Close Encounters of the Poker Kind

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I’m not playing since movies tell you they can read your mind!
 
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I am definitely staying and playing interesting to what we are playing and how they are playing. Aliens might be better and more friendly than some human folks we have here on earth. Besides I have played in places that sounds much scarier than this.
 
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You're in a remote location, and off in the distance you see a glowing light deep in the woods. Intrigued, you go to investigate. To your shock and underlying horror, in a clearing deep in the woods, you discover an alien spacecraft. Outside the craft in the clearing, a table is set up with four odd looking beings...playing...poker...? Just as you are about to bolt and get the hell out of there, one of the beings spots you! As you stand frozen in place, it gestures to an empty chair beside them at the table, where there is a stack of chips. Clearly, they are inviting you to join them.

What do you do? Stay and play and have the experience of a life time at risk to life and limb? Or run for your life?

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Now this is a spin off in @najisami style. You accept their invitation and play in fear what would happen to you and then out of nowhere you receive a call from your mother in law that your wife's water broke unexpectedly. Should you stay? Should you go? :ROFLMAO:

Now let's get back to the topic. I would accept their invitation and play. Since one of them spotted me, they'll probably going to "probe" me in both scenarios so I'm doomed anyway.
 
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You're in a remote location, and off in the distance you see a glowing light deep in the woods. Intrigued, you go to investigate. To your shock and underlying horror, in a clearing deep in the woods, you discover an alien spacecraft. Outside the craft in the clearing, a table is set up with four odd looking beings...playing...poker...? Just as you are about to bolt and get the hell out of there, one of the beings spots you! As you stand frozen in place, it gestures to an empty chair beside them at the table, where there is a stack of chips. Clearly, they are inviting you to join them.

What do you do? Stay and play and have the experience of a life time at risk to life and limb? Or run for your life?

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but it's not worth running away, they'll catch you anyway
 
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It would be interesting to play poker with intelligent persons. In addition, I could gain invaluable experience and knowledge of beings from other galaxies. )
 
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You're in a remote location, and off in the distance you see a glowing light deep in the woods. Intrigued, you go to investigate. To your shock and underlying horror, in a clearing deep in the woods, you discover an alien spacecraft. Outside the craft in the clearing, a table is set up with four odd looking beings...playing...poker...? Just as you are about to bolt and get the hell out of there, one of the beings spots you! As you stand frozen in place, it gestures to an empty chair beside them at the table, where there is a stack of chips. Clearly, they are inviting you to join them.

What do you do? Stay and play and have the experience of a life time at risk to life and limb? Or run for your life?

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If they invited me to the game, then it would be rude of me to leave. I'll sit down and play. There is no "risk to life and limb" unless you risk by slowrolling them. THAT would be risk to life and limb. Play your best. Be a good sport. Maybe make some friends at the poker table. You are also more likely to be physically safe if you are friends with them. Them offering you to play is actually +EV for you :)
 
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I would run for my life out of fear alone. I think that's also an instinct. In the end they play a different kind of poker and I don't know anything about it or I'm so bad that they slaughter me right away or so good that they kill me too to get my intelligence. So I don't see what advantage it could bring me to play with aliens.
 
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I would put the fear aside, bring something to drink to the table and start playing. Let's be honest, how many times in your life do you get the opportunity to play intergalactic poker and have some green men to beat at your favorite game :alien::alien::alien:? :ROFLMAO::love::eek:😅😋
 
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You're in a remote location, and off in the distance you see a glowing light deep in the woods. Intrigued, you go to investigate. To your shock and underlying horror, in a clearing deep in the woods, you discover an alien spacecraft. Outside the craft in the clearing, a table is set up with four odd looking beings...playing...poker...? Just as you are about to bolt and get the hell out of there, one of the beings spots you! As you stand frozen in place, it gestures to an empty chair beside them at the table, where there is a stack of chips. Clearly, they are inviting you to join them.

What do you do? Stay and play and have the experience of a life time at risk to life and limb? Or run for your life?

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Depends on their game's level. As an old saying goes, don't play the table if there is no fish there. If they play well - run as fast as you usually run from microstakes nit tables
 
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I don't really believe in aliens, so it's probably a couple of guys in costume, so with that in mind and if I've got a couple of hours free to burn, I'd probably pull up a chair....

So long as I'm not sat on BB first hand...
 
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You're in a remote location, and off in the distance you see a glowing light deep in the woods. Intrigued, you go to investigate. To your shock and underlying horror, in a clearing deep in the woods, you discover an alien spacecraft. Outside the craft in the clearing, a table is set up with four odd looking beings...playing...poker...? Just as you are about to bolt and get the hell out of there, one of the beings spots you! As you stand frozen in place, it gestures to an empty chair beside them at the table, where there is a stack of chips. Clearly, they are inviting you to join them.

What do you do? Stay and play and have the experience of a life time at risk to life and limb? Or run for your life?

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Sit down, play and endeavour to endear myself to the beings enough to the point where they offer/agree to take me with them... 🙏

Obviously!

At this stage I'd likely hitch any ride off this rock going... :LOL:

Would give pretty much anything to be travelling again. :giggle:
 
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Since I am the curious type, I would stay and play, plus there's a chance to learn a new variant :LOL:
I also second what Sami said (y)
 
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I mean I love poker but I love myself even a bit more, I think....
 
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It's strange how I ended up so far from civilization??? 😁😁😁😁😁 But since I've found myself in such an adventure, why run? They invite me to play, of course—if they were hostile, they wouldn't have invited me; making first contact is easier with a common interest. And with the topic that they can scan my brain and know my thoughts in advance—if they have such abilities, they can't play with themselves, so they're on the same level as me. What is our life? A game!!! Welcome to New Vasyuki!!!
 
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Oh i am so playing and taking the chair.

I sure as heck wont be pointing to the sky if i win the four hander and screech ET go/phone home.

Ive played poker with far stranger people at G Casino Luton UK.

Love this question.
 
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6E18557A AC03 45EE 9728 25C42BB2BD01lol 😂. I would have to play. Because who knows if I refuse I may get vaporized. If you write a book I would read it and I don’t like reading.
 
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I doubt running is going to be productive if they wish me harm. Are they playing for american dollars? Advanced technology? Alien drugs???? Can they read minds? It would depend on the stakes, but I'd likely sit down and try to have a little game. If they probe me, I hope they don't go all in.
 
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Free chips, sure I'll sit and play. Whats the worst that could happen? But if they can read minds i'm doomed.
 
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Hi :)
No problem. I would love to play. I wonder what the first place prize is. A flying machine?
 
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Interesting situation )))
Guys from another galaxy flew in to play poker, but settled somewhere in a dense forest and are waiting for a curious earthling to play together.
Before I sit down at the table with them, I need to know the price of a chip, otherwise there is no point in playing without knowing that you can lose or win ))) If the price is acceptable to me, I will play with aliens.
I think that creatures from another galaxy or maybe even universe who flew to earth and know how to play poker can be given a little head start in the game and lose the first couple of chips)))
Well, to be honest, I would not go alone into the deep forest at night in an incomprehensible light a couple of miles away from me.

OIP
 
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I would leave as them knowing eachother I think the chance of collusion is sky high.
Besides that I would call 911 because of an illegal pokergame.

Back home I think I would watch ET again.
 
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I would play and win money from another world.
 
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Remote Location, hmm! I guess I am not alone. So if my partner wants to play, I'm in. Let's play.
 
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If it is strip poker and there are probes on the table I will make a run for it.:ROFLMAO:
 
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My God, you guys come up with such great ideas!!!!:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
Well, since he gestured for me to go play with them and didn't dismember me right away, I'm assuming and hoping that they were friendly.
But honestly, since I was in very hostile territory, there was no way I was going to win those chips.:alien::alien::alien::alien::alien:
 
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