I Love "Juicy" Poker Games

Last Saturday I had to leave the live game at about 10pm and I was bummed because it's what I call a "juicy" game.


Roland and Miguel (a/k/a "The Professional") were just being ridiculous.  They made a deal verbally in front of all players that if one of them raised, the other would call no matter what 2 cards they had.  If there was a re-raise by a 3rd party, they didn't have to call unless they wanted to, but if there weren't any re-raises they were obligated to call each other.  This got very juicy for everyone else.  Roland even re-bought for $1,000 at one point.


My favorite personal moment was when I simply decided I'd had enough of the $22 pre-flop raises by Roland (who was on my right and never looked at his cards for about an hour).  He would do this about every 4th or 5th hand.  I had 2-3 off-suit and called the raise on the button, as did Miguel and one other player.  The flop was 4-4-9 rainbow.  Miguel bet $20, the other player folded, Roland called the $20 and I raised to $40.  Miguel folded almost immediately as did Roland.  I decided to be mean and evil and show my 3 high.  Roland thought it was really funny and Miguel gave me the "ooshka ooshka" look like he wanted to strangle me. 


I decided to take my $325 profit and left shortly thereafter.  Paybacks are a bitch and I didn't want to have one handed to me - LOL.


I found out the next day that Miguel ended up the winner of that battle, taking almost $2,000 off Roland.  Ouch.

Are They Afraid of Me or What?

At the Crazy Moose last Saturday, there were 6 of us left and 4 spots were being paid.  At the end of the hand, the lone holdout for a split was knocked out.  I thought 6 ways was a little crazy, but the buy-in is only $25 and 6 ways would have been $146.  Not too shabby.  Nonetheless, the guy wouldn't go for it.  I really didn't care one way or the other.  I'm basically happy when I make the final table.


Right after he got knocked out, blinds went up to 2,000-4,000.  I only had 3,000 chips and would be all-in in 2 more hands when my big blind rolled around.  I was hoping someone might make an offer to pay 5th money back.  Much to my surprise, one of the other players asked about a 5-way split and everyone agreed.  $176 each.  I was quite frankly flabbergasted.  Did they realize how short-chipped I was?  Maybe not.  I like to think they were afraid I might chip up a bunch and knock them all out - LOL.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


What do you think?  Would you make a deal like that with a player who would probably be out in 2 hands?