The Poker Table

alpha_leonis · August 25 2012, 06:31 AM

Now that's a game I would never join in. Consider who the opponents might be:

Data, who could memorize the positions and order of the cards
LaForge, who could see through the cards
Troi, who could tell empathically whether or nor you're bluffing
Worf, who could easily commit violence if he loses

I'm sitting out this one, folks!

R. Star · August 25 2012, 06:33 AM

alpha_leonis wrote:

Now that's a game I would never join in. Consider who the opponents might be:

Data, who could memorize the positions and order of the cards
LaForge, who could see through the cards
Troi, who could tell empathically whether or nor you're bluffing
Worf, who could easily commit violence if he loses

I'm sitting out this one, folks!

Yet all of them routinely lose to Riker despite these advantages.

Mojochi · August 25 2012, 09:29 AM

Bah, if anything, that's a room full of pigeons to be plucked. None of them will cheat even though they could, & Riker knows Worf & Troi too well to let that get in his way. I bet the only competition he ever gets is from Beverly

What they need is Ro, Picard & Guinan in that game & Riker would suck lemons a hell of a lot more, & O'Brien. I wished he'd have shown up for more than one game

inflatabledalek · August 25 2012, 09:38 AM

alpha_leonis wrote:

LaForge, who could see through the cards

Don't forget that classic of television Up The Long Ladder establishing he call tell if you're lying or not.

teacake · August 25 2012, 11:17 AM

No, please.. lets forget that.

Enterprise is Great · August 26 2012, 06:16 AM

teacake wrote:

No, please.. lets forget that.

The writers sure did because people lied to Geordi all the time and he never noticed.

Go Go L · September 4 2012, 12:44 AM

Yeah, you'd think Geordi would've use his superhuman abilities more often. At least to impress the ladies. He might have left Dr. Leah Brahms alone then. Or, maybe not.

Mr_Homn · September 4 2012, 05:52 PM

Go Go L wrote:

Yeah, you'd think Geordi would've use his superhuman abilities more often. At least to impress the ladies. He might have left Dr. Leah Brahms alone then. Or, maybe not.

Well at least she let him play with her milkjugs in the alternate future.

Mott the barber · September 4 2012, 06:00 PM

Mr_Homn wrote:

Go Go L wrote:

Yeah, you'd think Geordi would've use his superhuman abilities more often. At least to impress the ladies. He might have left Dr. Leah Brahms alone then. Or, maybe not.

Well at least she let him play with her milkjugs in the alternate future.

Mr_Homn · September 5 2012, 01:09 AM

Mott the barber wrote:

Mr_Homn wrote:

Go Go L wrote:

Yeah, you'd think Geordi would've use his superhuman abilities more often. At least to impress the ladies. He might have left Dr. Leah Brahms alone then. Or, maybe not.

Well at least she let him play with her milkjugs in the alternate future.

Sorry, all that "you soured the MILK!" talk between them got me thinking. I'm a bad person.

Nacluv · September 5 2012, 02:09 AM

It could have been worse. Q could have been one of the opponents, and he WOULD cheat.

Mr_Homn · September 5 2012, 06:00 AM

inflatabledalek wrote:

alpha_leonis wrote:

LaForge, who could see through the cards

Don't forget that classic of television Up The Long Ladder establishing he call tell if you're lying or not.

Only if you're a bad Liar, which Riker isn't. So it's no wonder he still wipes the floor with Geordi at poker.

J. Allen · September 5 2012, 07:50 AM

Riker has the kind of charisma where he could tell you that shit soup tasted like rainbow sherbet and you'd be likely to believe him.

Not that I've, you know, done that or anything...

Mr_Homn · September 6 2012, 04:58 AM

J. Allen wrote:

Riker has the kind of charisma where he could tell you that shit soup tasted like rainbow sherbet and you'd be likely to believe him.

Not that I've, you know, done that or anything...

Yes, he's almost bill clinton-esque.

Whenever Troi calls him "bill" in first season I think of slick willy.

The Castellan · September 8 2012, 12:35 PM

J. Allen wrote:

Riker has the kind of charisma where he could tell you that shit soup tasted like rainbow sherbet and you'd be likely to believe him.

Not that I've, you know, done that or anything...

August 25 2012, 06:31 AM	#1
alpha_leonis Captain	The Poker Table Now *that's* a game I would never join in. Consider who the opponents might be: Data, who could memorize the positions and order of the cards LaForge, who could see through the cards Troi, who could tell empathically whether or nor you're bluffing Worf, who could easily commit violence if he loses I'm sitting out this one, folks! __________________ No butterflies were harmed in the filming of this episode.

August 25 2012, 09:29 AM	#3
Mojochi Fleet Captain	Re: The Poker Table Bah, if anything, that's a room full of pigeons to be plucked. None of them will cheat even though they could, & Riker knows Worf & Troi too well to let that get in his way. I bet the only competition he ever gets is from Beverly What they need is Ro, Picard & Guinan in that game & Riker would suck lemons a hell of a lot more, & O'Brien. I wished he'd have shown up for more than one game

August 25 2012, 11:17 AM	#5
teacake Admiral Location: Militant Janeway True Path Devotees Compound. With Sehlats.	Re: The Poker Table No, please.. lets forget that. __________________ Rider: I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes. J'onn: It's all I have. ■ ■ ■ Janeway does Melbourne

September 4 2012, 12:44 AM	#7
Go Go L Ensign	Re: The Poker Table Yeah, you'd think Geordi would've use his superhuman abilities more often. At least to impress the ladies. He might have left Dr. Leah Brahms alone then. Or, maybe not.

September 5 2012, 02:09 AM	#11
Nacluv Lieutenant Commander	Re: The Poker Table It could have been worse. Q could have been one of the opponents, and he WOULD cheat.

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September 5 2012, 07:50 AM	#13
J. Allen Probably Satan™ Location: A Quantum State	Re: The Poker Table Riker has the kind of charisma where he could tell you that shit soup tasted like rainbow sherbet and you'd be likely to believe him. Not that I've, you know, done that or anything... __________________ “In all of the time forward, and backward, throughout the universe, we have all been alive and dead, and all at the same time.”