All-In Illuminator Period 3
This had to be one of the best books I have ever read. I was a little disappointed with the ending. I wish we learned what happened to Denn. Did he beat Artie, or did he lose? What do you guys think of this book and its ending?
“I got some advice for you, sweetie. Take that ten grand I gave you and use it to buy yourself a ticket to Alaska.” (Pg.158) This is said by Morty to Cattie. Morty says this because Cattie gives Artie bad cards. This shows how powerful Artie is. You guys know that he does anything to get people back. He took all of Denn’s money because Denn beat him in poker. Who goes that far to get someone back? This takes me to why Cattie did this. Cattie did not give Artie the cards. This either means she hates Artie or likes Denn. What do you guys think about this? I believe that this is her love for Denn. First she gives him 10 G’s to get into the “Big Deal”, and now she stops helping Artie from winning. She even gives Denn a couple cards while she was dealing at his table. Next I would like to talk about Artie’s poker skills. They must not be to good if he always is cheating. This makes me very mad. He barley has any poker skills, but he still wins because he knows people. I wounder if Vegas is actually like this. Can people win because of there money? In this story this was very true.
“All-In” (Pg. 174). These were the last words said by Denn in this novel. These are the words that left us thinking “did Denn win?” He was in the final of the big deal. Denn only had a thousand chips left. He called Artie, who had 999,000 chips. Even if Denn would have won he wouldn’t have enough chips to cover the blind. This was a great way for the author to keep the reader thinking. This whole story has built up to this moment. And now we learn that it is up to us, the reader to decide. Did you guys like this cliffhanging ending? Why or why not? Also, in your mind did Denn win or lose?
-Julian Garcia
Category: Illuminator 4 comments »
April 18th, 2009 at 10:10 am
DENN WON!! On page 177 Jimbo says “Every gambler’s got a story…Denn Doyle has a pretty good one. I wonder if he is telling it, wherever he is.” I am guessing Denn one that poker match, Julian, I am pretty sure he did.
To answer your first question she HATE Artie & LIKES Denn it isn’t one or the other it is both! Artie is good a poker because when Cattie goes back last time to deal at his table his stack had increased by a large amount. He is doing just fine without Cattie dealing, he just wanted a little extra boost. Artie didn’t win because he had money, he didn’t win, and poker doesn’t work like that.
First of all Artie had $1,199,000 and Denn only had $1,000. I don’t think 999,000 chips are equal to $1,199,000. It was a cliff hanger ending but why would have Jimbo said that about Denn on page 177?
-Rebecca Krick
April 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I totally disagree with you, Rebecca. Yes, Jimbo says that, asking, “Did you ever hear a bad-beat story?” And so far, every time the author had written of a “bad-beat story”, the main character had always lost. We never got enough information to know if he actually won or not.
Also, I HATED the ending. It bothers me so much that we did not find out who won.
I do think it is ridiculous to come as far as to steal everything someone has, just to get them back. Also agreeing with Rebecca, I think Cattie hates Artie and likes Denn. Even though Cattie helped Artie cheat once, and she also helped a tiny bit in the big tournament, she finally gave up and started to deal him either bad cards, or cards that the others could realize they were cheating. When Cattie dealt for Denn, she was supposed to give him bad cards. Instead, she gave him half decent cards, and other hands that he could win small pots with.
To answer your other question, can you win poker by just having money, no you can’t. You don’t have to be rich; you just get lucky and win money, making you rich. Yes, you do need some skill to win big games, but you certainly don’t have to be rich.
I sort of answered your last question in one of the first questions. I definitely did not like the ending of this story. I would have much better liked to see how the author would have made the rest of the story out to be.
To answer your question, Rebecca, Jimbo obviously said that because his (meaning Denn’s) whole poker-life is a bad-beat story. What Jimbo said did not give any clue as to the outcome of the tournament.
-Leah Sevco
April 19th, 2009 at 11:09 am
The ending did not really make much sense to me, but we have to realize that Pete wants us to use our imagination. Come up with your own ending and whatever suits you suits you.
She did this because she wanted to get back at him. She played a straight up game, and then even messed with Artie. Also I disagree with your thoughts on his poker skills. There was no cheating and even Denn knew this. Artie rounded up them chips because he played smart. He has skills, but Denn is better. I do realize though that he may have gotten some chips because of cheating but it mostly was a fair tournament. Vegas is not like this, and we need to see that there was not much cheating in this tournament.
Denn won and I like the ending. I got to pick my own ending to satisfy myself. SO many times the author ends the story and people say they do not like it. Now he lets the audience decide which is great.
Rebecca, we can’t assume he won. There is not enough information.
-Alex
April 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Alex, why would Pete have Jimbo say this, “Every gambler’s got a story. A story that sums up who they really are, and how they been running. Some stories are better than others. Denn Doyle has a pretty good one. I wonder if he’s telling it now, wherever he is.” On 177 ?
I get what you are saying, Leah, but to me it cam across as Pete telling us that Denn did win the tournament.
-Rebecca