Face(less)book Chapter 2

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POKERFACE




I wasn’t really surprised to see Ace of Hearts and Ace of spade with me, when computer dealer distributed two cards each to all six the player playing Texas ‘em Poker on the artificially coded poker table in facebook. Almost everyone who used to visit regularly to the room PRO 1000k/4000k situated under the Atlanta city server knew It was my permanent battle ground and I was uncrowned King there. It was the room which people didn’t dared to enter until they had millions chips and a brave risky heart.

I had chips of worth $ 1,67,0,098 and probably the best luck among 1,45,6670 players who singed in ZyangaPoker. If there would have been some other player in place of me with the same cards, then surely he might have All In his chips or raised a big amount to give enough clues to others about his strong cards. But it wasn’t an amateur table, people there could predict the cards by your amount of chips raised and time consumed in throwing it. They could even sniff dog in sensing the bluff from other players. It wasn’t the game only involving luck and winning the frame. I was about snatching, bluffing and predicting others cards. Game theory always helped in that case. It was all about what other will think when he knows that you know what he thinks.

I decided to raise the amount by $ 10,000 because everybody was willing to take a chance with the flops which would be opening after one or two probable round. After me, all other five players leveled the bet by throwing chips of worth $ 10,000 making it a play of worth $50,000. But, no one dared to raise the amount further. There was least possibility that I only had strong cards. It was my experience gained by playing 7555 hands which took me to Rank 82 Pro. I decided to Hit Check so that I could match my card with Flops which will be opening sooner or later. Everyone hit Check copying me. They also wanted to see Flops with a hope that, they might get straight, flush, or three of a kind.

It was again my turn when dealer revealed awaited flops which opened a 10, J, 9 all of diamonds. It gave me a little shock, because if any other player had both diamonds, then he can obviously outshine my pair of Ace. But, then also I decided to take a risk by raising level of chips from $10,000 to $ 2,00,000 as it would scare the shit out of fragile and scrooge hearts. Person sitting next to me didn’t wasted time in folding his cards. Third person took a while to think and then he also leveled the bet which added $ 2, 00,000 more to the heap of chips on the table. Watching, him also raising fourth person folded the cards as there were already two people in the battle. May be he had mismatching cards or something else was going in his mind. It was finally the turn of last and only female player Babylicious with rank of 4-Fish present on the table. Watching amateur female player, I wasn’t able to refrain myself from watching her details. Poor girl had only $ 7, 76,000 in her account, the lowest on the table. To my amazement she also leveled the amount to $ 2, 00,000. I was forced to predict her cards by such a daring move. Either he had a Straight possibility as Flops opened 10, J, 9 or Flush because all the flops were of diamond. No other possibility could have given her such a big dare to level bet by $ 2, 00,000.

If the next card opened another Ace then also she’d win if she had Flush or Straight. I was unable to take decision. There was no turning back in poker. I raised amount further by $ 3, 00,000 making it a frame worth of $ 50,000 + $ 2,00,000 +$ 2,00,000 + $ 2,00,000 +$ 3,00,000. Total of $ 9, 50,000. Watching me raising the amount further person next to me folded the cards at once when his turn came. Now, the battle was between only two player one pro male and one amateur female. Babylicious wasted no time in leveling the bet .She threw another $ 3,00,000 without taking a time, which gave me a clue that she had confidence in her cards. It was my turn again. The frame was getting really hot with amount of $ 12,50,000. It wasn’t that I had not played such a big frame but loosing to women. I never imagined. I had pair of Ace and she had probability of Straight and Flush both greater then me. According to me she had just a possibility, therefore to confirm whether she had Straight or Flops I decided to check next card and hitted Check button. She also wasted no time; with her hit of Check button computer dealer again opened a 7 of Spade as a new card on the table. Now there was 7,9,10, and J on the table with still one card to be opened and I had pair of Ace. If she had 8 and the next card from dealer proves to be ace then also I’ll loose. I was confused what to do.

Therefore, again I decided to hit the Check button to see the last card- turn which would be thrown by dealer if Babylicious also hits Check button. Then after, it was her turn. She took some time to think then she raised the amount further by $ 1,00,000. She sensed that I was desperate to see the last card as I hitted the Check button twice continuously. I had to throw another $ 1,00,000 to see the last card. I wasted no time. The next card opened 3 of hearts which broke my heart, as my all hope of 3 Ace’s was ruined. But the frame was of $ 12,50,000 out of which $ 5,10,000 were mine. First time I regretted my move to raise such a great amount on pair of Ace. There was only one way left, bluff. Therefore, I further raised the amount by $ 50,000 so that she doesn’t get the clue that I was trying to bluff her. Instead of leveling the bet she raised further by $1,00,000 scaring shit out of me. I was sure that, I wasn’t going to win if she had straight or flush and I wasn’t sure about it. I tired my level best to scare her but instead she scared me. Feeding all this data in my brain, I got a result that she had a Straight or Flush. I started preparing my self to fold, so that I can stop loosing money anymore.

In the fight of thoughts, I was completely lost in touch with reality. For once manly thought popped in my head, how can you surrender to her? You have already raised so much money why to bother about more? But again another reasoning thought came from my mind. Don’t act like a fool Eiggy Piggy. When a poor girl can bet all her money then she is sure to have a strongest card. Fold it! It would be a typical fool if you loose money anymore. The poker clock was ticking faster and faster. Suddenly, I was distracted when the clock sounded the ultimate alarm. I got back to real world with a successful decision to fold the cards. But, it was already too late, only were two seconds left and I had number of task to do before folding - Hold the mouse, drag it to the Fold button and hit it.

I failed !

I wasn’t able to hit the fold in given time; therefore I got stood up automatically from my seat. I watched all the chips of million adding into her account. Everybody in the room was amazed to see that I stood up in fear. But, I only knew, It wasn’t more then a blunder.

Rest of the four players wasted no time in typing ‘nice hand, nice hand’ in the common chat box. I took my seat back in a flash of second, so that other player couldn’t occupy my lucky seat.

‘Eiggy Piggy got scared… Lol’ she replied in common chat box.

I was bubbling inside; she was insulting me in my battleground. ‘You were lucky enough that my mouse got disconnected.’ I lied in the box.

Computer dealer threw cards again to everyone to start next frame. But, I was least interested because Babylicious took grand sum of money and insulted me. I folded my cards with caring about it and went back to type message in common chat box to type some message.

‘Why don’t you use laptop instead? It doesn’t require mouse’ she threw a tantrum in from of everyone present in the room. Everyone supported with ‘lol’ to her tantrum, making me further angry.

I wasn’t interested in cards anymore; my interested was shifted to talk with Babylicious. I wasn’t going to R.I.P until I took revenge with her. Therefore, replied with utter anger ‘Fish ranked Babylicious; you have just won a single hand. Remember you messed with a pro’

‘I didn’t messed with you instead you messed with me.’ Reply came from her side.

‘ Ohhh!! really?’ I pretended, as I knew I was the only one was started all this mess.

‘**** off ! Pokerface’ she abused. But, Poker application censored the f-word by replacing with four stars. Everyone in the room knew what she was trying to say.

As I was about to reply her, I noticed she was no more there on the table. May she return back to lobby or she was standing in the room waiting for my reply. I decided to drop the topic and return back to the game.

To my surprise I wasn’t able to concentrate on cards any more and in next three round. I lost $ 5, 00,000 more. It is all due to Babylicious, I cursed her returning back to the lobby. I wanted to take revenge with her, but she was to be found no where.

I moved my cursor to the Search tab and typed Babylicious to search her facebook profile. Luckily, facebook found two Babylicious. I discovered there was a mutual friend ‘ Sharkhead’ with Babylicious. Sharhead was my treasure; he had 799 friends most of which were beautiful friend. That was the reason that made me add him in my friend list. One of Babylicious was also in her friend list. I decided to give friend request to both of them, unknowing which one was my target bitch.

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Hi,

This whole chunk bellow sounds like a poker player's blog. It's a very boring account about a game with a lot of numbers. It is quite hard to get past in order to get to the "romantic" part.

From I wasn’t really surprised to see Ace of Hearts and Ace of spade with me, to But, it was already too late, only were two seconds left and I had number of task to do before folding - Hold the mouse, drag it to the Fold button and hit it.

‘Eiggy Piggy got scared… Lol’ she replied in the common chat box.

I was bubbling inside; she was insulting me in my battleground. ‘You were lucky enough that my mouse got disconnected.’ I lied in the box. why the single quotation marks?

Computer dealer threw cards again to everyone to start next frame. But, I was least interested because Babylicious took grand sum of money and insulted me. I folded my cards without caring about it and went back to type message in common chat box to type some message delete the repetition.

‘Why don’t you use laptop instead? It doesn’t require mouse’ she threw a tantrum in from front of everyone present in the room. Everyone supported with ‘lol’ to her tantrum Everyone supported her tantrum with 'lol', making me further angry even angrier.

I wasn’t interested in cards anymore; my interested was shifted to talking with Babylicious. I wasn’t going to R.I.P until I took revenge with her. Therefore, I replied with utter anger ‘Fish ranked Babylicious; you have just won a single hand. Remember you messed with a pro’

‘I didn’t messed messwith you , instead you messed with me.’ Reply came from her side.

‘ Ohhh!! really?’ I pretended, as I knew I was the only one was who started all this mess.

As I was about to reply to her, I noticed she was not more there on at the table anymore. Maybe she returned back to lobby or she was standing in the room waiting for my reply.

To my surprise I wasn’t able to concentrate on cards anymore and in next three rounds. I lost $ 5, 00,000 more.

Shark head was my treasure; he had 799 friends most of which were beautiful friends. That was the reason that made me add him in to my friend list. One of Babylicious was also in her his friend list. I decided to give friend request to both of them, unknowing not knowing which one was my target bitch.


As you can see, you have a lot of grammatical mistakes. This is not romantic fiction. You are just telling how you met someone online. There is no attraction between Babylicious (what an original online name...) and the main character besides the fact that she hurt his pride. But all of this seems very trivia, just a chase after a "hot chick". Love, romance? It doesn't exist here. This is something you would tell to your guy friends and not something a reader would enjoy.




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Eiggy Piggy, hello! :D

So, the review.

Lluvialover covered a bunch of the grammatical mistakes here, and there are quite a few more. Try proofreading next time, and also use the spell checker. It can come in handy. : )

As for the story, this really isn't romantic. At all. It seems like one big complaint about an Internet argument.There really isn't any attraction, and that is essential in a romance. This is something you might blog about or tell your friends. It doesn't capture a reader's attention.

~Sporks
Grasped by the throat, grasped by the throat. That's how I feel about love. That it's not worth it.

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