He didn't do it semi-legitimately (proper spelling btw) he did it completely 100% legitimately because while capable of using his powers, he can't do legally binding stuff with them because they don't last forever.

Would you like me to add some commas in your paragraph?


Killgraves could certainly make him sell at market price. The Asian guy would just be unhappy after the mind-control symptoms wore off.

This post was edited by stupidkid282 on Nov 28 2015 09:01pm

He doesn't do anything semi-legit...

He went about purchasing the house and attempting to make the love of his life love him for real legitimately, that's the only thing in the entire show that he does legit. That's why the poker scene was stupid. He did everything about it legit, he won the game, but doing it in a fashion which is cheating is just retarded. It would have taken them literally another 30 seconds to of had him win in a way that poker is actually played. You CAN'T fold after an all-in, so that just makes no sense. And without him also adding in a command telling the dealer to allow it, it makes even less sense.

Just getting back on point here and explaining the problem. It was a good show, but it had problems, and that scene was just irritating and stupid. It certainly wasn't the only one, just one someone else mentioned.

This post was edited by jadeoshbogosh on Nov 28 2015 09:28pm

He can't win a very large pot card game with 2/7 without players going all in, that's why it was necessary to "cheat."

Also, I cannot find a rule that clearly states that you can't fold after going all in. I'm trying to reason here, but seriously can't find any ruling.

Now, after going all in, and you're not playing any side pots, it's known that cards are all shown. Although, nothing states that you can't fold.

Obviously, there's no reason to fold. The only thing I can see is maybe hiding an embarrassing loss if your opponents flips first but that wouldn't be good table etiquette.


The poker match is won semi-legitimately. He was there, he bet money, and then he "cheated."

That's semi-legitament.

This post was edited by stupidkid282 on Nov 28 2015 10:31pm

I don't think you know the proper definition of legitimately...

You obviously don't play poker... you can't just fold after going all-in.

It just wouldn't have been hard for them to make a scenario where all players were in on a pot, he then proceeds to ask players what cards they have, once knowing he has the best hand, he then forces them to go all-in. Once again, would have taken an extra 30 seconds and it would have made sense. Going about it how they did was just stupid... It's fine, it's a TV show, little stupid shit happens all the time. Someone brought it up, and I'm just agreeing and explaining why it was stupid. You can agree to disagree all you want. It just doesn't make any sense that he tried to do everything as legitimately as possible leading up to trying to win over Jessica, and then they have a scene that just shows that none of the writers have ever played poker in their fucking lives lol.

Same thing you see with hacker shit on TV, or other various random shit where you know the writer just has NO fucking clue what he's talking about.

Honestly the best play for the show would have been for him to force someone to tell him about an underground poker place then go in and have them give him the money, no card playing needed.

This post was edited by Blah58 on Nov 29 2015 01:33am

That would have also made much more sense lol.

Yeah but he likes to have fun when he does things
That wouldn't really fit his character

If you're going to go about it your way it may as well not even be in the show

Could have had every other part of the scene in it. The guy stoppng him, the head against wall, etc. Fits his character perfectly.