Before I begin the story, please remember that I need you to send in your Dane questions for my next blog post. I promise I will answer as many Dane questions as possible. And now: the story.
"Oh, SpaceDane, that was amazing," murmured Zapnar, the green-skinned alien chick.
Doyle played against Jesse Alto in 1976 whose final hand was an Ace-Jack. Doyle had T2s (Ten Two of spades). Doyle must have thought he could out play Jesse on the flop because he called Jesse’s raise before the flop with a measly Ten Two. Actually a very typical move for Doyle with his Power Poker playing style. The flop, A-J-10, gives Alto a very strong hand – top two pair – and he must have been pleased when Doyle moves all in. Alto calls and is happy to see Brunson’s middle pair hand. The turn (a deuce) gives Doyle 4 outs but Alto is still confident when the river shows a Ten and it is all over. A devastating blow for Alto who loses to Doyle’s full house (Tens full of Twos).
The year after the match up is Doyle against Bones Berland. Doyle again having the T2 in the final hand. Bones hole cards are 85 and with these poor starting hands there is no action pre flop. The flop (T85) leaves Bones in a good postion with two pair and Doyle having top pair. Bones tries to get maximum value by trapping but the play backfires when the turn card is a 2 – giving Doyle the best two pair hand. Both players are all in on the turn and the river is a Ten – not helping Bones. Doyle has won again with the same full house as the previous year, Tens and Twos."
SpaceDane nodded slowly, caressing the steering wheel. "And to think you said I couldn't parallel park my SpaceFordTaurus into that spot." The nod turned into a sardonic shaking of his head. "Your doubt reminds me of a hand of poker I was a part of when I traveled to the past:
"Three centuries ago – more precisely in 1976 and 1977 – now poker legend Doyle Brunson won the World Series of Poker twice in a row. The tournament back then was a lot smaller than the thousand of players in the WSOP and large online poker tournaments these days so you might not think much of this but that would be wrong. Doyle bested a field of the worlds best players twice and that is still a great feat. The strange thing – and the reason for the hands fame - is that he had the same two hole cards in the final hand each year – the T2 (Ten Two). Not generally a starting hand you would choose to play and statistically very unlikely (especially since it ended up a full house both times)
Doyle played against Jesse Alto in 1976 whose final hand was an Ace-Jack. Doyle had T2s (Ten Two of spades). Doyle must have thought he could out play Jesse on the flop because he called Jesse’s raise before the flop with a measly Ten Two. Actually a very typical move for Doyle with his Power Poker playing style. The flop, A-J-10, gives Alto a very strong hand – top two pair – and he must have been pleased when Doyle moves all in. Alto calls and is happy to see Brunson’s middle pair hand. The turn (a deuce) gives Doyle 4 outs but Alto is still confident when the river shows a Ten and it is all over. A devastating blow for Alto who loses to Doyle’s full house (Tens full of Twos).
The year after the match up is Doyle against Bones Berland. Doyle again having the T2 in the final hand. Bones hole cards are 85 and with these poor starting hands there is no action pre flop. The flop (T85) leaves Bones in a good postion with two pair and Doyle having top pair. Bones tries to get maximum value by trapping but the play backfires when the turn card is a 2 – giving Doyle the best two pair hand. Both players are all in on the turn and the river is a Ten – not helping Bones. Doyle has won again with the same full house as the previous year, Tens and Twos."
SpaceDane ended his story and leaned back into the driver's seat, reliving the events.
His nostalgia was interrupted by a strange grinding sound. What the hell was that? thought SpaceDane as adrenaline began pulsing through his veins.
Turning his head to the passenger side of the car revealed the answer to his question and so much more. Zapner had taken the opportunity during SpaceDane's story to fish out an amount of gardening hose and connect it from the tailpipe of the SpaceFordTaurus to her mouth. The strange grinding sound was in fact the death rattle of a space chick who had many strengths but one weakness: long, winding, pointless poker stories.
SpaceDane lowered his head and became silent to collect his breath...and his thoughts.
"DAMMIT!" shouted SpaceDane, pounding his fists into the steering wheel. The SpaceFordTaurus filled with the stifling air of frustration and anguish.
"I should have known she was a trap hand."
Rain began to beat slowly and irregularly upon the windshield of the SpaceFordTaurus, although to SpaceDane it might as well have been hydrounobtaniac acid beating through the chlorotitanium hull...nothing would bring back that alien chick.
SpaceDane sighed and shifted in his SpaceCockpit.
"I guess that's the life," he lowly uttered. "The life of SpaceDane." He closed his eyes for a long pause and held off the future for just a moment or two.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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