Marvel characters and poker

[Mutagen]

He could smell and hear the good cards??

Wolverine could smell the sweat when someone's nervous and bluffing , as well as hear their heart beat when they're lying or having a good hand. That, and he probably has a mean poker face, see as how he's always going through pain and not showing it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wolverine's hearing isn't that good, as far as I know. That's Daredevil-level hearing, not Wolverine-level hearing.

 

[CBG]

What I love about Joe Q's editorial tenure is the mixed messages. It is perfectly alright to show superheroes killing, condoning other heroes who kill, drink alcohol, and even GAMBLE with each other.

But heaven forbid anyone smoke.

Recently in Secret Warriors, Nick Fury blows away someone's head and another's jaw. On-panel too.

 

[Dread]

I should mention that in HULK VS. WOLVERINE, Marvel had no problems with a scene showing Logan exiting a bar stumbling drunk with a vodka bottle in his hand (which he swigs from on camera).

But, oh, no, KIDS read comics, don't want them smoking!

 

[Dread]

((double post))

 

[Mutagen]

Wolverine's hearing isn't that good, as far as I know. That's Daredevil-level hearing, not Wolverine-level hearing.

Maybe not all hearing, put surely his smelling capabilities are up to super-human par.

 

[SpideyForPrez]

HA HA! I knew they're had to be a cover/image of that! Very funny, I wish I could get like a big painting of that.

Leaving out powers, I would say...

Thing
Gambit
Bullseye
Wolveriene
Fancy Dan
Montana
Kingpin
Hammerhead

I dunno, those just seem like the poker types in the MU.

Amadeus Cho might be good, bein' so smart and all.

 

[Dread]

The funny thing is that cover is for THE THING #8, the story in which Thing and Alicia finally get together after 7 issues of maybe/maybe not's with their relationship. Norton wrote and drew a one shot follow up for MCP #1, and then McDuffie and Millar promptly forgot it happened for the last two years of FF. Thanks, editors!

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Longshot, of course, or Wanda Maximof.

 

[Mutagen]

Ah yes, Longshot, reminds me of Domino too.

 

[Ugfugly]

I love Cap's facepalm in that one and Lockjaw smiling at the camera! I too wish it was bigger, I would totally buy a poster of this and have it hanging in my lounge instead of those poker dogs.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

My brother bought this t-shirt from walmart. It was supposed to be a gift for me, but he kept it for himself.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've seen a couple guys in the library with that picture on a shirt, too.

Kind of f***ed up of your brother, though. You should buy one for yourself and wear it every day you see him wearing it to get back at him.

 

[Dread]

Yeah, Andrea DiVito is a great artist, huh? Glad he is moving to NOVA.

Sadly, Prowler has since been arrested and thrown in jail during CIVIL WAR, Ms. Marvel is being replaced by Moonstone, Tigra has been reduced to a WWE babyface chick who always loses, and Bill Foster is dead.

Least Stingray is off to Hawaii.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The Thing's still the same ol' Thing, though.

 

[Dread]

'Cept he completely forgot about Alicia after making her dump her perfectly fine boyfriend so he could marry Random Teacher from Brooklyn after 8 issues.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, well, that's Millar.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Ah yes, Longshot, reminds me of Domino too.

Anyone who subtly affects probability ought to do well in Poker, especially in the case of Domino and Longshot who seem to do it unconsciously.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Or the Scarlet Witch could have her opponents' cards eat them or explode or something. A win by default because all the other players are dead is still a win.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Good Luck with Poker

If powers and other extra factors were taken out, I'd say the best players would be:

Tony Stark (he gambles a lot, hes' gotta be good)
Gambit, the guy lives off of cards
Punisher (Stone-faced, methodical, and he can call bluffs)
Amadeus Cho because of his genius intellect
Reed Richards for the same reason above
Black Widow - Spies make great card players, can call bluffs (i'm only going by Bond movies)
Nick Fury - Not afraid of gambling, works well under pressure
Black Panther - Good leaders make good risk-takers.



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Bad luck with Poker

Sabretooth/Wolverine - No patience, too much anger
Johnny Blaze/Dan Ketch - Not just bad luck, but broke and cursed
Thor/Hercules - Will get frustrated too quickly
Hulk - Nobody wants to play with him

 

[Vanguard07]

Haha Hercules would probably be terrible at Poker but still love to play. He'd be drunk and bluffing all the time and be completely obvious.

I think even with powers included people with hardcore luck powers would still beat telepaths. If you keep consistently getting all the winning hands it wouldnt matter if your opponent knows it, you'd still win, just slower since you'd have to do it by repeatedly chipping away at them with the blinds.

So that in mind: Longshot, Domino, Black Cat, Vegas, Scarlet Witch, would all be at the final table.

Also people like Wolverine and Daredevil have proven to be good at cards in the past due to reading their opponents with their enhanced senses. (funny with DD cause you'd think he'd need braille on his cards or something)

I imagine Nick Fury'd be a great card shark. generations worth of experience in the spy game would probably give him a pretty good eye for reading opponents.

Also Spiderman once claimed that his Spider Sense would let him win big in blackjack if he wanted to but i never understood how that made any sense.

I guess in a way his spider sense is a form of being psychic since it senses all forms of "danger" regardless of how subjective

 

[Mutagen]

Maybe not poker, but close enough.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Is that an N64 game?

 

[Vanguard07]

playstation

 

[Mutagen]

It was for PS 1, N64, Sega Dreamcast, PC, Mac, and Game Boy Colour.