Joey and the Poker

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired
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Alex teaches Texas hold 'em to Joe. The problem is that she makes up rules so he wins all the time. Thinking that he can play the game he accepts an invitation to play celebrity poker. Michael and Abby's relationship reaches new heights.
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  • This episode is aboslutly brilliant!

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    By Catbeist, Oct 31, 2006 Report Abuse
    Just watched this episode rerun on tv... and rememberd how much I laughed when I first saw it. So I saw it again and Joey playing No Limit Texas Hold'em is the best part of this whole show! This show never lived up to it's potential i.m.o but this episode is the one that is as close to the humor from friends as it gets. I have spent so much time watching Celeberty Poker Showdown and it's really cool withouth Joeys own set of rules... but what is poked without the hungry lady, the two jacks, and the earth quake rule!moreless

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  • a great episode, why I watch this show. a little mistake though...

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    By louise88, Dec 19, 2005 Report Abuse
    I found this episode very funny. I must admit that when I saw the first episodes of the show, I didn't like it that much. Gina and Bobbie really bugged me, and it irritated me, that there almost didn't meantion the friends... but I think that has really turned around, and the show has been very funny, and this episode is a good example on that - it was hilarious.

    I did think it reminded a little about Friends, were chandler made up Cup to make Joey win money, and that Joey can't hold the mask when he plays poker isn't korrekt. I mean, we saw in the first episode of friends that Joey COULD play regular poker - and very well, I think...

    But it was a very great episode, but maybe they should check Joey's history a little more (in this episode) because this is a spin off. But I know it's hard, and I didn't mean this review negatively, Cause I really Love this episode!moreless

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  • One of the best episodes so far!!!!

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    By Raphael_GR, Nov 11, 2005 Report Abuse
    There are some of the best moments from the start of the show!! Like the one in the poker table with Coolio, or at the end, when we see some \'Tribianism\' from Michael!! I think that Michael would be more fun if he was a little more like Joey! Super Pikiou Pikiou!!!

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  • Hilarious !

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    By RalphEssers, Nov 10, 2005 Report Abuse
    I keep on loving this show.. It seems to be getting better and more funny with every episode. At first, I didn't like characters like Michael at all, and even Gina annoyed me. But now I seem to have gotten to know them so well that I even like those two; Michael is a funny guy, Gina has a specific flare to her.. I I still LOVE Bobby: by far the best character of the show.

    This episode was again great; the new Poker rules were SO funny : a biting Queen ?? Come on ! Made me laugh a lot... The guest appearences during the TV Poker game were also quite funny. Only thing I did not really like was Michael becoming a 'man' .. He should have done that with Bobby!moreless

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  • A hilarious episode. One of the best so far. The sequence of the celebrity poker game, and the one at the end with Joey and Michael are both great and extremely funny. I'm happy Michael "has become a man" and a Tribbianni for that matter! It was about timmoreless

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    By EddieZ_87, Nov 08, 2005 Report Abuse
    A hilarious episode. One of the best so far. The sequence of the celebrity poker game, and the one at the end with Joey and Michael are both great and extremely funny. I'm happy Michael "has become a man" and a Tribbianni for that matter! It was about time for Michael.

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    • On Joey's Magna Doodle: During the first half it is a picture of a house, a dog, and a cow. During the second half it is a picture of the king of hearts. Edit
    • When Joey and Alex are playing poker, before she makes up new rules, Joey is doing really poorly and doesn't understand what he's doing wrong. However, in the Friends episode The One With All The Poker, Joey knows how to play well; not counting chocolate on the card that makes him cry. Edit
    • When Dave Foley starts calling the celebrities, he starts with Alan Thicke, even though he usually names them in alphabetical order. Edit

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    • This is the final appearance of Paula Cale as Abby. She was in 3 episodes of Joey and received the "And" credit. Edit
    • Alan Thicke, Dave Foley, Phil Gordon, Louie Anderson, Coolio and Cindy Margolis were credited as "Special Apperances". Edit
    • This episode drew 7.77 million viewers on its original broadcast. Edit

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    • Joey: Great. I loose. That's fun. I am going to go. Alex: No.No.No. Wow. You win. Joey: Why? I have a two and four, and you have two jacks. Alex: Yeah. But 2 Jacks is awful hand in Texas Holdem. Joey: What? Alex: Well. Come on. Two guys with mustaches, wearing festive clothing. That kind of thing is frown upon in Texas. Joey: It's a gay thing? Edit
    • Joey: Why did you teach me the wrong rules? Alex: Well. It's too hard to explain. Joey: You know what else is hard to explain? Why I tried to take Louie Anderson's shirt off, because he had a 7 and a 2. Edit
    • Gina: I can't believe you are doing this. Where are your morals? Alex: Oh Please. You stabbed your last boyfriend. Edit

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    • Zach mentions Growing Pains while taunting Alan Thicke. Growing Pains was a hit sitcom that ran from 1985 to 1992. It focused on a role reversal between the stay at home dad and the mother going to work. Alan Thicke played the father in that series. Edit
    • The show Joey goes on is called Celebrity Poker Showdown. It is a real show on the Bravo network, and it is hosted by Dave Foley. The show did eight tournaments in five seasons before being cancelled. Edit

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