The Ballad of Sammy George Ends in Stages
against Ivan Demidov. Demidov called with his
and found George with
. No spades came, just
,
and George was almost walking off until it turned out he covered Demidov."Oh shit, I'm still in!" he blustered, before making a big show of moving in blind for less than 2,000 next hand. In between he said to Demidov, "Now you owe me one. I'll call it in at the World Series."
"A $1,000 event, maybe," replied Demidov.