Where We're Going, We Don't Need Names
It's part and parcel in the poker world, that in certain jurisdictions players will have nicknames printed on their media tickets. Sometimes they reveal a bit more than they intend to...
In this hand three players saw a flop of ![]()
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. It checked to the third player who put out a 5,000-value chip and announced a bet of 2,500. There was one caller, and as the bettor's change was being arranged, he said that he had said 4,500. However, multiple people at the table stated that they heard 2,500, and so the bet stood at 2,500.
The turn was the
and it checked to the same player, who put out another 5,000-value chip and said very clearly: "4,500".
The remaining player thought before moving all in for 26,000, covering his opponent.
We don't understand Czech, but what we did here was "Something, something Full House?" followed by the player pointing to his cards and saying in German "Aces. Are Aces not good?"
Eventually time was called and the player folded. We took a glance at the player raking in the pot's media ticket, and perhaps got an insight into what he had. The name on the ticket was: Squadouche.