Mr. Good Time was playing $15-$30 Holdem tonight. He laughed, he jammed it, he straddled, he drank, he won lots and lots of pots. He made so much noise that everyone in the room knew he was there, at all times.

Some of the players were laughing with him and some were grim faced and devastated by his run of luck…just hoping he’d stay long enough for it to turn around. As the night progressed, his noise level went up…he was off the scale by about 2:00 a.m.

Something happened in a hand that required a decision. The arguing went on for a few minutes with him getting in his 3c worth and more. It slowed down to a dull roar and the Supervisor walked away only to return immediately because Mr. Good Time was now pointing directly at the 1s telling him he ‘could get fucked’ and a few other things.

Mr. Good time was dealt out and the Supervisor told him to take a walk. Of course you’ve heard of the ‘stadium wave’? Well the ‘applause wave’ started at a table next to his and most of the players in the room joined in as Mr. Good Time left the room. He returned 10 minutes later and racked up his chips…naturally the game broke up right after that.

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Jump start your heart if you’re a player in this game. $30-$60 Holdem and the 1s is shoveling chips into the pot with both hands. He wins the last hand of the dealer’s down and gets primed for the next hand. The bet is raised and seven players take the Flop, AD-8C-5C.

A bet and raise find four players seeing the Turn which is an unrelated card. The River is an Ace. The 1s checks and calls when the 5s bets. The 5s turns over A-10C.

The 1s turns to the dealer and indignantly states, “YOU are not welcome here!”

Dealer, that would be me, “I’m not?”

“No! You are not welcome here.”

I reply, “Honey, I have to be here.”

The 1s calls every hand for the next 15 minutes, and wins most of them. One that is fairly spectacular and deserves to be mentioned is as follows:

The 9s raised pre-flop. He’s pretty solid and never gets into a war unless he’s armed.

The 1s and the 4s both call the raise.

The Flop is something like, 9-5-3, with two Spades.

The 9s bets, the other two players call.

The Turn is a 10S. A repeat of the Flop betting action…9s bets, the other two call.

The River is a deuce of Spades. They all check. The 4s shows 2-2 for a set of deuces and the 1s turns over 7-4 OS and wins the pot with a 7 of Spades.

The 9s had a Sweater and the Sweater walked around the table laughing…the 9s didn’t see any humor in any of it. The game…er…ahh…war was on.

The 1s threw away, oh possibly, three hands during that half hour down, slammed, jammed, rammed all the rest of them and even liked me when I left. Imagine that!

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Omaha 8 or Better really might be the game of the future…the last two nights have found a full $20-$40 with a Half Kill and a full Must Move game.

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This post is done by Chanzes – during the time period that I took a break from posting in the Diary.