An Orbit with The Chainsaw
The first couple of levels of a tournament are usually pretty uneventful, so we stood behind Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler for an entire orbit.
Hand 1 - Folded preflop in late position. Chewed his gum in silence.
Hand 2 - Folded preflop. Was talking to the player on his right about the Borgata.
Hand 3 - As the deal completed Kyle Cartwright informed the dealer he caught a glimpse of Kessler's card. He didn't know exactly what it was but he said it was black number card. Kessler then limps and taps his cards, "I may or may not have a black card." The flop came and after a bet Kessler folded. He told the table he had two black sevens and wasn't sure which one Cartwright saw.
Hand 4 - He folds again and leaves the table to talk to a friend. He pointed out the food bar in the back of the room.
Hand 5 - He folded from under the gun and sat silently.
Hand 6 - From the big blind he folded to a middle position raise. He pointed out to the player on his right that a green T25 chip had fallen off his stack.
Hand 7 - Dealer change. He starts working on the percentage of previous hand pointing out that he had an app on his phone for percentages. He folded to an early position raise of 375.
Hand 8 - Kessler is on the button and couldn't believe his neighbors at the table didn't have a poker odds calculator on their phone. He called a preflop bet of 375 and the flop came . Kessler's opponent bet 700 and he raised to 1,775. His opponent called and the turn came . His opponent checked and as Kessler was grabbing chips to bet his opponent folded before Kessler could put them in the pot. Again he couldn't believe players at the table didn't have an odds app.
Hand 9 - He folded from the cutoff, looked over his shoulder and said, "I bet the Pokernews guys have that app."
We do.