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Are you fit to play poker?

elsadogelsadog Member Posts: 5,677
edited September 2009 in Poker Chat
You need to have an ability to do simple mental arithmatic to play poker so maybe you should try this:

This must be done in your head only .

Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.


Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30.

Add another 1000 . Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10 . What

is the total?





Did you get 5000?


The correct answer is actually 4100.

If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator! If you got it wrong give up the poker for a while and rest your brain.

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  • BuistyboyBuistyboy Member Posts: 408
    edited September 2009

    looks like i need to give up the poker elsadog lol
    how did i manage to get that wrong!!!

    well done on your win the other night

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  • webby234webby234 Member Posts: 1,781
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Are you fit to play poker?:
    You need to have an ability to do simple mental arithmatic to play poker so maybe you should try this: This must be done in your head only . Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30. Add another 1000 . Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10 . What is the total? Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator! If you got it wrong give up the poker for a while and rest your brain.
    Posted by elsadog
    if you work it out in your head people often get confused on 4090 they then add 10 and think its 5000 instead of 4100 if you used pen and paper it is impossible to get it wrong, but its a long time great is this one and i love it, it always gets a few but not everybody will admit to ti (like me) lol

    webby
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  • BuistyboyBuistyboy Member Posts: 408
    edited September 2009
    hi webby

    yeah, looked back at it after i got it worng and seen the error of my ways.
    like you say, its a good one, and i'm too honest for admitting i fell for it...
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  • elsadogelsadog Member Posts: 5,677
    edited September 2009
    Apparently 99% get it wrong .......... including me. It's all to do with the way the brain makes assumptions. Good fun though.

    Thanks for the congrats Buistyboy.............I paid for it in last nights open though ........... played like a kipper :)
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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,184
    edited September 2009
    LOL

    I went through that really quickly and got 5000

    Blummin Jedi mind tricks!
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  • Sky_RichSky_Rich Member Posts: 3,837
    edited September 2009
    ha, i love it! have any of you got anymore of these funky little mind game type things?!
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  • elsadogelsadog Member Posts: 5,677
    edited September 2009

    At the risk of boring you all rigid..................

    If one costs 10p and......

    ten costs 20p and........

    one hundred costs 30p and they are all the same...........what are they?

    Answers on a postcard to SKY RICH  :)

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  • Sky_RichSky_Rich Member Posts: 3,837
    edited September 2009
    oh god my head hurts.

    1. at the prospect of receiving 100's of postcards from around the UK

    2. trying to work out your conundrum
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  • elsadogelsadog Member Posts: 5,677
    edited September 2009
    One clue only...........think of a famous Two Ronnies sketch.
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  • ACESOVER8sACESOVER8s Member Posts: 1,307
    edited September 2009
    A Trick Of The Mind But Ot One You Need To Work Out !!

    read the sentence below very quickly

    uopn reaidng tihs it beocmes obivuos to yuo taht alhtoguh seplt cmompeltly wrnog yuor mnid atlres teh lettres aornud and yuor albe to raed teh wrods corrcelty


    as long as the first letter (maybe first 2 on certain words) and the last letter are in the right place then your mind will fill in the information inbetween and you will read what you expect to be there and not what is actually there
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  • Grimstar30Grimstar30 Member Posts: 1,400
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    At the risk of boring you all rigid.................. If one costs 10p and...... ten costs 20p and........ one hundred costs 30p and they are all the same...........what are they? Answers on a postcard to SKY RICH  :)
    Posted by elsadog
    Door numbers!
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  • Sky_RichSky_Rich Member Posts: 3,837
    edited September 2009
    ha love it! great work... keep them coming

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  • acebarry10acebarry10 Member Posts: 7,556
    edited September 2009
    Hi all

    Here is an old and easy one, How can 10 be 11 ?
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  • elsadogelsadog Member Posts: 5,677
    edited September 2009
    Correct Grimstar nice one!

    An easy one............

    Every morning a man gets into the lift on the tenth floor, goes down to the ground floor, and goes to work.

    Every evening he returns gets in the lift and goes to the seventh floor then walks up the stairs to the tenth floor where he lives.  Why?
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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,184
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker? : Door numbers!
    Posted by Grimstar30
    God you're good!

    I was about to say figs with a considerable volume purchase discount.

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  • acebarry10acebarry10 Member Posts: 7,556
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    Correct Grimstar nice one! An easy one............ Every morning a man gets into the lift on the tenth floor, goes down to the ground floor, and goes to work. Every evening he returns gets in the lift and goes to the seventh floor then walks up the stairs to the tenth floor where he lives.  Why?
    Posted by elsadog
    Because he has a height disadvantage :) he can only reach the 7th floor button
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  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,184
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker? : Because he has a height disadvantage :) he can only reach the 7th floor button
    Posted by acebarry10
    He's a hobbit?!
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  • fingers615fingers615 Member Posts: 154
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    Correct Grimstar nice one! An easy one............ Every morning a man gets into the lift on the tenth floor, goes down to the ground floor, and goes to work. Every evening he returns gets in the lift and goes to the seventh floor then walks up the stairs to the tenth floor where he lives.  Why?
    Posted by elsadog
    He's a dwarf and cant reach the 10 floor button?
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  • dodgydazdodgydaz Member Posts: 123
    edited September 2009
    why did micheal jackson like 28 year olds?
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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT Member Posts: 6,451
    edited September 2009
    In Response to Re: Are you fit to play poker?:
    Apparently 99% get it wrong .......... including me. It's all to do with the way the brain makes assumptions. Good fun though. Thanks for the congrats Buistyboy.............I paid for it in last nights open though ........... played like a kipper :)
    Posted by elsadog


        nice 1 elsadog & cheers for your post on mr thread earlier very much appreciated your input have always been good at maths/numbers so when i'm tired if i'm counting in me head i'd add the small numbers 1st then add the 4x1000 1000

      great thread tho mensa is calling you

      well done at the tebles very nice win

      dtw
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