Dempsey Raises Ascari Board
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Self proclaimed Crazy Italian Fabrizio Ascari has barely stopped talking (to himself, opponents, the dealer) since the start of play today and is never far from the action either. Just now he had to interrupt himself mid-flow - in Spanish no less - "Oh - I raise!" to up it to 800 preflop. Button Dempsey made the call as did the silent big blind. This of course sparked him off:
"Uh oh - just a call. Is this a problem for you? Or a problem for me?"
"A problem for you," replied a confident Dempsey.
The flop was the 
and instantly Ascari bet 5k when the big blind checked. Dempsey: "What would happen if I go all in?" - but this was sort of drowned by Ascari telling him repeatedly, "I don't have a Queen. He (the BB) has a Queen but I don't have a Queen. How much do you have? I don't have a Queen."
Finally Dempsey just threw in 15k getting a pass from the big blind who evidently did not have a Queen, and from Ascari too, who showed him 
saying what sounded like a weird toast: "Very good hand to you! I don't have a Queen!"
"You don't lie," admitted Dempsey, raking in the pot. He was given a warning finger: "Only one, eh, only one!" And the next hand progressed to the accompaniment of hearty Italian laughter which appears to be infectious.