The Snake Wins a Huge Pot
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. Jack Maresca has already put the last of his chips in. Thomas Catanzaro asks Jack "The Staten Island Snake" Deutsch how much he has left. After learning the count, Catazaro sets Deutsch all-in.Deutsch takes his plastic coiled snakes off his chips. He says, "I can't beat a straight, I can't beat anything else." He asks what place he'd finish if he calls. He thinks a bit . . . and the Snake calls.
Maresca has
. Catanzaro has 
. And Deutsch? "THE SNAKE HAS THE POCKET BULLETS BABY!!" he shouts. "Eight!" Catanzaro yells, and Deutsch screams that ONE TIME he doesn't want to see an eight. And the dealer burns and turns over the 
and Deutsch and he's friends go crazy. "LET ME HEAR FROM THE SNAKE PIT!!" he yells and his friends on the rail shout back. This might be the most boisterous table I've seen at the World Series so far.