Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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? 



1 comment:

Phil said...

I think a lot of people would rather take a deal rather than submit to the lottery affect of huge blinds and random results. Plus you inspire fear in their hearts.