I just got back from Foxwoods and they are still talking about the bad beat fiasco. X you are a legend.
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Originally Posted by Lattimer
That specific hand? Sure. But every hand she played up to that point? Folded the same way? In the same order (the 2 cards not reversed)? *Anything* different would've caused successive decks to be shuffled differently in the machine. Butterfly effect ldo.
Couldn't be truer.
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Originally Posted by Mat the Gambler
If you're going to argue that logic, then she shouldn't get any more or less credit for everyone else on the table winning than every player who's ever played at Foxwoods. Except that she was unselfish enough not to muck.
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Originally Posted by Lucky Clubs
Considering she said a few posts up, "Of course I wish I mucked," I am not sure this praise is deserved.
I have read nothing in the past few pages that smacks of unselfishness.
What she did borders on heroic. With no expectation of getting anything in return and every expectation of getting in trouble she stood up for a bunch of strangers and one friend. This is one of the classiest acts you will ever see in a poker room. And yes she is only 20 and may have some misgivings of what she sacrificed as a result of the apparent harsh treatment she received and perhaps expressed them in anger here. But given what ultimately happened and the lack of return generosity I think she has every right to an emotional reaction.
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Originally Posted by xbeatax
Are you serious? I didn't muck because I knew I gave everyone the opportunity of a lifetime and I willingly sacrificed and got nothing in return. Now of course I wish I mucked because people at the table were saying some pretty awful things about me, even though I willingly did something truly generous for them. I thought that someone would be "generous" enough to give me something, but I guess that's too much to ask.
What you did was very generous. I guess if you did it because you thought you were going to get compensated or possibly be allowed to keep the jackpot money then well it is a rude awakening to the world.
I hope in time you will realize that your actions were truly amazing and that the lesson to learn is that it is who you are that means anything. Though I don't know you, I am proud of you and what you did.
Good luck in your future poker career. I will put a good word in for you with every Floor that I know including the Floor supervisors. They are good people and hopefully will understand that maybe they can cut you some slack because you got Foxwoods a lot of good press (by giving them the opportunity to do the right thing for the other players at the table) and you showed a lot of character doing it.
As much as I am opposed to giving a guy who gets up from his seat and misses a jackpot hand anything when the jackpot hits, I think they all should have given up 25% of their jackpot winnings to you on the side. Had I been there I would have lobbied hard for that to happen and that your friend did not do that is beyond horrifying. At least you found out what kind of friend he is.