Chess vs. Scrabble; Poker Wins

Chris Ferguson, whom I somehow failed to notice on the first sweep despite his being one of the most distinctive people in poker, has been chatting away with his table. Passing by, you only get snippets of conversations, but this one seemed to be about the millions of combinations of moves in chess vs. those in scrabble. Perry Friedman was just commenting about the starting moves in Scrabble when he had to pay attention to an Omaha hand.

He raised under the gun (300), called by the big blind only. The bb check-called on the {Q-Diamonds}

flop.

The turn was the {6-Spades}

. Check to Friedman again, who bet and was quickly raised. He repopped it to 900 - call.

The river: {4-Clubs}

Now there was a quick double-check, as Friedman said, "I missed the diamonds."

"What diamonds did you have," said the bb, showing the second nut flush draw and Aces: {A-Hearts}