#You dunno how bad my fingers itch to type emoticons but I cant--

[leiaswaglando]

A Warning to all of Julius’ Fans

DO NOT PLAY POKER WITH JULIUS. HE’S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

IF YOU PLAY TO WIN, BE READY FOR TOP TIER DECEPTION!

So maaaybe after I beat Ludger last night and he wrote that most this morning, my ego got a biiiit too inflated. Cause the second Julius got home, I asked if he would play me at Poker; when I said that, I could see Ludger vigorously shaking his head behind me despite Julius being all for it. But I was ridin’ so high, I thought, “Sure Julius probably plays more confidently than Ludger so he’ll be a tougher opponent, but I completely dominated my last best of 5! I got this!”

Turns out not ony did I not have this, but I went 0-3 in our best of 5.  How did that happen? I’ve got a really good example:

About midway through our 2nd game (we were doing best of 5), I managed to get dealt a straight flush of hearts! Course with a hand like that, the best thing to do is go all-in and get that easy win, right? Well by the look of Julius’ hand, he could’ve possibly had a straight flush of spades with a higher ending card (aka by tie breaking rules, it’d be his win). I was ready to disregard that and wager my full might on this awesome hand, but he looks me dead and eye and smiles as he raises me! And at that point, I’m thinking, “Wait, he must really have this! I don’t wanna go to Game 3 already with a 2-0!” and I folded. 

And you wanna know what happened? HE FLIPPED HIS LAST CARD AND IT WAS A 3 OF DIAMONDS! He totally duped me into chickening out of the best hand I got out of the 3 games we played! If I stuck to my guns, I could’ve made that at least a 3-1 but nooooo, he played me like a fiddle! 

Now imagine moments like that, but spread them across 3 entire poker games. I though I knew all about how Julius worked and thought before this game, and I sure paid for that hubris. So as a girl of her world, for the next week, I can’t use a single emoticon in anything I write. Texts to my friends, nope. This blog, also nope. If anyone sees me use an emoticon in writing anywhere, my “No Emoticon” ban has to go for another full week. 

I’m sure some people think, “Oh that’s barely a punishment!”, but you don’t understand-- emoticons are what make texting actually fun! Without them, the only real fun is when you and the other person are trying to tell jokes with each other! And just cause I’m banned from using them doesn’t mean Elize, Ludger, or whoever can’t taunt me with them! This loss’ll be felt every single second until it’s overrrrrrr!