Thursday, August 17, 2006

Cruisin’ on a Wednesday Afternoon…

17 AUG 06

Before I get to poker on the high seas, I have to relate this story. My family and I are driving yesterday when AC/DC comes on the radio. My wife and I are singing (loudly):

'Cause the walls were shakin'
The earth was quakin'
My mind was achin'
And we were making it and you -
Shook me aaaaaall niiiiiiiiight long

Right when we finished “shakin’,” from the back seat my 8 year old son asks, “ what’s a World Wide Chicken?”

I guess you had to be there.

***

I’ve decided not to get into the gory details about playing 5/10 on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship. I can sum it up in this short quip:

8 way flop. Turn brings 3rd spade. River brings 4th spade. Four players still left in the hand. Bet. Call. Call.

Moron #4 GOES INTO THE TANK. For like, 2 minutes. He’s really conflicted here. I’m thinking, he obviously has the second nut flush, but what about the two callers ahead of him? He finally calls and shows:

Wait for it…

Top pair, no spade.

If I stayed at the table, I would have eventually paid for the cruise, but instead I did a very positive EV thing and got away from the table with more cash than when I sat down and had a great time.

Tomorrow – pictures!!

(If Blogger let’s me post ‘em.)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my god! A world wide chicken! I was on the floor!! Kids, man. Gotta love 'em.

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