I got to see Crazy Mike in action back in October. He was shoving at a 1-2 table at the V, as detailed in the thread. He lost the first hand I saw, then went on a tear. Cracked Aces, and won a couple more before these two awesome hands.
- To show you how people tilt when he's at the table, he shoved blind for $200 or so and got called.....by J7o. Dealer puts the whole board out, and the J7 guy completely whiffs. Mike has him pick which of his cards to turn over....first one is a J. Now the crowd is buzzing, as with the board like 90% of the remaining deck would be a win for Mike....except his other card is also a 7 for a sweet chop!
- Few hands later, guy calls the all-in with AJ. Completely bricks the board. Now before turning his hand over, Mike makes him an offer. He tells the guy he can take $50 back if he just gives up his hand right now. The guy thinks, but declines. Mike then adjusts his offer to $75 - sight unseen of his cards. The guy hems and haws, and ends up saying no, he's willing to gamble.
The board was something like KT753. Mike flips over his first card - it's a 4. Now for the second card....a 6! Runner runner straight, Mike takes down a big pot.
I left after that, but Mike was up about $1200 from his original $100 from what I saw. Table was really tilted.
Last week I was back again and saw Mike at the cage with what looked like 3 racks+ of black chips...I was disappointed I missed an apparent heads up match.