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I get to chatting with some of the guys at the table and one of 'em is from SoCal, says he plays at Commerce. I asked if he plays the 20/40 there, and he goes, "No, mostly 100/200." So I ask what he's doing condescending to us lowly mid-limiters, and he says he's just waiting until there's enough interest in a 30/60. But during this conversation he tells us an amusing Commerce story that I believe, since it takes place at Commerce.
A wild gambooler at the 100/200 game has been spraying chips all night and is on crazy monkey tilt. He picks up AA and flops a set, only to lose to a wheel on the river. The dude flips out and produces a lighter, then proceeds to flick it and set the two aces on fire. The smoke alarm goes off and the floorman rushes over asking what the hell is going on.
"These," the player says, holding up the melting plastic aces in his hand, "are the burn cards."
The rich 100/200 SoCaler drops a couple racks and changes tables.
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I ran into this gentleman again, last night at Commerce while playing 20/40 with Hobbs. His name is Jeff and he is very kind.
But he told me another tale that was so tall it calls into question the "burn cards" story.
Jeff was in a juicy 40/80 game the other night and picked up J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. The flop came A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (of course, why else tell the story, etc.), and the flop got capped against 2 opponents.
The turn paired the K, and went 2 bets before one opponent dropped, and Jeff made it 3 bets. His heads up opponent checkraised the river and they "went to war" again. Villian had AK and was evidently sad to see a ginormous pot shipped to a flopped royal. (Supposdly the third player had JT of another suit).
Next time I see Jeff, I look forward to his pleasant converastion and expect to hear how he wrestled an alligator while defending his BB, and runner-runnered queens full, betting all streets dark with his head inside the mouth of the great reptile.
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