Serious Business
Seat 7 on Paul Newey’s table is playing every hand so far. Newey check-called a bet on a flop of but folded to a bet when the turn produced the . He then offered to show one card and the picked card was the . “Both good.” Seat 7 said, adding that he played four out of five hands seriously and one will be a bluff.
He was involved in the next hand where they got to a turn with the board reading whereupon he over bet the pot to the tune of 1,500 and took it down. “Serious hand. Serious business. Very serious player today. I don’t lie ever.”
On the next hand he was under the gun and announced, “Limp. Very cheap prices in London today. Christmas prices.” That encouraged a number of players, including Newey on the button, to throw in the 100 to see a cheap flop of . A 200 bet from Seat 7 saw Newey bump it up to 650 and scoop the chips.