old fashioned budget battles

so, at these late night White House session, Reid offered a good old fashioned manly way to settle the issues: a round of poker, Texas hold'em...

Reid dealt.
Boehner drew 3-7 off-suit, and went all in.
Obama had ace-king suited.
He folded.

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That's the single best summary of the current US political situation that I've seen. We have real donkeys running the country.

the AKs is only about 68% to win against 37o. Heck, AA is only 86 percent. Interestingly, JTs has a 70% chance against the 37o. Having an open ended straight helps.