Poker

With relatively simple rules, the complexity of the game is legendary. Watching the masters play, I recall that I'm skilled enough not to use real cash.

At the top levels, there are so many factors to consider, so intricate the thought process when the best players compete for the high stakes and glory.

But, poker can also be the silliest game. The random shuffle each time can result in some of the most inexplicable drama of unlikely imagination, just as crazy as silly, both, with no apologies. Like recently, I was playing for fun online. I got 2-3 on three consecutive hands. Then, I got back-to-back double aces. What the freakin' hell is that? It happened. Cards that defy reality.

If that isn't some evil, giggling wizard of mayhem playing an organ of silly tunes and odd rhymes, then nothing is real. Poker never stops to explain anything. Folks get up and walk away. Heads just shake, or get scratched. Or, you wonder what you did wrong or right, maybe accidentally.

Or, clubs turn into spades because you're tired, can't see straight. Poker can snatch the spooked silly right out of you with one flipped river card. But, that's also exactly why we play.