「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoI hope it was beating the nut flush with a full house made from a pocket pair. Now THAT’S exciting to a poker player!
minus-squareShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-215 hours agoIt ends with a chop and the protagonist cashes out and walks away. Not exciting from a poker perspective but the protagonist develops as a person between the last bet and the reveal.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoTurns out the real pot was the friends we made along the way, or something.
I hope it was beating the nut flush with a full house made from a pocket pair.
Now THAT’S exciting to a poker player!
It ends with a chop and the protagonist cashes out and walks away. Not exciting from a poker perspective but the protagonist develops as a person between the last bet and the reveal.
Turns out the real pot was the friends we made along the way, or something.