School=TECH, head=NOB and an initially delinquent (r)ABBLE completes the structure. Prevented a return from: ACED. Most of the time a player will react to a called bet. OLMOS sounds German. The answer is often TO-DO. In one hand I found myself contending with a man who looked exactly like Uncle Fester, of the Addams Family.
Some say that only the guilty sleep well in jail. Put in the mail: SENT. Boomer seemed to have more pain this time. Stoner was also one of those players who never bet an incomplete hand in five-card draw.
Earth, in some sci-fi: TERRA. I decided to try an old standby move: I pretended I was going to call his bet, motioning toward my chips while watching for his reaction. That's when I call him. THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Crossword Puzzles and Games. Words before some dates: USE BY. Nondairy product in the dairy section; 53. 8D: Yellowstone grazer: ELK. Extra brownie points for bothering with the wordplay on this. If he was dealt a four-card flush or straight, he always checked or called and then drew one card. He likes to know that he's ahead. Or STAT, to a doctor. Push forward: IMPEL. Almost every time he examines his cards a third time and then calls the bet, he's playing an ace and a small card of the same suit. Strong like a bet of ten in a pot crossword. Seventh-century pope: JOHN V. 98.
And when he tosses them in sloppily, he's usually making a reluctant call. I kept the ace and the king and drew three cards. So he started to hassle me. Somebody who takes a lot of time and then asks that question must be trying to seem stupid or desperate. Whenever he makes a big bet in my direction, I just sit and wait.
TV father of Rod and Todd Flanders: NED. I had been losing all day, so I opened the betting with three dollars. 13D: Europe's highest active volcano: ETNA. Raises the hackles of; 123. We each raised once more, and then he called and flipped over his king-high straight.
And MEH (9D: Slangy word of indifference). Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard Taft); S in GOES UNDERGROUND (86A. "Little" comedian here refers PEE-WEE HERMAN, the only fictional character among the four base theme entries. 46D: Not alfresco: INDOOR. I knew what that meant. Strong like a bet of ten in the pot crossword. Both ladies eased up the therapy on Boomer since it's the first week after his chemo. This crossword puzzle was edited by Will Shortz.