That went on just long enough for me to feel safe lol

I really love the “over explaining board game scenes” niche you’ve created

as someone who knew april fools videos where coming but hasn't watched bill and Ted I had no idea of how this video was going to go cause I didn't know how the fuck up the poker game

I got to the shootout scene and thought, "oh sh!t." I quickly opened the window and asked the random street kid "you there, what day is it?" To which the little urchin said "Why, it is the Fools Day of April, sir!" Then I threw snowball at him, closed the windows and took shelter in my closet... which is strange because I have no idea where I got a snowball in 69 (nice) degree weather.

I love how we need a detailed explanation of who Billy the Kid was but not Bill and Ted.

youtube is the best place for april fools jokes because half the time you'll be watching a video from april 1st after april 1st and won't realize its an april fools video till its too late

I'll be honest, never seen the movie AND forgot what day was. Got me completely, well played.😁

Excellent video, and I was really impressed by your analysis of everyone's hands, and what they meant in a historical context. Something I think might have been missing from your analysis is the context of the cards (especially Bill's hand) in the context of the tarot. Now, for those who don't know, the tarot is, in a pop cultural sense, understood to be able to fortell the future by a skilled reader. And while a lot of focus is put on the major arcana (cards like the chariot, the tower, and the star), the minor arcana all have their own meanings as well. And a standard card deck is basically just the minor arcana of a tarot deck with different symbols. So a quick referesher; the minor arcana have four houses; cups, staves, pentacles and swords. Cups represent air, harmony, and relationships. Wands represent fire, authority, and willpower. Pentacles represent Earth, Prosperity, and strength or health. Swords represent water, destruction, and knowledge. And each of these houses corresponds to a different suit in a standard deck; Cups correspond to hearts, Wands to clubs, Pentacles to diamons, and aces to swords. Which is to say that, for example, a ten of diamons would correspond to a ten of pentacles. Bill's hand, as best as I can tell, is Ace of Hearts Ace of Spades Ace of Diamonds Ten of Diamonds and four or five of clubs. And that would roughly correlate to Ace of Cups Ace of Swords Ace of Pentacles Ten of Pentacles and the four or five of Staves. A mistake that a lot of would be tarot readers make is thinking that the deck from 'ace' to '10' means that there is more or less of a thing, but that's not quite true. It's more a matter of...refinement. An ace is water or earth or authority or destruction in it's most unrefined form, in the hardest form to use by itself, but the most malleable. The tens represent the aspect at it's most refined, at it's easiest to use or understand. The ten of cups is family, the ten of staves is kingship, the ten of pentacles is fortune, and the ten of swords is...well, it's death, because swords represent destruction and death is the purest form of destruction. Literally the ten of swords in the Rider-Waite deck is a dude lying face down in the mud with ten swords in his back. Put a pin in the death thing, we'll come back to it. So Bill has the most unrefined forms of harmony and relationships, prosperity and strength, and destruction and knowledge. He also has the most refined form of prosperity and strength. But the most interesting potential thing is the club card; the four of staves represents celebration and excitement, and the five of staves represents competition and hardship. The hand is telling it's own story; Bill is given the most unrefined version of relationships (the relationships between the cards) unrefined knowledge (high cards) unrefined fortune (several high cards) highly refined fortune (winning cards) and then wigging out and celebrating, or the competition/bar fight that breaks out. Actually, the MORE interesting thing is that the cards can correlate to specific acts of the film. What acts specifically? ...erm, I dunno. I actually haven't even seen this movie. Gotcha.

"I'm going to rewatch these videos in the background while doing other things." "I wonder why I don't remember this one."

I need you to know that several factors aligned just right that i didn't realize this was an April Fools video (in _July,_ no less!) until about 7:40, which are that: 1) I've never seen Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Like, ever, at all, don't even know any references, I was going in _completely_ blind. 2) I had watched your other two Someone Had To Explain Videos and was curious for more 3) I failed to notice the date on the video 4) You kept the level of detail and editing and explanations up so well that I was totally sold this was an actual video riiiiiiiiiiiiight up until the reveal. That takes talent, good sir, you did well for going with that level of finesse as long as you did. In short? Well played.

Another incredibly informative video. The context always makes the plays more exciting, even if you don't need any of it to "get" the big moments

Damn you, Ravenscroft, you got me. I even thought the poker game was just gonna be a quick little skit at first.

I've never seen the movie, so I didn't expect the direction this would turn. I was still expecting SOMETHING to go weird but I died when I saw the immediate fuck up in the poker scene. That being said, I love the idea of the "examining board games as metaphor and character development in media" thing you've been doing lmao

Ted: Bill, I just have one question for you Bill: What is it Ted? Ted: What color is an orange? Bill: Ted, you bonehead! It's color is the same as its name! Just like a lemon.

I have never seen Bill and Ted, so when you actually got to... the game, I laughed harder than I have in a while. I was *expecting* you to kind of BS it, but I cannot say I expected that.

I hate April Fools, because there is already too much deception going around the internet these days, but this was good and you got me good.

I’m gonna be honest, you had me on this one, and then I remembered what say it is

I am aggravated. I made to 12:30 into the video before I realized this was an aprilfools joke. Thanks for the laugh anyway

was expecting this to be less entertaining then I found it... clicked the video, saw the date... but I never watched the movie so... thanks for the video :)

LOL - dealing counter-clockwise? You were doomed to fail from the start!

mighty FUCK, here I am watching this WHOLE VIDEO in 7/24/2022 without a GLANCE at when it was uploaded. Blessings be upon you my brother. I got got!

Dude you totally got me, as I've never seen the movie lol Very well played sir, genius move on your part!

Not gonna lie, you got me in the first half. Well played

This works so much better when you’re like me and haven’t seen the movie or forgot about it. God damn April fools

This is a flavor of analysis that I didn’t know I needed in my life until you published the dice video. I wish I had more similar scenes in mind to beg you to cover!

Super glad I got my Patreon pledge in on time to be in the credits of this one. I have never seen the movie so I didn't see this coming, even though I knew the date. Some people do serious videos on April 1st, you never know.

I was wondering why everyone was mad at him. I thought it wasn't an issue.

This is both awesome and spooky; I was literally just rewatching your Pirates and Sherlock videos yesterday and then you just happen to upload another table top game video today?!

The attention to detail here is really fantastic. Love this run through

Okay, this was probably the best April Fool's video I've ever seen. As someone who's never seen Bill and Ted, the abrupt end to the analysis caught me off guard and made me bust out laughing! XD

You know something? You kept a very good poker face through that.

You have an amazing KZfaqr voice. It’s just nice listening to you talk. The sound of your voice is 👌🏻

For what it is worth, I think that the 2003 World Series of Poker is what brought Texas Hold ‘Em into prominence. It was the first year that it was a major ratings win on ESPN and the tourney was won by someone who qualified from an online system. I think this influenced what poker game they were playing in Casino Royale.

I live for these videos. Great way to start a Friday!

Watching this a few days later, you completly caught me off guard. Nice one.

Knives out go scene: 3 weeks ago. This video: 9 months ago. Glad you did it soon ahah and that the knives out video is already out!

Oooh an explaining gambling/game scenes in movies video Sweet Edit: Just watched it. Very informative learned a lot

Billy The Kid was pardoned posthumously by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in the early 2000s, fulfilling the promise made to him.

"Joint custody of a single brain" 😂 Great opening line, mate!

Texas Holdem was extremely popular even back in the 90's. A little 1998 film called The Rounders, staring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, was what got me into it.

God I hope this is the only April Fool's joke that gets me today. It'll certainly be the best.

I thought, “All I remember was when he said he had three Aces aloud. Did more stuff happen that I forgot?” No I was right. It’s a joke video.

Real talk, I'm just happy that there was good Poker in this movie. Everything these days is Hold 'Em which is just the worst kind of Poker you can play. Also, invite me to your Poker table. I could use the money.

fantastic video as always!

great video! keep doing awesome work!

I've never watched the movie so at 7:25 I went "hah, that was a funny first move. I should probably see the actual scene first just to see how they manage to swindle their way into winning this one!". Then I watched the scene, came back to this video and went "oh. I am a fool"

God damn it. Well played Sir. Well played.

Two in one month? Let's go!!

Didn't figure out it was a April fools joke until like 4 minutes before the end. I have no regrets.

So, as someone who also hasn't seen the movie, and didn't pay attention to when this video came out, I got COMPLETELY Blindsided!! That said, an ACTUAL over-view of the Texas Hold'em scene in Casino Royal would probably be the closest I'd ever come to actually watching that movie, sooo... please?

The legend has returned.

You don’t deal counter clockwise. Always deal clockwise.

Something I'd be interested in is a breakdown of the Baccarat game from the book version Casino Royale, if at all possible

the description i'm dying

Okay, so you're right... I'm calling you out in the comments! _(I used to run a poker game in my High School photography class)_ . [1] Everyone puts in the ante and the initial hand is dealt. . [2] There is NO betting until everyone has had a chance to exchange their cards _(the order does not matter here, but the dealer always goes last)._ . [3] The betting then begins with the Raise, Fold or Call options _(traditionally starting to the dealer's left, as you did, and moving clockwise around the table)._ . [4] When everyone has finished you show the cards & the winner takes the pot. . [5] You all put in the ante, and deal the cards but this time the person to the dealer's left becomes the dealer _(this is assuming there's no non-player dealer, obviously)._ . [6] Continue until all but 1 player has either quit or run out of betting materials _(usually either money or clothes in the case of strip poker)._ HAVE FUN!

Was this an April Fool's video? I want the last 7 minute of my life back

Excellent!

When I clicked on this video I swear it said "4 days ago" and I thought I was safe...

How dare you assume I only cared about the beautiful game of Texas Hold ‘Em after watching a passable Bond movie at best… I started to care after watching Rounders. 😉

ah, stumbling upon an old birthday joke is so fun~

Thanks, I never understood why everyone got angry in that scene. That makes sense, now.

That was absolutely amazing i love your videos

I haven't seen this film in several years so I forgot how the scene went and now I feel called out as a fake fan

Just to gently judge your poker playing, I believe everyone first places a bet on their initial cards, then gets one chance to discard to improve their hand. Some dealers would limit the number of cards that can be discarded in a round; otherwise, the entire hand can be replaced. Only after everyone has discarded and drawn should the next round of bidding take place. Admittedly, most of my poker knowledge came from playing at camp with candy for chips, and I was never very good even then.

Don’t know what I expected but that wasn’t it

GOD DAMN YOU RAVENSCRAFT

I'm binging your channel in hopes that you continue working. but i have to point out... Is that Daenerys With the Dragon Dagger controling the DragonZord behind your left shoulder??? That is awesome!

I watched surprisingly far into the game before realizing this was an April Fools joke. Like.. really far. (I've never seen the movie this was about, but I've seen your other two "board game explained" videos so I was confident there was something really cool to see about a Poker game. I also know nothing about Poker.)

6:07 It's a sad time when the rules of the actual, original version of poker have to be explained with the caveat that it is different from an abriged version that is played with only two cards - instead of doing it the other way around. I feel your pain at 6:14, man.

I don't know why but I'm very distracted by the optimal Optimus behind you.

Ohhhhh. April 1st. I got got.

Poker? I ‘ardly know ‘er!

Billy the kid didn't die in 1881 he survived and changed his name to Brushy Bill Roberts.

I just found this channel I loved the Liars dice video I loved the chess video Why the fuck did I not check the date of the video?

I just noticed you use Brad Sucks for music. Fuck yes.

This was gold lol

Fuck this got me

Make more of these kind of content.

I'm still here because I like your videos and watching them through is good for the Algorithm, and it was funny, waste of time or not.

Was that power of the primes optimal Optimus primal?!?!?!!!

I’m gonna fall for these April fools vids all day aren’t I? And I’ll enjoy it too 😜

i came into this video thinking, "is this an april fool's joke? i'm pretty sure all that happens in that scene is bill goes 'whoa, three aces' and then the other dudes accuse them of cheating and a fight breaks out." but then you went into a bunch of billy the kid history and i got fooled anyway. in my defense it is december

Took me halfway through the video to get it. XD

What part of Texas? I'm in South Texas and wear shorts at Christmas most years.

got got by an april fools joke 6 months later.......

I showed up late, and all I saw was that the video was posted one month ago. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined XD

Ok, watched this not the day it came out. But I've seen the movie, and couldn't for the life of me remember poker scene. Lmao

Huh. I guess 8 months counts as "soon".

Is that Optimus Primal figure you have in the background missing its head?

Yay!

5:04: But he did not shoot the deputy.

You kind sir have never played a game of magic or yugioh in your life and i am dissapointed beyond words. That shuffle _physically hurts_ to watch

I do believe you dealt the wrong way my dude. I dont know if its reversed but, you deal clockwise.

Damn. I got dun fooled. Its not april anymore so i suspected nothing. Ive only got 30 minutes on my work break and just spent 8 here. Le pranked.

Oh no I looked at the comments

So are we just going to forgo the fact that they discarded during multiple rounds of betting that aren’t actually in the game…? Its actually ante, deal cards, round of betting, discard and deal new cards, round of betting, reveal. Lol

A+ Troll.

What about checking in Poker?

I just got here It's an April fools, isn,'t it...

Yes, I plan on enjoying this video like the well seasoned streak it is. I've never seen this film before but I still planning on enjoying it.