My Favorite Pokerstars Moment

My Favorite Moment on Pokerstars

Those of you who know me in real life could consider me a verbose character. Me likey the talktalk a whole bunch. When I sit down in any social situation, whether it be a bar , restaurant or at a friend's house, I get involved in the conversation du jour. In fact, to a large extent I run it. If there is silence, I fill it. If there is one guy hogging the monologuing like a bad guy, I'll make him take a breath,
What the hell does this have to do with poker, I hear you mutter. First off, speak up. Secondly, I'll tell you. When I get in a good position in an online tournament I love chatting to other players in the Squawk Box, the name I give to the text chat. It is nice to find someone who wants a genuine conversation. It's more fun being on the outside of a Spanish conversation 'jajajjajajajaja'ing with the rest of them. And of course when I run good, and put bad beats on people, I get to mock their indignant responses.

And one day I ran really well. It was a 2.20 rebuy NL Omaha Hi/lo. I know, right, can you smell the fish in the room? TO the non poker players, this game attracts a lot of gambling. Poker theory tends to become secondary to a desire to win. Or in the case of my tables, to beat that mouthy git with the stupid afro. They hated me. I had so much run good I could sit down with 456Ko and hit quad Kings with a 23K flop. I could hit a wheel on the turn and make nut full house on river.

The rebuy period of that tournament I was chip leader by at least a billion chips (numbers may vary) .  One guy was to my right and he was not a happy bunny. My squawk box was full of some very mean things, some of which involved my mother and others involving my apparently black heritage. I think I neeed to improve the brightness of my avatar.  I thought he was harmless, and I proceeded to get involved in a slanging  match, exchanging my pleasantries with his barbarisms. Me riposte-ing with lines  'wow, you make such educated guesses. I can see why you're poker pro' would send him off again and again. I nearly fell off my chair from laughing. Me, a 33 year old. Embarrassing.

Well, I busted him of course. I busted a whole bunch of people. I ran my tables. If there were no bets I took the pot. If someone was acting aggro constantly I would shut them down. Conversation, and playing I like to be the table captain. It's not that I think I'm the best. I just think life and poker is more fun that way. BTW, ended up fourth. Took down over a grand. Not bad for a mouthy Brit with a ridiculously awesome afro.

Respect the Jewfro.

Old Dirty Rabbi, Hebrew Hammer 'DMansell'