There’s this game start’d years ago, some say, right near San Antonio

Others claim it was more out west, Midland, Odessa or San Angelo

No matter where originally seen, today it’s play’d on yo’re t.v. screen

Variety of folks now enjoy what started with just’a few good ole boys

This game, back then, weren’t just for fun, most of’em carried a gun

Winners, cheaters could get hurt, often find’em face down in the dirt

Gamblers then weren’t about fame, take’n yo’re money was their game

Some good, some were bad but one thang in common they all had

Read your eyes, any twitch in your play, test’n yo’re grit in every way

Benny Binion had a plan so in 1970 the “World Series of Poker” began

A few of his gambling friends made a decision to expose it on television

What Benny, the boys, start’d at the old “Horseshoe” just grew and grew

In the game ole Kenny weren’t wrong, hold’em or fold’em in his song

Today, what ya see on t.v., ain’t even close to what or how it used to be

Cameras watch’n every hand, the players cards to raise, fold or stand

Ya just know some of the ole players grin, watch’n how some try to win

players like Doyle now teach, he’s gotta be think’n you silly somebeach

antics might look good on t.v. but winning ain’t bout what they see

Going “all in” before the flop, ya jest might find yourself push’n a mop

Ya see there’s da turn and da river so going all in might make ya shiver

Ya got no more chips to play, your stuck, other callers to bet their way

Ya see this game ain’t bout terminology, it’s psychology in pokeology

time’n and luck play there part but to the end ya best play smart

or ego as confidence you display’d might be a big part of what ya say

Watch’n as yo’re jaw drops to da floor, hear’n someone say hit da door

The real winners quietly show, it ain’t what ya say, it’s what ya know

Losing at times ain’t a lot when there’s always gonna be a bigger pot

Another game, another hand, know’n deep inside YOU are the MAN!!

JimmyMc