A Nice Poker Experience

Ever wanted to stick it to someone who was acting like a turd? I finally was able to this weekend at a poker tournament at my graduate school Cancer Biology Retreat.

There was a poker tournament with a $5 buy-in that was a donation for Gilda's Club Nashville. We got a dealer, a 6th year grad student who was a bit over-zealous for the rules. Given that we had people at the table who had never played poker before, everyone felt that we needed a relaxed atmosphere. This guy would have none of that. Needless to say, it wasn't very fun. So I decided that at the first opportunity I would bet all of my chips, hoping to lose so I could get up and go do something else. Anything else.

The dealer was also playing, and his strategy was to fold on every hand, so he could keep all of his chips until most of the other players had lost all of theirs. However, after about 10 to 15 hands of folding, he decides to bet a huge stack of blue chips (the highest demonination). Even a grad student could see the guy was bluffing, so I called his bluff. I figured either way I would win.. if I win, he's out of the game cause he's betting all his chips, if I lose, I'm out of the game and I could do something else.

I bankrupted him and won.

He was a bit of a sore loser, and started yelling at me saying "you have no idea what you're doing! No one should bet that much on what you have!!" (I had ace high).

I reminded him that whatever I had, it was better than what he had and that he could go ahead and deal the next hand.

Felt good.

The guy proceeded to get wasted on Bud Lite (there was a keg of Newcastle Nut Brown Ale, but I guess he likes his Bud Lite) and hit on a girl who had some sort of fetish with wrestling, since that seemed to be her major topic of conversation. I heard him ask her "Name your 5 favorite Zeppelin songs... NOW!" What decade are we in? I felt like I was living in a bad 70s movie. Unfortunately, she answered.

I wonder if they hooked up. If they did, I bet it was in the back seat of his Camaro.