My new neighbors decided that their display over the football games required an encore. They asked me if I played poker. Warily, I said yes. "Good," they replied. But then one cautioned, "We're very serious poker players."
The implication was clear. If I'm a poseur, I shouldn't sit down with them.
Suspecting the answer before I asked the question, I asked "So does that mean you don't play just no-limit hold-em?"
"Huh?"
An hour later, we're playing just no-limit hold-em. "As seen on TV!!" I hear in my head, as I silently grieve for the poker rooms of yore.
"Wait. Does the big blind or small blind bet first?" asks the Very Serious Player.