There’snothing like Poker Night—playing cards, having a few drinks, and sharing laughs with friends. What if no one inyour life has a regular Poker Night? Maybe it’s time you started one. We haveall the tips you need to host the bestPoker Night!

Blanche compares Stanley to a caveman, his poker night to a party of apes, and exhorts Stella not to regress to Stanley's primitive level but to evolve into a higher level of human. After listening to Blanche's speech, Stanley steps out and steps back in, this time making his presence known and pretending he had just arrived. O’Dempsey’s Matthew Finlay explained: “O’Dempsey’s are doing a shave or dye for Dan and now that we have hit €8,000, I’m going to dye my hair the Portarlington colours live on my Instagram at 9pm on Wednesday. 13 others have agreed to do the same and they will join me on the live feed on the night. Blockers with indestructible rather than protection also don't intrinsically let the second hit go through to deal full damage to the defending player: unlike the creature with protection, they can actually get dealt the required minimum number of '1 damage' during first strike, but after that 1 damage is marked on them and fails to kill them.

7 Tips to Planning the Best Poker Night

1) Invitations

Hostinga Poker Night gives you an opportunity to gather a different mix of peopletogether—colleagues, old friends, family, and neighbors. It’s important, though,to be mindful of how the group will mix together, especially if there isalcohol involved. Discreet invitations by mail, especially for your first pokernight are a nice touch. Creating a Facebook group is also a fantastic way toconnect with everyone ahead of time, share video tutorials, and answer guestquestions easily.

Include inyour invites:

• Gamestart and ending time
• Ifyou’ll serve dinner
• Whethersmoking is allowed
• Ifguests are allowed to bring anyone
• Thebuy-in and re-buy
• Dresscode. Poker night can be a casual affair, or an excuse to get dressed up.

2) Playing the Game

Priorto the main game time, have an hour of open play to help new players learn allthe rules while other guests get to know each other. This will help all of yourguests feel more comfortable.

Ifyou’re newer to Poker, ask one of your friends who plays more frequently tohelp you explain the rules efficiently.

Tohelp keep things civil, set a modest buy-in, around $20. Decide on a re-buybased on your invitees, maybe a bottle of alcohol or more cash; it’s up to you.

3) Entertainment

Thegame itself is the main event, of course, but prior to the game, play somemusic while everyone enjoys drinks and gets acquainted. Jazz or cocktailstandards are perfect. Once it’s time for the game, it’s best to turn the musicdown or completely off.

Another entertainment option is to play a classic action or suspense movie, especially on a projector screen, on low volume. Guests that want to sit out a game can still relax with a drink with some easy entertainment. There are inexpensive projectors that can be purchased for laptops or phones that turn a blank wall into a movie theater.

Othergames, like darts can provide some easyentertainment between Poker games.

4) Supplies

While you don’t need to completely refurnish your home to host Poker Night, there are a few things that make the game much more enjoyable. At GameTablesOnline.com, we pride ourselves in carrying the best in home game room furniture, at a fraction of the cost. Get your ultimate game room started with a table set or a few comfy chairs.

Toset up for the game, you’ll want to make space for gaming tables by movingsofas, dining tables, and other large furniture pieces against the wall. If youhave card tables, utilize them. Make sure you have a chair at the card tablesfor every player, plus a few extra.

Forthe game itself, make sure you have plenty of poker chipsand high-quality playing cards.

Ifyou’re allowing guests to smoke indoors, be sure to provide stylish ash traysfor each table. If you’re requesting that guests enjoy cigars outdoors, place afew ash trays outside where guests can easily access them.

5) Food and Drinks

Every good poker night party has delicious food. You don’t have to cater or spend hours in the kitchen to have Poker Night be a smashing success. A good guideline is to have hot appetizers for the beginning of the party, and provide crunchy, salty snacks in bowls in the middle of the table. If you’re into cocktails, you can whip up some signature drinks at the bar or keep it simple with beer and wine. Always be sure to have some non-alcoholic beverages on hand as well, like iced tea, ginger ale, and water.

Poker Night, the start of a new tradition

Withthese tips, your first Poker Night will be one for the books. The best thingsabout hosting your first Poker Night is that it can become a regular thing.Gather friends monthly, seasonally, or whenever you feel like a good, old fashionedcard game is in order. For more gaming ideas and supplies visit our full catalogue or contact one of our experts.

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Poker Night, released in the UK as The Joker, is a 2014 crime thriller film that was written and directed by Greg Francis.^[1] The film was released to video on demand on 5 December 2014 and had a limited theatrical release on 20 December.^[2][3] Filmed in British Columbia, Poker Night centers upon a rookie detective that decides to attend an annual poker night held by veteran police officers, where each one details how they captured a murder suspect.^[4]

Plot[edit]

Stan Jeter (Beau Mirchoff) is a new detective who gets invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives. Each one tells Stan about various insights they gained from different murder cases they investigated, which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious, anonymous assailant (Michael Eklund). He finds that he has been imprisoned with Amy (Halston Sage), the daughter of a police officer, and that he must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a way for both himself and Amy to escape.

Cast[edit]

• Beau Mirchoff as Stan Jeter
• Ron Perlman as Calabrese
• Giancarlo Esposito as Bernard
• Corey William Large as Davis
• Titus Welliver as Maxwell
• Halston Sage as Amy
• Ron Eldard as Cunningham
• Michael Eklund as The Man
• Kieran Large as Shawn Allen

Release[edit]

Home media[edit]

Poker Night was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Xlrator on February 10, 2015.^[5]

Critical response[edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Poker Night holds an approval rating of 50%, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 5.39/10.^[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating 'generally unfovorable reviews'.^[7]

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review, writing, 'Poker Night offers a near-indigestible mix of tricky Pulp Fiction-esque structural convolution, torture-porn tropes and a somewhat distasteful level of snark, making for a self-satisfied puzzle that most viewers will run out of patience trying to unravel.'^[8] Martin Tsai from Los Angeles Times offered the film similar criticism, stating that the film 'brings to mind so many forgettable thrillers from the 1990s, films that aimed to impress stylistically but ultimately were met with indifference.'^[9] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter, although commending the film's acting, and 'somewhat anthology feel', criticized the endless voicover narration, 'jumbled timeline', and devolving to genre tropes. Scheck concluded his review by writing, 'Although it features plenty of entertaining moments along the way, in the end Poker Night feels like a cheat.'^[10] Patrick Cooper from Bloody Disgusting felt that the film showed promise and featured good performances, but was ruined by its nonlinear narrative, and inconsitant tone.^[11]

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The film was not without its supporters. Matt Donato from We Got This Covered awarded the film three and a half out of five stars, writing, 'Poker Night is a 'wild card' watch, but Greg Francis flashes a winning hand by making a memorable monster out of Michael Eklund.'^[12] Matt Molgaard from HorrorFreakNews rated the film a similar three and a half out of five stars, writing, 'Poker Night may not satisfy those in search of the goriest film of the year, but anyone up for a unique viewing experience, a strong cast and a damn sharp villain are going to find Poker Night to be more than simply adequate.'^[13] Matt Boiselle of Dread Central gave the film four out of five stars, commending the film's performances, interwoven stories, and villain.^[14]

References[edit]

1. ^Patten, Dominic. ''Revolution's Giancarlo Esposito Joins Indie 'Poker Night''. Deadline. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
2. ^Woods, Kevin. 'Trailer and key art for Greg Francis' Poker Night, starring Ron Perlman'. JoBlo. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
3. ^Hunter, Rob. ''Pioneer' and 'Poker Night' Both Start With 'P' and Open This Friday, But Are They Thrillers Worth Seeing?'. Film School Rejects. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
4. ^Harvey, Dennis. 'Film Review: 'Poker Night''. Variety. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
5. ^'Poker Night (2014) - Greg Francis'. Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
6. ^'Poker Night (2014) – Rotten Tomatoes'. Rotten Tomatoes.com. Fandango Media. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
7. ^'Poker Night reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
8. ^Harvey, Dennis. ''Poker Night' Review: A Losing Hand – Variety'. Variety.com. Variety Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
9. ^Tsai, Martin. 'Review: 'Poker Night' deals a poor hand with few high cards - Los Angeles Times'. LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
10. ^Scheck, Frank. ''Poker Night': Film Review'. HollywoodReporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
11. ^Cooper, Patrick. '[Review] 'Poker Night' Builds Up and Tears Itself Down - Bloody Disgusting'. BloodyDisgusting.com. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
12. ^Donato, Matt. 'Poker Night Review'. WeGotThisCovered.com. We Got This Covered. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
13. ^Molgaard, Matt. 'Poker Night (2014) Review'. HorrorFreakNews.com. Horror Freak News. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
14. ^Boiselle, Matt. 'Poker Night (2014) - Dread Central'. DreadCentral.com. Dread Central. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links[edit]

• Poker Night at AllMovie
• Poker Night on IMDb
• Poker Night at Metacritic
• Poker Night at Rotten Tomatoes

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