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Originally Posted by that_pope
Good advice to start a game. Unfortunately my wife doesn't do poker at all and would have no interest in it.
I found myself sitting alone at the table on some cruises trying to get a game started at the non scheduled times. Had no problem getting a game when it said in the itinerary that cash game poker starts at 7pm or whatever.
For some reason, it was only on the first night of my most recent cruise that the ship's itinerary had a "Hold Em Players Meet" entry. The other days and nights there was no mention of poker, even when the casino was open. And, on previous cruises, I used to sit at the table and wait for someone to join me, but often I would wait 30 to 40 minutes and no one would sit down. One time, a young guy with a lot of Bling came by and looked at me for a few moments and then said, "Nah, you look like a poker player" and walked on.
But when I sit down and play my wife heads up, and we (by previous agreement) limp and check every hand down to the river, other players always show up. And my wife then leaves, as, although she can sort of play poker, she is scared to death of NL cash games and will not play with strangers.