Last Wednesday, I posted a puzzle that required people to spell a five-letter word that corresponded to a poker hand. Let's see how everyone did!
1. High card
harley opens with BASED (2A654)stickyboy responds with AGILE (A79Q5)kymutt loves his ZEBRA (K525A) but that has a pair of 5s. so he is shown the doorZILCH (K9Q38) for
roxbear The amazing
dr_tectonic enters MILKS (K9QJ6)progbear tries MENTAL... but that has six letters, so he offers TAILS (7A9Q6)thornyc ASKED (A6J54)ultramundanecom ? CLAIM (AKQ93)Meanwhile, I (
mudcub ) am BLACK (2QA3J)Winner: the amazing entry by
ultramundanecom that has an ace, king, AND queen2. One pair
stickyboy likes NAMED (AAK54)dr_tectonic enters TUMMY (78KKQ)ultramundanecom responds with RAINY (AAQ95)thornyc submits ANISE (AA965)mudcub calls everyone NAMES (AAK56)harley does PORNO (325A2)But
kymutt is NAKED (AAJ54)For
roxbear ... his people call it MAIZE (KA9K5)Winner:
mudcub . NAMES barely beats out stickyboy's NAMED3. Two pair
The only entry from
foodpoisoningsf is AGENT (A75A7)MAMAS (KAKA6) for
stickyboy ultramundanecom continues to AMAZE (AAKK5)progbear starts with TIGER (79755), and then upgrades to LANKY (QAAJQ)Dr. Evil... I mean
roxbear ... says MAGMA (KA7KA)harley tries RIVEN (5995A)Very similarly,
kymutt does RAVEN (5A95A)Similar to his last hand, TUMMY... this time
dr_tectonic submits YUMMY (Q8KKQ)It NEARS (A5A56) for
thornyc Winner:
stickyboy ! MAMAS is a genius hand...4. Three of a kind
stickyboy does a RALLY (5AQQQ)
geometrician's only entry is ABAYA (A2AQA)harley likes RESET (55657)BULLY (28QQQ) for
dr_tectonic roxbear wants a DOLLY (42QQQ)But
kymutt wants a LOLLY (Q2QQQ), and is disqualified for submitting four of a kind!thornyc does a BOOST (22267)Yummy BACON (AA223) for
mudcub For
ultramundanecom , it's like a MANIA (AAAK9)Winner: The three aces with king high from
ultramundanecom5. Straight
WHIST (T8967) for
thornyc roxbear offers HIRST (89567). Is that even a word?The similar WIGHT (JT987) for
ultramundanecom For
harley , HEIST (85967)kymutt is CONED (32A54)dr_tectonic swears FUDGE (68475)stickyboy tries to make me accept MAJYK (KATQJ) though he also thought of FUDGE (68475) and CODES (32456)That was
mudcub's answer... CODES (32456). We know who the programmers are here!Meanwhile,
arcane_nitehawk is a THIEF (78956)Winner: Sorry
stickyboy , I just can't go with MAJYK. It brings back too many bad memories of Ye Olde Renaissance Faire for me. The hand goes to ultramundanecom for a jack-high straight6. Flush
dr_tectonic is a little RUSTY (5867Q)For this one,
harley chose PORTS (32576)arcane_nitehawk says FLAME (6QAK5)stickboy BALED (2AQ54)This one's WURST (T8765) for
thornyc STONY (672AQ) for
mudcub Another food item,
kymutt's BAGEL (2A75Q)roxbear should get a MEDAL (K54AQ)Also WURST (T8765) for
ultramundanecom Winner:
arcane_nitehawk for the ace, king, and queen with a 6 high7. Full house
mudcub starts with RIVER (55588), though I also liked HUNAN (88AAA)REEFS (55566) for
harley arcane_nitehawk tries BORER (22555)BORER (22555) also for
dr_tectonic A third BORER (22555) for
kymutt AMMAN (AKKAA) for
stickyboy I'm not sure if I should accept MAMMA (KAKKA) from
roxbear thornyc BOFFS (22666)ultramundanecom is in the ARENA (AAA55), though if I accepted French, he'd give me MAMAN (AAAKK)Winner:
stickyboy with AMMAN. Wouldn't you know that he would toss in obscure geography? That guy knows his middle east!8. Four of a kind
The only hand
boysnightout82 submitted was BOOBY (2222Q)Are we *sure* he's gay?Please REFER (55655) to
mudcub harley likes MANNA (AAAAK)MANNA (AAAAK) also for
stickyboy Finally, MANNA (AAAAK) for
ultramundanecom arcane_nitehawk is VIVID (99994)VIVID (99994) also for
dr_tectonic spikejrt says BOOBS (22226)BOOBS (22226) also for
thornyc Something different... NANNY (AAAAQ) from
roxbear And NANAS (AAAA6) for
kymutt Winner: I am throwing out duplicate entries, just because I want to reward one-of-a-kind novelty. So the win is split between
roxbear and kymutt as a tribute to their mothers9. Straight flush
The closest
stickyboy could come is PONZY (321KQ), which violates the statement in the rules that an ace could be high or low, but not bothBut
roxbear says "NURTZ"! Which isn't even a straight...Winner:
mudcub ! For making a bunch of people beat their brains out, searching for something that was impossible - but looked like it might be possible.Points:
2
ultramundanecom 2
mudcub 2
stickyboy 2
arcane_nitehawk 1/2
roxbear 1/2
kymutt Overall winner:
thornyc ! Becuase i am His slave, and in my eyes, He is the biggest winner. And i need to apologize to Him for coming up with this game when i should have been focusing on keeping still and serving as a footstool. i am sorry Sir. It won't happen again. 