In my childhood, if you walked into a truck stop diner and they had one of the poker-playing dog series of prints on the wall, you knew the food was excellent.
Look, if you don’t go all in on four aces, you have no soul. If you go all in on four aces and lose because the pug across the table has a straight flush, a heart attack and slide under the table is an appropriate response.
The tongue-out response from the losers who folded is gratuitous.
The moment Steve McQueenie realizes that he has been gutted. “You’re good kid. But as long as I’m around you’re always going to be second best.” – Edward G. Roverson
He thought that his hand was hot/he was sure he’d be taking the pot/he had wagered a lot/but the poor guy knew not/ that he’d bet against…“Minnesota Spot”!
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2354 (December 19, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Sure, Bob the Bulldog was having Queenie the waitress-collie do unmentionable things to him under the table, but the rest of the guys still laughed—for they knew Bob had been neutered.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
If you’re going to cheat, CHEAT BIG!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When playing poker, make sure you can handle your toilet water.
garcoa almost 5 years ago
Hey, that straight doesn’t beat my 6 aces.
Strob Premium Member almost 5 years ago
♫”I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told”…♫
(I was just reading that “Cats” is so bad, one of the reviews said “Congratulations dogs.”)
Strob Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Dog gone.
Papared25 almost 5 years ago
Ruff crowd.
gopher gofer almost 5 years ago
cassius, known to one and all as “kash,” which was ironic since he didn’t have much of a poker face and so never cashed in…
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
So a straight flush beats four of a kind. Didn’t know that.
orinoco womble almost 5 years ago
In my childhood, if you walked into a truck stop diner and they had one of the poker-playing dog series of prints on the wall, you knew the food was excellent.
MS72 almost 5 years ago
“To get your picture on the wall, you have to catch one o’ them cars!”
WoodstockJack almost 5 years ago
Look, if you don’t go all in on four aces, you have no soul. If you go all in on four aces and lose because the pug across the table has a straight flush, a heart attack and slide under the table is an appropriate response.
The tongue-out response from the losers who folded is gratuitous.
https://www.briggsoft.com/docs/pmavens/Rules_Holdem.htm
DATo almost 5 years ago
The moment Steve McQueenie realizes that he has been gutted. “You’re good kid. But as long as I’m around you’re always going to be second best.” – Edward G. Roverson
lagoulou almost 5 years ago
Best you chase squirrels instead of playing cards…
Reader almost 5 years ago
Ever after that he was seen with a hang dog expression while mutt-ering about having a bone to pick over this.
Linguist almost 5 years ago
Senate Republicans reacting to a request for an open and honest, non-partisan impeachment trial.
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
The artist was born in 1844!
Bookworm almost 5 years ago
These rules are inherently unfair!
Call me Ishmael almost 5 years ago
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 5 years ago
What I wanna know is how they are holding the cards.
Another Take almost 5 years ago
Bully was very familiar with the old cliche but he was still shocked when everybody else at the table blamed the fart on him.
mabrndt Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Poker Sympathy:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassius_Marcellus_Coolidge_-_Poker_Sympathy.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this painting (still in the process of gathering info about it).
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/coolidge_cm.html
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=3858
https://www.wikiart.org/en/cassius-marcellus-coolidge
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10486199/cassius-marcellus-coolidge
https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Cassius_Marcellus_Coolidge/25191/Cassius_Marcellus_Coolidge.aspx
https://www.dogsplayingpoker.org/bio/coolidge/
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2354 (December 19, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
epaphus8 almost 5 years ago
Sure, Bob the Bulldog was having Queenie the waitress-collie do unmentionable things to him under the table, but the rest of the guys still laughed—for they knew Bob had been neutered.
Jml58 almost 5 years ago
You know somebody is cheating when your four kings and an ace is beaten by four aces and a king.
kauri44 almost 5 years ago
Was this the first Dogs Playing Poker painting?
d1234dick Premium Member almost 5 years ago
poncho had too many aces and the group let him know it.
GoComicsGo! almost 5 years ago
“I don’t don’t know how the fifth ace got there.”