Abe
09-07-2002, 07:43 PM
It's funny how people can have completely different perceptions of what is going on at a hold 'em table.
Tunica Horseshoe opens up a third 10-20 game at 11pm Saturday on a holiday weekend. Main game is full of grumpy old guys---but this game should be good. Shows are over, dinner is over, dealers are getting off duty, the room is packed, band is playing, people are drinking, 20-40 players are whooping it up. I love this town!
A young guy comes to the table (with his young wife) and sits next to me. Looks like she has never seen this game before, and seems a little scared of it. He wants her to watch. I try to be nice and say to get a chair and sit right there and watch him. He puts rack of red on table and waits for big blind. She asks him how much the chips are worth. He tells her $5. She asks, "Each?" Seems a little concerned. He sees the rack of red---she sees a washer/dryer, maybe a vacation on the beach.
The blind comes to him and he throws 2 chips in. She asks why and he explains. Gets raised and called. He calls, throwing 2 more chips in. Flop comes with A and it gets bet. He folds. Next hand he puts in a chip and has to explain again. Limpers back to him so he completes. Flop comes paired, people bet and he folds. Next hand he is the button, couple of limpers and he calls. Don't remember flop but its a bet to him and he folds.
Wife has been watching him put all those $5 s in the pot and not win anything for 3 hands now says, "Honey, I don't think you are any good at this game. Lets go."
Tunica Horseshoe opens up a third 10-20 game at 11pm Saturday on a holiday weekend. Main game is full of grumpy old guys---but this game should be good. Shows are over, dinner is over, dealers are getting off duty, the room is packed, band is playing, people are drinking, 20-40 players are whooping it up. I love this town!
A young guy comes to the table (with his young wife) and sits next to me. Looks like she has never seen this game before, and seems a little scared of it. He wants her to watch. I try to be nice and say to get a chair and sit right there and watch him. He puts rack of red on table and waits for big blind. She asks him how much the chips are worth. He tells her $5. She asks, "Each?" Seems a little concerned. He sees the rack of red---she sees a washer/dryer, maybe a vacation on the beach.
The blind comes to him and he throws 2 chips in. She asks why and he explains. Gets raised and called. He calls, throwing 2 more chips in. Flop comes with A and it gets bet. He folds. Next hand he puts in a chip and has to explain again. Limpers back to him so he completes. Flop comes paired, people bet and he folds. Next hand he is the button, couple of limpers and he calls. Don't remember flop but its a bet to him and he folds.
Wife has been watching him put all those $5 s in the pot and not win anything for 3 hands now says, "Honey, I don't think you are any good at this game. Lets go."