Poker Epiphany

Last night, I had an epiphany.  It was a long time in coming. 

Last week, while playing in a local tournament, short stack shoved and I called with my pocket ladies.  We flipped them over and it was my QQ against pocket 10s.  The flop came down QQ5.  Nice feeling. Flopping quads.  As I quietly exhaled, some Captain Obvious sitting next to me said, "do you realize that even if the turn and river are both 10s, you will still win."   I just smiled and nodded, however, my inside voice was saying, "what kind of idiot do you think I am? Of course, I know that."  I mentally added this jerk to my list of sexist players who think women are stupid. 

Last night, I played in the same tournament.  (Good news for the casino.  Over 100 entries and well run.  It appears people have gotten over the increase in entry fee.)  Anyway, one of the best players in the room found himself very short stack and shoved pre-flop.  Two callers.  Another Captain Obvious told him, "look at this, you can triple up."  It turns out, my treatment had nothing to do with my gender, it is just that there are a lot of idiots on the felt. 



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