Free Poker Stories – A Life Saving Bluff
I spend more time playing free poker online now than casinos, but a few years ago I was on a boozy weekend in Vegas and in my drunken state managed to pull of a poker win and pocket myself $1,000 winnings! I admit, it was pure luck that night as I wasn’t exactly playing at my sober best. Anyhow, after collecting my winnings and feeling rather pleased with myself I realised I had a tiny problem… what to do with my winnings as I didn’t want to walk around with it and I hadn’t taken a safety deposit box at my hotel. I hold a box at another hotel all year round for when I pop to Vegas in the hope of winning some money and this was my only option.
So, not wanting to keep about $1,000 in my pocket, I knew I had to walk across the street to the Horseshoe to put my money in my box. Nowadays, that wouldn’t be a problem, but as I said, at that time there were lots of undesirable characters inhabiting Downtown, and let’s just say that there was little or no security..
I didn’t think much of it until I hit the street. I then realized how dark it was, and with the street all torn up, there were no cars and virtually no people, either. Furthermore, there was a light mist falling. I was tired and thought, “Oh, what the hell. It’s only across the street – less than a block away.” So, I started my short walk.
This was the point that I was wishing I was playing free poker online rather than being out in the streets like a crazy man!
As I turned a corner, I came across two huge guys looking a little rougher than I would have preferred and they seemed pretty drunk and out for a bit of fighting action. Then they spotted me, I knew this was just my luck, especially as there was nobody else in sight and I was well outsized and out numbered.
As I kept walking, they approached me as if they were going to block what was left of the sidewalk.
When they got within a few feet of me, one of the guys asked, “Hey, you got a couple of dollars?”
Not about to inform them of my win, I had to come up with something pretty quick before being beaten to a pulp, so, I took a chance and drunkenly squared up to them shouting ‘Don’t **** with me… I have just lost $25 in there!!!’. The two guys didn’t know what to do and actually looked quite bemused as they parted for me to walk through them.
After marching on (and totally ****ping myself) I turned around and shouted a few more comments. It was a great spur-of-the-moment bluff. Oh, I could have said, “I don’t have any money,” or given a dozen other excuses, but I don’t think that any of them would have worked quite as well as what I did. The bottom line was that these fellows wanted no part of a guy who could be that angry about losing 25 bucks.
It really was the best bluff I had ever pulled and if I hadn’t then I wouldn’t be playing any type of poker now whether free poker or pay poker. So, if you are one of those two guys reading my story… oh well… better luck next time chaps!
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