Moo-ha Blog

so i’ve been going to commerce quite a bit lately and i have a pretty good poker story to tell.

the
other day, i sat at a poker table w/ this old asian white-haired lady.
she’s pretty aggressive and not the nicest person either…cusses quite
a bit and not like ur typical "sweet" grandma even tho she looks like
one.

anyways…i had about $600 on the table and on one hand, i
had QQ (two queens) and i raised $80 before the flop and two people
called me, one of them being grandma.  the flop comes out and it was Q
9 5 with 2 clubs so i went "ALL IN".  the next guy folds but grandma
thinks for a while and calls my $520 raise!  she flips open A J of
clubs — meaning she had the nut-flush draw (the Ace-high flush draw).

so the dealer flips open the turn card (4th card) and it was a
3 of clubs.  but the dealer immediately raises his hand and says "i
make a mistake!  FLOOR MAN!  I need floor man now!"  Granny, who just
made her flush with the 3 of clubs, starts getting really pissed.
she’s like "why do u need floor man?  3 of clubs is good!"  the floor
man (supervisor) comes over and the dealer explains that he made a
mistake.  he accidentally "burned" twice meaning he burned 2 cards
instead of 1 before flipping over the 3 of clubs. 

at this
point, granny looks at me and says "do u wanna chop chop?"  (chop means
splitting the pot 50/50)  the guy next to me elbows me and shakes his
head.  "naw man!  don’t chop…why should u be penalized for the
dealer’s mistake…don’t chop!"  but i didn’t really need his
advice…i wasn’t going to chop anyways so i said no to granny.

the
floor man makes a decision and says "ok, here’s what we’re gonna do.
turn the 3 of clubs face-down…that’s the burn card for the river.
turn the extra burn card up, that’s suppose to be the actual turn
card."  so the dealer flips down the 3 of clubs and flips open a Q of
clubs.  granny immediately stops complaining and i could see a smirk on
her face.  she thinks she won.  but i hadn’t shown my QQ yet so she has
NO idea i just made 4 of a kind with Q’s!

so the river was a
harmless 4 of hearts and granny says "ok, i have the nutz.  i win…. i
told u to chop but u no wanna chop.  too bad ok?".  and she starts
reaching for the chips.  but i’m like "hold on…" and i flip open QQ.
everyone at the table starts "OOooohing and Ahhing"…and the guy who
told me not to chop gives me a high-five.  poor granny starts cussing
out the dealer and leaves the table.  i don’t know why she’s all pissed
cuz all the dealer did was correct a mistake he made…everything
turned out exactly how it should have. 

anyways, next time u
see old white-haired granny at commerce…make sure u tell her u have
two Queens and u’ll chop chop w/ her.  i’m sure that’ll bring back some
fond memories. 

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