Luck's a Lady for Sousa

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The casino stereo is set up in such a manner that while the the back room where most of the players are huddled is bathed in the solemn sound early morning chip riffling, the outer tables are being treated to the very best in party music.

So with this in mind, four-way to the turn of the {9-Diamonds}

board and with 825 in the pot, Ricardo Sousa bet out 625. He received just one caller. The song pumping out of the stereo was Tom Jones' "She's a Lady", and what could be more appropriate as the dealer turned over the {Q-Hearts}

river and started tapping the table in time to the music. Sousa bet 1,600 as the song faded out, and his opponent called as the intro of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" started up. Sousa turned over {Q-Spades}