Brothers! Who needs 'em ?!??

[spike]

My brother and I regularly go to the local B&M and play a tournament.

Last week he busted out and hung around to watch me play. He was sitting right behind my chair when we reached the bubble. I was lifting my cards slightly higher from the table as I peeked at the to allow him to see.

I was dealt 3h5h in the BB and was able to see a free flop with two callers. The flop came 535.

At this point my brother close behind me slapped me hard on the back. I ignored him and hoped neither of the other two players had noticed. I checked, got an all-in bet from one player, a call from the other so I reraised all-in and got the other player to call too. And, amazingly, my flopped boat held-up. Nice pot.

Little bro' was mortified... he hadn't realised I'd been in the BB and assumed I'd folded the 35. When he slapped me on the back he meant it as a commiseration for folding the boat PF.

Nice to see how unobservant my local fellow players are though :O)