Ethics

Quick Vegas Update 3

By Ed Brayton

Okay, it's about 2:30 am Vegas time and I'm back in my room after my third winning session of poker. Not a big win, about $115, but it should have been much bigger. One dealer who sat down absolutely cold decked me on two hands right in a row when I was about $250 up.

The first one I had pocket queens. I raise to $20 preflop and get raised to $50 by a guy who had hardly played a hand since he'd sat down about an hour earlier. Very tight player. I call the raise and the flop came jack high. I knew there was a good chance he had aces or kings but I figured I'd better find out right now. I bet $30 and he went all in. I said, "Okay, your kings are good" and folded my queens face up. He turned up pocket kings.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).