March 7, 2010

Poker Hands of the Utterly Despondent

1) Pair of Tears with an Ace kicker
2) Straight to the Knife of Hearts

3) Flush, Two high

4) Full House, Doubts over Thoughts

5) Two Threes or not Two Threes

6) The Gravedigger Special, one Six of Deep

7) Five Kings of Impossibility

8) Four of an Unkind

9) Despair of Nines

10) Empty House, Nothing over Aught

11) Treble Troubles

12) Roil Flush

13) Zero of Hopes High

14) Four Jacks - the Jack of Asses, Jack of Shame, Jack of Dread, and Jack of Pain

15) Straight Flush of Empty Suits

3 comments:

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Unknown said...

Flush... too high?

A Flush Too High

My Jacks are Never Wild... sigh.

Brendon Etter said...

Nice, Jeff. That's what I was going for, also just the impossibility of a five card flush with the two being highest among them. Somehow, you have negative cards... that would signal some despondency.