ok felt fanatics, we are back with more 2023 adventures! today's action finds estrella and i "carbing up" again at a humble ihop just a few furlongs behind
charles town's 5/16 pole. this visit is just a pit stop on the way to see music LEGEND
stevie nicks in raleigh, nc. approaching 75, stevie doesn't spin like she used to but can still sing the phone book and sound fantastic! special thanks to high stakes poker player
bill perkins, author of
die with zero: getting all you can from your money and your life for reminding us that "the business of life is the acquisition of memories" and inspiring this trip!!
"when we find (the next) stuey ungar, tap him on the shoulder, point to the table, and ask him if
this is poker?," i instruct estrella but the rehearsal isn't going well. over at the casino a sign advertises that
rumours: the ultimate fleetwood mac tribute show is coming to charles town this july. i tease estrella, telling her how great it would be to return to charles town to see this fake stevie. she doesn't know it yet, but in almost 25 hours she'll be seeing the
real stevie in raleigh! i play this hand very close to the vest!
over in the card room i think i spot the next stuey ungar over at a table just one or two away from where he once watched me drag a pot with three sevens, ultimately igniting his interest in the game. he looks a little thinner than the last time i saw him. later he says he lost a pound and gained one but thinking about it i believe it was his posture that was different? he was sitting straighter with more confidence. more command of the table and the game.
"there he is" i ready estrella, but (hiding behind a card player magazine) i'm not inconspicuous enough and we're not going to sneak up on a man in complete control of
his poker room.
indeed our hero has already amassed 4 digits of profits for the still young season and another four digits of bonus money!
we watch as he flops a set of dimes on a board that's rather wet.
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a near pot sized bet folds out one villain and i'm hoping the second (short stacked) villain maybe caught a piece of this and will shove to see two cards but after a brief glance at the board his cards also hit the muck and the win is slightly bittersweet.
in the end i don't know if we've found the next stuey ungar or not but drive away thinking that maybe we found something even more: a player in control of his game, his card room, and most importantly his life.
thank you for reading!
game: no game (0/3 on horses
)
year: +27 (1-0)
estrella: +115 (slots)
track collector: +10
year: +x,xxx
bonus: +y,yyy
