Man in The Monkeys

Thank you and may your old Neil Sedaka 8 tracks be in good repair.


Middle limit, 2/3 blind structure, Sredni dealt in.


Positional name assignment: Button= Zepellin; Cutoff=Slim Whitman (Sredni); 2 off the button=Limp Bizkit(unpronouncable be his name); small blind= Abba(Fernando); Big blind= The Monkeys(Man).


Well known cast, Sredni beholds A3sp in Slim Whitman. UPBHN sitting on Limp Bizkit open calls, Sredni calls, both blinds call/check. The man sitting on Zepellin seemed dazed and confused and folded after considering entering. Sredni does not act without a plan, however dubious...


Flop and final board is: Kh, 8c, 4sp, 2d, X.


Flop gets checked thru. Sredni?


Turn checks (yes, Paradise faithful, born and bred, this sometimes does happen in the nonhermit world) to Sredni who bets, Fernando folds. Man in The Monkeys raises, Limp Bizkit folds. Does the Man in The Monkeys have Sredni over a barrel?


Sredni reraises. Wins. Sredni would go back to the shed if not.


How out of line was Sredni? What conditions would Sredni need to be true, for his actions to be correct? Or has Sredni reached the point where even the Houdan Hen will turn her back on him?

How many of you are completely discombobulated?


Sredni Vashtar


Sredni Vashtar went forth,

His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.

His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.

Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.

It appears (said Reginald) that Sredni, though perilously close to the proverbial deep end in this enigmatic post, was one level higher than the Man in the Monkeys. King high flop was checked. An inconsequential deuce next appeared on the turn. The Man in the Monkeys could not have thought such a card would cause someone to bet; thus, with a King, the Man in the Monkeys would have bet the turn. Sredni knew this and saw that it was good.


When Sredni bet the turn, the Man in the Monkeys said (to himself), aha, Sredni would probably have either A) raised pre-flop with a King in his hand; or B) bet the flop with a King in his hand or even an eight); or C) both. Alas, Sredni did E) neither. Thus, reasoned The Man in the Monkeys, I can F) raise Sredni back into the shed, neight, all the way into the hutch.


Sredni thought about all of this and saw that it was good.


Is the fox anywhere close or completely discombobulated? Has he missed the significance of Slim Whitman's hand and/or the man on Zepellin's dazed confusion? No matter, it is evening now and time to cast aside the cares and distractions of the day and really live. Cards are too frivolous and empty a way of passing the time. These games are very educational, but, personally, I prefer bridge. But one must occasionally do things that one dislikes.

Give that man a buttery toast.


Email on route, dear Andy.


SV.