher · June 26, 2003 2:04AM

love blackjack..only blackjack..
bruce scher

paigowjohnny · June 26, 2003 2:19AM

paigow poker...duh

I've tried the tiles too, but that one can get away from you if you don't have all the vagaries memorized.

I like Texas hold 'em, but am not quick enough yet to play well...and you always get some schmuck at the low stakes "beginners" table that wants to fleece the fresh meat...so I've pretty much stayed away.

Craps too...but I pretty much stick with pass, place the 6&8, and an occasional hard 6/8 for "the boys"

Haven't been in a casino for about a year and a half though...between the stock market dump and my devotion to completing my Morgan set...my precious reserves go elsewhere now.

supercoin · June 26, 2003 10:12AM

Yes! Only semi-seriously recently (a few months back). No-limit Hold 'Em tourneys are my favorite.

jdimmick: I like Poker, But I can never find any one around to play. Like playing for a little money, but not a big gambler.

Try paradisepoker.com, that solves both problems. Always a bunch of people 24/hrs day, and they have 50 cent games. Very nice software.

littlewicher: I like playing blackjack and poker. No money is involved, though...

No money?? Sorry, that ain't poker.

Baley · June 26, 2003 10:20AM

last night we had a great game, 5 good players, dealer's choice, average pot about $20.

then a tournament of no-limit hold 'em, which is a very very fun game, of course I ended up winning so it seemed a lot more fun for me than the others. but happened to get lucky at the end, holding Ace-four, caught an ace on the flop to beat pocket kings, neither of us improved, and the crowd went wild!

Bothuwui · June 26, 2003 12:28PM

We're doing a "World Series of Poker" type event as a work get together. For those of you that don't watch the Travel channel, it's a last man standing Texas Hold'em tournament. We're going to give a proof 2003 Silver Eagle to the winner, The Collector's club 2003 Silver Eagle to 2nd, and a 1997 Silver Eagle I've carried in my pocket for a few years to third. I call that combining coins and poker.

eddye · June 26, 2003 12:32PM

Coins I am a novice at but gambling is a diffrent story. Would like to play for some of that gold!!!!! It's a very bad habit though and I 've been addicted for a long time. But the thrill is never gone. Good Luck all you gamblers.
Ed

fivecents · June 26, 2003 12:35PM

Baley,

The only gambling I do is sending coins in to be graded. I find it very addictive.

Paul

paigowjohnny · June 27, 2003 1:50AM

<< <i>The only gambling I do is sending coins in to be graded >>

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