SILLY LITTLE LIFE
CHAPTER ELEVEN
( prompt: "If you leave me, I don't know if I can live." )
"Okay, Night. I'm going to teach you the basics of Texas Hold 'Em, so pay attention," I told her seriously, holding Spot's worn deck of cards in my hand.
Silver barked a laugh from across the room and then came over to the bunk we were sitting on, where I planned on teaching Nightshade how to play poker. I was making good on my promise to teach her how to play, and I didn't break promises.
"Oh, I've got to see this," Silver said. "Oi, Conlon! Your girl is teachin' my girl how to play poker! Want a laugh?"
I rolled my eyes as Spot strolled into the bunkroom, ignoring them as they elbowed each other and chuckled. Stupid boys.
"Anyways, like I was saying," I said loudly. "Now boys, sit quietly and let me use you as examples. First thing you do, is you make blind bets, which are bets made before the cards even fall. The player to the direct left of the dealer, which is me right now, makes a small bet, and then the immediate person after that makes a big bet. So say if the small blind is a dime, then the big blind would be a quarter or something to that effect. For the sake of teaching, I have buttons," I said and grinned. "So the small blind would be one button, and the big blind would be two." I explained and then dealt out two cards to everyone. "These first two cards are called pocket cards. These are your cards, no one else's."
"Damn, Ang, I didn't know you actually knew how to play poker," Silver said, peering at his cards.
I rolled my eyes again. "Anyways, after the pocket cards are dealt, then the person next to the person that made the big blind can either chose to fold, raise, check or call the bet."
"Folding basically is taking yerself out of the game, aye?" Night asked, looking at me from the corner of her eyes.
"Exactly," I agreed. "Boys, what do you say?"
"Raise, doll." Spot smirked at me from directly across the bunk, placing three buttons into the pile of three buttons.
"But, of course," I muttered and then looked at Silver. "Fold, call, check or raise?"
"Wait," Night said. "What's callin' an' checkin' a bet?"
"Calling is when you match the bet that was just, well, betted," I said. "Checking is when you pass betting for that round."
"Well-stated," Silver said.
"Swing on it. So what's your choice?" I said.
"Eh, call," Silver said, putting three buttons in.
"Same," I said, tossing three buttons in.
Nightshade smiled slyly. "Raise."
She put four buttons in and I think we were all impressed. "Conlon, got anything left if you?" I asked him, and he shook his head, studying his cards intensely. He got much too much into this game, if you asked me.
"So now that the bets are concluded for now, we have the flop," I told Night. "The flop is the first three cards that are community cards, which is to say that everyone can use them."
I dealt out a ten of diamonds, a knave of clubs, and a king of diamonds and placed them in the middle of our little circle.
"Now there's more betting," I explained. The betting went as normal, and Silver bowed out, flashing me his hand, which was pitiful as hell. Damn threes.
"Now there's the turn card, which is the fourth card after the flop, and it's also a community card. And then we bet again," I said, placing down a three of spades as the turn card.
"There's a lotta bettin' in this game, aye?" Night noticed and we all nodded in agreement.
"Angel's the best at betting," Silver told Night. "She bluffs us all into folding when we play for serious. She's intense."
I snorted. "Not as intense as your damn leader over there. We're playing for buttons and he's glaring holes through the cards," I said, grinning when he looked up at me, attempting to give me the stink eye.
After the betting, and after I folded a hand with king of spades and a lousy two of diamonds, it was between Night and Spot. I believe Night was a little intimidated; I would've been, too.
"After all the betting is over, like now, we have the fifth and final card of the community cards, which is called the river," I said and placed the card down beside the others, which was a knave of diamonds.
"Okay, Conlon, let's see 'em," Silver said.
Spot smirked and turned over his cards. He had a knave of clubs and a king of spades, which paired with the two knaves and the king of diamonds gave him a very handsome full house.
"Okay, Night, now you," I told her.
She turned over her cards and all of our jaws dropped. She had a straight flush! She beat Spot Conlon!
Night blushed. "Sae did A win?"
Spot regained himself quickly and stood up, stalking towards the steps. I laughed; what a baby! "Spot! If you leave, I don't know if I can live!" I cried after him, grinning when he gave me a rather rude hand gesture before stomping down the stairs.
What a sore loser.
Poker lesson, plus longer update! This is exactly how I learned to play poker, so hopefully it helps you? :)
Oh, and surprise first person! I've missed writing in first person! xDD
P.S - Anyone as excited as me for DH Part 1? :)
CTB!
xx Wicked