From time to time I make notes in my phone about funny and stupid things I hear and see at the poker table and in casinos. I blogged about some of these once before here:
Things that gamblers say
Since these funny and crazy things never stop happening I thought I would make this a series of blogs. All of the following happened in the past month or so:
A poker player next to me had 88 and called a raise and the flop came A K 5. Everyone checked the flop and the turn was a 9. This time the raiser bet and there was a call, the man showed me 88 before folding and said "what do you want to bet an 8 comes out on the river?" I told him that I would bet him $5 that one does not and that I would lay him 2-1 odds! He said "give me 3-1." I said yes and put three $5 chips off to the side to his one $5 chip and when an 8 didn't hit the river I won his $5. The odds were over 20-1 against an 8 hitting.
I was playing blackjack at the Silver Legacy casino in Reno NV and saw a player to my right get dealt two threes against a dealers Jack. He split the threes. He drew a King on the first three and hit again and busted. On the next three he got dealt an Ace and stayed on his soft 14. The dealer had an 8 underneath and the player lost. It would be hard to play that hand any worse. Blackjack players are typically very clueless on how to play proper basic strategy but this was one of the worst plays I have ever seen.
Also while playing at the Silver Legacy in Reno a female player was sitting at third base when a man walked up to the table to her left and wanted to sit down. There was not much room (because obviously there was a player at third base) but he seemed determined to fit in. The dealer politely told the man that the spot was not open but the one on the other side of her was open and he was welcome to play there. The player looked the dealer in the eyes and said "Can't she just move over?" The dealer said no and that she can stay in the spot if she likes. The man walked away and did not sit in the open seat. Too bad for him the dealer did not make the lady move because he really wanted third base.
I was playing in a limit hold em game at the Bay 101 casino in San Jose CA. I raised it up with AQ and was called by Q3 and his pair of 3's on the flop beat my Ace high. The very next hand the same player folded when it was limped to him. The flop came 8 high and he complained to his neighbor that he had folded Q8 and he would have top pair. He called my raise with Q3 (I had been playing fairly tight) and refused to limp in the next hand with Q8.
I was playing in a No Limit Hold Em game and two players went all in on a Jack high board. The person who bet all in said "Do you have a jack?" The player who called nodded his head yes. The bettor said "so do I." The board ran out and neither player had a Jack. One had an underpair and one had a flush draw. This got a pretty good chuckle from all of the players. Even when all in they felt they had to lie!
I was playing in a No Limit Hold Em game and a player called a raise preflop. He then called a bet on the flop, turn and river. The board was A 10 6 6 8. He called all the way to the river which was a $30 bet. He had 22 and lost to the aggressor who had an Ace. The player with the 22 said that he made the call because he was "winning for the session."
More to come in future blogs. These guys never stop giving me material!
Disciplined Degenerate
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