Winning Essays

Poker Hand Nicknames Intro The game of poker - Texas Hold'em in particular - is exciting and vibrant. One of the things that make it so entertaining is the unique vocabulary developed by its players to describe the 'high' poker hand rankings the game uses. The nicknames for many of the more common hands are used by spectators, and by the players, so knowing the lingo greatly enhances the enjoyment and understanding of the game. We have got you covered with our poker hand chart and guide to many

Winning the Lottery Introduction: The lottery was first invented as a way for the government to generate revenue. Over time, the purpose of the lottery evolved into a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers to win a prize. In recent years, people around the world take the chance to participate in the lottery in hopes of becoming a millionaire. I have been around friends and family, who have heard the news that people around the world or themselves have won a prize from the lottery

taking a stand or winning? Or have you ever read the story Beowulf? In my opinion, winning is more important in society nowadays. Winning makes everyone happy, and makes most people humble. Even though winning can lead to very bad things, everyone counts more to winning. In the story Beowulf, there are so many examples on why winning is more common. The story Beowulf, the character Beowulf is about winning, achievement, and death. One of the examples that Beowulf is all about winning was when he stated

driving force behind a nationwide entertainment industry. In their book, Winning Is the Only , Randy Roberts and James Olson chronicle the effects of American culture on the sports industry since 1945. Roberts and Olson take the reader on a twisting journey through racial integration, the ruinous greed of big business, a perpetual battle with the gambling racket, and the transformative effects of television entertainment. Winning Is the Only follows American sports from amateurism, into the recent

Winning Boy is one of the most significant characters in The Piano Lesson by August Wilson. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano but he doesn’t understand why she can’t get rid of it. Winning Boy’s story about the piano in his life is significant to the play for Boy Willie and the readers to understand what goes on behind Berniece’s head when she wants to keep it. Winning Boy compares the piano as the burden he carries within himself. He presents himself as a successful musician, however in reality

remember that the athletes here are still young and are starting to become adults. Therefore, it is important that we focus not just on winning but on molding the players and guiding them so that they can properly mature and develop both on and off the field. Winning is important, but we cannot accept a lack of maturation and development as a trade-off to win. Winning means nothing if we have not helped these players become respectful, ethical and healthy adults. This is not the NFL, these players

Taking A Stand or Winning Taking a stand and winning are both very difficult tasks that the majority of the people don’t do. I believe that taking a stand for something and fighting for it makes you the bigger and better person than the person that wins. If you stand up and fight for something you believe in, and lose, there is nothing you can do about it, but be happy that you stood up for something that you think is right. Taking a stand for something that is wrong or for something that you

Winning by Losing Memo Canales “Mom!” I said, “Can I please NOT go on the bus today? Its the day of my big speech and I spent so much time getting ready!” Sadly, the answer was no. The speech I was going to present was a speech on family and how it is essential for the human being. Ironically, the night before the speech, my parents had been fighting, hard. It had never gotten that bad before. As I was trying to practice, I was distracted by the loud voices of my parents trying to overlap the

What if you were the deciding factor on if some one won the lottery and it would cause themto lose thier life? The man in the story Mr.Summer wants to have a new box made ,but no one spoke a word about it each time that it was brought up so the subject slowly faded away. He seem to have mixed opinions about the lottery. After years and years of the box being put up it faded with no more of the original color- on the day of June 27th Mr.Summers had the people asseabled in this one pacific

At the height of her success, Carrie Chapman Catt served her second term as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1916. A plan was implemented by Mrs. Catt called the “Winning Plan”, it was to be kept secret, to prevent the anti-suffragists from sabotaging it. In this ‘winning plan’, Carrie Chapman Catt showed the public her strengths that defined who she really was. Carrie Chapman Catt was an intelligent strategist who planned her moves before attacking. She was a dark-horse

It was quite Monday in spring, a normal day but for me and my team it was a big day. It was the day we started training for the important race; the race decide which track team was the best in the city. My teammates are, George, Aron and Dylan. We have been working hard because we lost the championship last year it would be good for us to come out this year and win the championship. The teams that we are going against are good their coaches are pro coaches they know what they are doing that’s a

Only one can win the hunger games. I should be sponsored by all of you because there is a 100% chance that I will win. It’s a waste of money betting on the other tributes when there is only one that will definitely win and that tribute is me. All the other tributes may try to argue that they are the best but I promise I am the best so don’t bet on others bet on me. I may be young but I should be the one you all sponsor because I am strong, smart, and athletic. I will win the 75th hunger games

How many of you wouldn’t mind to win the lottery? Well, about 300 million tickets `are sold for the powerball jackpot lottery and the stats are increasing. Out of those three million tickets sold only one main person will win. Isn’t that crazy! But what could the lottery really do for you? What would you buy? Maybe a brand new car, or a new house for your family. But you know what? It can't buy you love or happiness. And that is exactly what I am going to talk to you about today. You may think that

Is winning everything? To some people it might be but to Jackie Robinson it was a lot more. Jackie Robinson was the first African American that played professional baseball. To him winning wasnt everything but it was important. He had to go through a lot to get what he wanted in the end. Jackie Robinson was given the opportunity to play professional baseball and be the first African American to play in the big leagues. He wanted to play because he liked it and he saw this an opportunity to help other

Taking a stand or winning Taking a stand is what really counts, standing up for others or even for yourself is more important than winning. You can win at anything but standing up, at least you can say you tried even if you do not succeed. Winning is not everything, you get two minutes of fame and success but then you go straight back to how you were. With taking a stand, you try and do your best and help others even if you do not think you will succeed at least you can say you have tried your

Winning the Lottery In “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, the detached, objective point of view of the narrator creates suspense crucial to the plot and, through a passive tone, emphasizes how dangerous an apathetic society can be to human life. The “lottery” is the community’s euphemistic way of referring to an annual human sacrifice, however because the point of view does not reveal inner thoughts, feelings, or inner dialogue of the characters, the reader is unaware it is a euphemism at all until

If I were to have the honor of winning this scholarship, it would boost my self-esteem because not only was I nominated by my teachers, but because I will have created a foundation to begin my journey to achieve a successful college education. This scholarship would help me financially and assist in providing a well-rounded college experience. I believe in the importance of a college degree; being the first generation in my family to attend a four-year university has given me even more motivation

Could winning the lottery really be a dreadful experience? Well in “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, winning the lottery can be the most terrible thing that will ever happen to you. Because in the story, winning the lottery, could cost you your life, rather than buying a better one. Mrs. Hutchinson was a housewife, married to Bill Hutchinson. She wore an old faded house dress. Together, Bill and Tessie had 3 children. On the day of the lottery, Mrs. Hutchinson was washing dishes and she was late

Summary- In "About Winning," O'Brien introduces the coach by providing background information to the reader. It mentions that following a race, he says "That's amazing! That's Fucking Amazing! You're flying "out of pride in his protege's competitive rowing ability and her tenacity. Later, when we learn more about the coach, we see how irrational and impulsive he can be, but he always acts in the team's best interest. The rowers lost their race in the scenario described in Section 5 of his essay

Winning His Spurs was based during the Third Crusade or King Richard the Lionheart's Crusade. During the time before the third Crusade, the Crusaders of Jerusalem were trying their best to take Egypt but were forced to leave. After that, Saladin created a campaign against the Crusaders kingdom and destroyed the Christian army and took over the city and land. These events inspired the Third Crusade. In September, King Richard’s troops fought and defeated the Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf. Later,