Does he ever specify when you should hold, them, fold them, walk away or run? He does not. So here's me, left to guess when to do these things, not know them. Fuck you gambler ;)
It’s a song about the worst person you can sit next to on a train who won’t shut up the entire time and keeps bumming things off you. He asks for a SIP of the whisky and downs the bottle then has the nerve to ask for a cigarette too and on top of it all he dies which is going to delay the train.
Listen if you tell a man when to hold ‘em he may win money on that hand, but if you tell him he has to know when to hold ‘em then he’ll develop a crippling gambling addiction
The man drank the last of his booze, gives some loading screen tips and straight up dies, and Ken's supposed to be grateful? Gambler needs to know when to hold deez nuts
The song would have been less depressing if it had been called "The Stripper." Imagine the life hacks she could have imparted to that lonely traveler. "You got to know when to shake it, know when to fake it..."
As a guy who actually gambles (well, plays poker) for part of my living yes, the advice is basically total crud.
Just the 'never count your money when you're sitting at the table'.. Uhh, bro, if I need to rebuy, how the hell do you expect me to hand the dealer said rebuy unless I count it out?
I just wanna point out that the next line is "There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done" so the Gambler is actually trying to tell this guy to start counting cards, basically you need to cheat to win. And then he crushes his cigarette, goes to sleep, and DIES IN FRONT OF HIM
Well the Gambler actually never specified which game, now that you mention it. Also you CAN count cards in poker, and it's legal to do so, but it's primarily a strategy to accurately guess where certain cards are around the table and who's bluffing
Not trying to argue of course but without visibly seeing the cards in the muck that players have folded or their individual hands .. im not sure how 'counting' would be applied in Texas Hold em.. everyone still has two hole cards..the community cards are the only cards exposed during play..
Outside of the obvious (i.e. I hold a 9 and there are three 9's on the flop which tells me there's not a damn nine left anywhere) ..yes that's useful info but it's not like counting every high or low card while playing blackjack to have an idea of what's still to come in the deck vs dealers hand.
I always thought that was total curd even if we take it metaphorically to mean "don't think of the money you have won as yours until you leave with it."
Because that's a good way to never get up and leave with it.
So.. to be fair.. and I fully agree this is a controversial take, I view poker as a game of skill - not gambling. I don't 'gamble' in the traditional sense (i.e. slots, roulette, table games.. anything with a 'house edge').. My ONLY goal is leaving with more than I got there with. if I buy in 4x
for $200 each at a $1 / $2 NL Hold Em' table yet I cash out at the end of the day from that table with $1037 - I am 'up 237'.. its all about the net u / d . for ex., yesterday I bought in for $200, cashed out for $877.. I also hit a $100 'promo' (which I tipped 10 on) so I l left net +767
Look man, he is still stressed out from when Lucille left him with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field!!! He shouldn't have been dispensing any advice at that trying time!
Yeah, but it was Kenny's. He gambled on the wrong woman and lost. He should have walked away, actually sprinted away, after kid number 1 with that no good woman!
You do understand that he’s supposed to be something of a tragic figure, right? He’s bumming spare sips from strangers whiskey bottles and sleeping outside. You’re not wrong, man, you’re just being an asshole!
Kenny did try “You got to use a rigorous mathematic analysis of probability combined with excellent social engineering skills” but he just couldn’t get it to scan.
Oh yeah make sure you get the advice BEFORE you give him a "taste" of your whisky. MF drank two thirds of my bottle then goes 'dont count your money until the nighttime.'
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Then and only then will you know when to run.
Just the 'never count your money when you're sitting at the table'.. Uhh, bro, if I need to rebuy, how the hell do you expect me to hand the dealer said rebuy unless I count it out?
Because that's a good way to never get up and leave with it.
If you lose $100, you should probably always think of it as losing $100, even if that $100 started as theirs.
Granted, I'm not a professional gambler.