72 and Toto Leonidas

Ok, here's the situation. Toto is UTG (under the gun) and raises pf roughly 3 bets. Some Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard wannabe reraises 1 unit *a total of 6 bets, to compliment Totos reraise*. Everyone folds, Toto calls. Now, at this point, I have only been on this table for about 5 hands...but have already figured out that Cooter is an ameteur supreme. He knows how to handle good preflop cards, and plays THEM by the book. However, it is quite evident, that he knows jack shit about playing cards from the flop on. Someone should probably tell him that this is a 7 card game. I mean, just cuz Daisy is wearing short shorts - that doesn't mean she wants to bed YOU. But I digress....

Of the first 5 or so hands, Cooter raises pf 3 of them...and kept firing each time he did...all for wins. Kudos to you Cooter. That shit only works for so long. So anyhow..back to the hand at heart. Flop come rag, K, rag. Toto checks, Cooter bets about 3/4 the pot. Toto calls. Turn is a rag. Cooter bets the pot. Toto beats him in. River is another rag. Again, Toto checks, and Cooter goes all in, putting Toto's tourney at stake. Yes, somehow Cooter had racked up more chips at this point in time, than a Champion like Toto. Anyhow...Toto dwells up for a looooooooooong time. Thinks about it, plays with his cards, thinks about it some more. Two or three minutes go by. He is still thinking about it. Noone..and I mean NOONE asks for a clock. They respect the man for the decision he has to make...and besides, I say this again, this guy is a CHAMPION player.

Now, before I go any further with this story, let me explain the topic of this blog: "72 and Toto Leonidas". For those of you who don't know, I have an undergrad degree in Pre-Medicine, and a Doctorates in Chiropractic. I say this NOT for a resume` builder, or to impress anyone. I say this simply to let you know that, because of my education (not that what I am about to say is sacred knowledge or couldn't be revealed through a 2 second google search) I can tell you for a fact, that the average human heart pumps 72 times per minute. This is important.

Also, before I go any further, let me assure you, that if you believe in all the shit that TILT had to offer, on ESPN, about tells, please, let me know when you are on a 15/30 table at Ameristar, so I can rape you of all your money. Yes, people have tells, but the hype you see on tv is just that....hype. Tombiv has a great tell (for when he is NOT bluffing). Everyone has them. But rest assured, the way you fondle your chips, the way you twitch your nose, shit like that...not a tell. If, for example, someone bets into you and IMMEDIATELY reaches over his shoulder to take a drink of water or whatever, from his table - THAT is a tell (unless he's acting, which you have to figure out from previous play, whether he is capable of acting). He is bluffing.

So, back to Toto and Cooter. I am by NO MEANS a calibur poker player. Everyone knows of THE tell - seeing the carotid artery beating (although people actually think it is the jugular vein...arteries pump blood AWAY from the heart, veins pump TO the heart...not to mention the carotid is superficial to the jugular...again, I digress). Cooter's Carotid was pumping, I kid you not...128 times per minute. I timed it. To THIS ameteur, I KNEW that cooter had AQ. Toto on the other hand, had to think about things. I can understand that, I mean HE is the one with the 1500 dollar buy in. I am just a lowly dealer. But JESUS...Mr Magoo himself could've seen this. Not to mention, after about 5 minutes, Cooter started TALKING to Toto. "Go home broke, or go home curious." He SAID that to Toto. If THAT doesn't chime of 'please please please fold" I dunno what does. Still the same, Toto thought about it. FINALLY he calls. His JJ hold up to Cooter's AQ os. Not only was I ecstatic to see Cooter go down (he was eventually out altogether about 20 minutes later), I was overwhelmed with my call of AQ :) Kudos to Toto, but geesh..the call wasn't THAT hard...bahahahaha.