Passion Project #5

I have started my Passion Project creation! I am making a video using WeVideo. I am not done yet because I still have to put in the video where me and Michael play Poker together. I am having  lot of fun with this project. I have done a lot of research and I also had my interview with Cy’s Dad. My interview was very interesting and I learned a lot. One thing I learned is that a good Poker Face is not only an emotionless face no matter what happens but also a crazy face no matter what happens. Another thing I learned is that Poker has a lot of strategy involved. I will probably include my final product of my video in my last blog post. I am really excited to continue working on this project. That concludes my fifth blog post. Thanks for reading!

Passion Project #4

This is my fourth Passion Project blog post. This time, I am writing about some frustrations and setbacks I’ve had. For starters, while playing Poker on my phone is a great resource, I hate it when I lose a lot of money for no reason whatsoever. Its really annoying when a message broadcasts across my screen saying “You haven’t played for 24 hours. Minus 10,000 chips.” If I only have 10,000 chips, then I have to restart my progress so I can actually play and take notes. For example, a little while back, I had just lost a lot of chips and I was only at 9,750. I hadn’t played for a while after that, out of rage because I had a great hand and still lost, and when I got in again, it said “You haven’t played for 24 hours. Minus 10,000 chips.” I had to restart all my progress, and that was kind of maddening, because I was at a pretty high level. So that is one major thing I dislike about mobile poker games. Also, when I tried to research some questions about the origins of Poker, it didn’t really answer my questions. I asked questions like “Who invented Poker?” and “Where was Poker first played?” That was annoying because those questions are kind of important and really interesting. That concludes my fourth Passion Project blog post.

Passion Project #3

I’m so excited because my interview with Cy’s Dad is tonight! I have not changed my questions since I put them in my last blog post. Some new facts I’ve learned about Poker are: “The place where you play Poker is called The Table” and “Even if someone has never played Poker before, they still have a chance at beating a pro (I learned this not from doing research but from the time when my Mom beat me).” I have become a fairly good player because I learned that playing with my Dad or Mom is as good a resource as some website. I also realized that playing Poker games on my phone is good for me getting better at Poker (Even though they rig the cards). I also started watching some Poker tournaments on ESPN, because, believe it or not, Poker is apparently considered a sport. Also, the reward for the World Series of Poker in 2018 was 8.8 million. That concludes my third Passion Project blog post.

Passion Project #2

This is my second Passion project blog post. I have done a lot of research since my last blog post. I also am going to interview Cy’s Dad tomorrow! I have ten questions to ask him. They are:

  • How did you discover Poker?
  • How did you decide to play in Major Poker Tournaments?
  • What’s the best hand you’ve ever had?
  • Do you plan on playing in any Major Poker Tournaments in the future?
  • How old were you when you started playing Poker?
  • What was your first Major Poker Tournament?
  • Who taught you how to play Poker?
  • How do you prepare before playing in Major Poker Tournaments?
  • How do you know when to leave the table?
  • Were there any times when you thought you should have left the table a couple hands ago?

I have memorized every Poker hand and its ranking, and I also have a pretty good Poker Face. I am excited about my interview with Cy’s Dad, and I will put what he says on my next blog post. I know the highest pair of cards to get dealt is Double Ace and the lowest is a Seven and a Two.

That concludes my second Passion project blog post.

Passion Project #1

For my Passion Project, I have decided to study Poker. A Passion Project is a project in which you do a lot of research and in the end, make something to show what you learned. I’m pretty sure that the way I will show what I know is that I will take a film of Michael, Cy, Alejandro and I having a Poker tournament. I will interview Cy’s Dad. The way I became interested in Poker is one day, my friends and I decided to play Poker, but I had no idea how to play. When I got home, I watched a couple of videos that taught me how to play. At snack the next day, we played Poker. I was really bad, but since then, we have played Poker every snack. I’ve become a little good, but I want to become even better through this project. Some facts I’ve learned so far are: “The cards that everybody sees are called ‘community cards'”, and “Poker is both a game of skill and a game of luck”. The videos I have watched so far are: How To Make & Keep A Poker Face, and Poker Hand Rankings. That concludes my first Passion Project blog post.