It’s Thursday night home game poker. This is the lowest stakes, loosest, loudest game I regularly play. No rake, no dealer, same group of friends yucking it up every week. Limped pots are rare, 3-bets with multiple callers are common.
We were 8-handed, but the player on my right just went bust and left in a huff. He’ll be fine.
Now there are 7, I’m the big blind, and there is no small blind, just an empty chair.
I peek at my cards and see pocket aces. Laughter erupts over something… I had tuned out the chatter to concentrate on how I want to maximize value with this big blind special.
Fold…
Fold…
Fold…
Fold…
Fold…
Fold…
I get my big blind back. Nobody gives a fuck either.
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