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Originally Posted by youtalkfunny
We got a $2-4 player who's a nice guy, but the slowest player in history. Plays every hand, and every time it's his turn to act, he's caught by surprise--I mean, his eyes go wide. "Huh? It's on me?" Needs to recheck his hole cards on every street, and God forbid if he needs to start counting to see if he has a straight.
So tonight I put out a flop, and it's checked to him. He's shocked to hear it. He quickly fumbles for his cards. I watch SportsCenter while I wait for him to pull himself together. I notice that just as this player learned the action was to him, at the same instant, a baseball player on tv hit a deep fly ball on the Top Ten plays. The outfielder gave chase into the corner, crashed into the wall, and crumpled with an injury. Since this is the Top Ten Plays, this is clearly going to be an inside-the-park HR.
Now my slow friend is looking at the flop, like he's never seen one before...and I make it pick'em that he's going to act before the batter makes it all the way around the bases. Again, the action got to him *just* as the ball was struck.
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Last week I'm playing at a different casino, older guy on my left has to keep asking what the blinds are, every single orbit for at least 2 hours. Checks the board after every street like it might have changed, in an end seat so he's half getting up, no less. Eventually I get into a conversation with him. Turns out that 3 months ago he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Doc told him to keep his mind sharp, so he's continued to come to the casino 1-2x/week since the diagnosis. Wife drives him to the casino and dutifully hangs around a couple hours. I watched his game, didn't seem to be any glaring holes in it compared to the rest of the lol llsnl crowd. He's retired, house is paid off, finances are fine, just trying to keep mentally active. Nice guy. Slow as molasses, but nice.