Bluffing: Can't Read My... [Period 5, Wed]

[doubleohblonde]

Today in the casino, there were three smaller tables, each with two chairs facing each other and two stacks of personalised chips, with Bond centrally located between the three.

"Good afternoon," he said. "Today you'll be playing a form of straight poker, which is where each player is dealt their complete hand and all bets are made against those cards. You'll be playing in pairs for three rounds of three hands each, changing partners after each round, which will hopefully give you an idea of how different people have different playing and bluffing styles."

While they found their first assigned tables, Bond continued. "Remember, having the better hand does not necessarily translate to automatically winning, through it certainly helps. You want to play the player across from you not the cards, read their body language and facial cues, try to determine if they think they have a good hand and take that into consideration when placing bets and raising stakes."

[Class Roster]

Announcements, Thursday Morning

[bigdamnprincipal]

Early in the morning, the PA system came to life with a squeak and Zoe's voice could be heard soon after.

"Good morning, everyone. I'd like to thank the folks who signed up to be part of the Student Council, and without further ado, here is this year's council: Topher Brink, Cordelia Chase, Jessica Drew, Minako Aino, Loki Laufeyson, Emma Swan, Alana [microphone feedback], Evan Sabahnur, and Cecil Baldwin. Our first meeting will be tomorrow during lunch, and I'm looking forward to seeing all of you."

Live Entertainment Appreciation, Thursday, Period 5

[furnaceface]

Jonothon was rocking his tricorn hat and shoulder parrot today, thank you all very much, as he waited for his students to join him on the Causeway.

"Today, we're going to go and see another sporting event," he stated, once everyone had arrived. "Because I can't get this bloody hat or this damn bird to go anywhere, I had to find something that'd be welcoming to a pack of oddballs dressed as pirates, today."

The bird on Jono's shoulder squawked, and then added, "Arr, mateys! We be goin' ashore t'see a real keelhauling! I got me trusty hat and parrot, and ain't never seen a more scurvy group of bilge rats than ye!"

"Er… thank you."

"Brawwk!"

Jono and the bird stared at one another for a moment, before Jono shook his head and nodded toward the portal.

"I hope you like baseball. We're going to Pittsburgh to see today's Pirates game."

Jono couldn't care less about baseball, himself. He'd far sooner be watching football, instead. Proper football. The kind where the ball actually spent a fair amount of time touching the players' feet.

The parrot, who had no idea what baseball was, hesitated for a moment before just saying, "Avast!"

Jono shook his head and fed it a cracker from his pocket, and then waved people through the portal. He could say more, but anybody who had ever had a large parrot screeching in their ear could probably imagine why he wasn't in a hurry to encourage it to speak more.

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Current Affairs [Thursday, September 19, 2013]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Ye mess up me iPad and ye'll be stuffed 'n mounted," Josh warned the parrot on his shoulder angrily as the students arrived.

"Shiver me timbers," he continued with a little "I can't help it" eyeroll, "but it be Thursday again, which means it be time fer yer class o' current affairs!"

He held up his iPad. "Today I be wantin' t' focus, not on how Syria's Assad is naught but a lyin' bilgerat who be claimin' not t' believe the UN's assessment that be sayin' he be usin' chemical weapons on his own people, but instead upon how all members o' the Grand Old Party should be keelhauled, tarred 'n feathered 'n made to walk the plank fer takin' us YET AGAIN to the brink o' a government shut down because apparently the FORTY OTHER TIMES THEY BE TRYIN' 'N FAILIN' TO OVERRIDE THE HEALTH CARE BILL BE NOT A HINT THAT NO ONE BE WANTIN' THEM TO DO THAT."

Yeah, even in pirate, Josh would rant about the Republicans in the House.

"Today, tell me what punishment ye be findin' fittin' fer such low-down thievin' cowards. Ye in the hat there--ye start."