Sunday, June 22, 2008

Dickbag goes out - pat with a pair of 3s

This may be the best story so far that doesn't involve me. So the dickbag to my right, the "hey you remember that time" guy is criticizing everyone's play. He's lamenting how everyone draws 15 against him and gets there. I keep saying "well it is called TRIPLE draw." Attack me fine, I'm an amateur, but like the rest of the three pros at our table don't know what they're doing? Also, he basically accuses Deep and Williamson of colluding against him. Williamson laughed, Deeb had his headphones on and it's a good thing. Any of you who saw that "going south" episode of HSP know that Freddy probably would have taken his fucking head off. I said "I can not believe you just said that. Settle down there kid."

What I don't bother to explain is there's a simple reason I chase him. Not only does position etc. play a part, but I've seen him show down hands. I KNOW he is drawing one to rough 9s because I've seen him get there, and both win and lose. In one hand against me he made the mistake of showing the three he caught on the last draw before showing the rest of his hand which included 98! Of course I'm chasing you down!

So, he gets into a hand with Deeb and is pat after the first draw and gets AI. Deeb draws 2 going into the final draw. Now, a king is a favorite over a two card draw on the end, even the roughest king possible. How can this kid lose! Deeb flips over 236 before looking at the final 2. The kid flips over what looks like a rough 9 again. I am so proud to say I'm the first one who spotted it, followed closely by Williamson. "Pair of 3s" I exclaim!

I wish I had taken the time to look at his face but I didn't. After telling us for hours about how bad we all are, he misreads his hand and get AI and pat with 3s. Could this be more fucking perfect! One problem - even tho the kid is packing up Deeb still has two cards to turn up. If he pairs the 6 or goes runner-runner the dickbag still wins. First card is a 9 and the second is a 7. The irony is EVEN if the kid had the hand he thought he did, he was losing. That's what happens when you play rough 9s like they're monsters. The smoothest 98 is the 34th nuts - a pretty beatable hand.

After he left I had a couple hands where it was me and four pros and one open seat. The good news is that didn't last, the bad news is an amateur/semi-pro showed up with a mountain of chips and a tendency to raise.

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