{"id":2390,"date":"2026-09-03T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2390-poker-face.html"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:02:00","slug":"poker-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2390-poker-face.html","title":{"rendered":"Poker Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:3059 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/179-_G2A6560-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nI imagine myself at the poker table. I\u2019m holding a pair of queens. On the table there is a third queen along with a jack, a nine, an eight and a two. Given this strong position I make a substantial bet.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe puffin looks right at me and raises all-in.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDo I call or do I fold? What is there to read in that enigmatic face? Simplicity, sadness, apathy? Certainly not cunning or malice. Is the puffin bluffing? Are my three queens winners, or does the bird have the straight?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWith a painful sigh I fold, leave my lot with the puffin and head home.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNever gamble with puffins.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#puffins #headshot #poker #pokerface #bluffing #portait #salteeIslands #Ireland<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I imagine myself at the poker table. I\u2019m holding a pair of queens. On the table there is a third queen along with a jack, a nine, an eight and a two. Given this strong position I make a substantial bet. The puffin looks right at me and raises all-in. Do I call or do &#8230; <a title=\"Poker Face\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2390-poker-face.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Poker Face\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}