Friday, April 27, 2012

Playing Poker

I've played Poker all my life.  I've said many times that I learned my numbers from playing cards.  I thought when you counted, once you got to ten, next came Jack, Queen, King.
This is the earliest picture I have of me playing Poker.  That's me in the front on the right.  Hidden behind my head I thought it was Jean, but now I really can't tell.  Does it look like they don't have a shirt on?
Anyway, the other people, on my left is Susie, and across from me is Willie.  Both of them are my Double Cousins.  Standing is Janet, my Cousin. My best guess is that I am about 11-12 years old here.
I know at home, Jean, Joe, and I would often divide out the poker chips and start playing cards.  We never played for any money, just for chips.  Beside Poker, we played almost any other card game you could name.  Hearts, Spades, Canasta, Rummy, Black Jack, Pinochle, Cribbage, and of course, War.

3 comments:

Mary Lynn's Blog said...

No wonder you're good at cards.

Judith Bowman said...

And numbers. And...bluffing?

Mark said...

That is really a great photo!