Ruling New Jersey - Volume 2, Issue 1
"That's why kids shouldn't play poker"I've been playing poker for almost 6 years now. Long before this poker craze swept the nation. At Alternate Universe, the store hosting the WCT events for 2005, there's sometime a group of teenagers playing poker. I mentioned it before in an article when I ran some kids out before Origins for about $50. But then it was just a couple kids. After a TNT event on the 30th one of the kids that plays there asked if we wanted to get in a $10 mini-tournament. Len and I decided to play. There were 8 players and we started with 150 in chips. I blew half my stack early so I decided to sit back and relax. Len was the first player out when he decided to go all-in with middle pair. I can't teach this kid anything. Fast forward 2 hours later and we're down to 4 players. I was pretty healthy (I had a decent amount of chips) and it was me and this 16 year-old kid heads up. I had position so he was first to act when the flop comes. I guess he got excited when the flop came and he hit a set (3 of a kind) of dueces. In fact, he got so excited he lost his head and threw his hand into the muck (discard). Well, this made his hand dead and I won the pot. He was pretty pissed off. Trying to be a nice guy, believe it or not, I tried to tell him that when he's in a hand he should place a chip on his hand to make sure that doesn't happen. I guess he wasn't in the mood for advice and he says, "Yeah, yeah, I know, shut the fuck up!" Well, now here's the situation, I have 16 year old boy telling me to shut the fuck up at a poker table. Much less a poker table in a card store, that we play trek in, with the owner in the game. What are my options? If he was a couple years older this wouldn't even be a question. I thought for a second about gripping him up and tossing him out the back door into the dumpster. But, in the interest of being the General Manager for WCT, I decided to just calmly explain to the boy how I felt. So I said quietly in his ear, "Why don't you show some respect to the store, and Mike, and not act like a idiot. I'm going to show some respect now by not taking you out back." Like a little punk he said, "Go ahead and I'll sue." At this point everyone was saying settle down, relax, and whatnot. This is when I pointed out, "That's why kids shouldn't play poker." Well, a couple hands later the kid got broke and was on his was home. With 3 players left I was the short stack. Luckily, Mike decided to make a bluff with AK when the other kid had a full house. This got me into 2nd place and doubled my money. I don't know what the moral of the story is, maybe something about sportsmanship and respect. It can either be learned or taught in the back of a store in the dumpster. Do me a favor kids, learn it. Next time, schools in session.
The December TNT's (Thursday Night Trek) have been a huge success. Drawing an average of 10 players a week. I have to give Steve Fitchett full credit for this. He's done more for Trek in this area than any Ambassador or DAgent, a long list of douchbags, ever did. That's why the players of WCT have decided to name him Chairman. An honorary title for all the hard work he's done. Though not completely honorary, he has the power to fire the General Manager, my current postion, and name a new GM in the event I regain the World Heavyweight Title.
2004 came to a close with Len Neidorf winning the Jersey Cup, to be renamed the A.U. Cup for 2005. Len still is the local legend but lets see how he fares in '05 when he has to fend off horde of new players Steve has brought in. All nonsense aside 2005 is shaping up to be a great year. I truly belive World Championship Trek is going to be the new face for local scenes. Players from 2 continents have contacted me about setting up similar systems in their area. I fully support these players and hope they can have the success that we've had had here. So good luck bitches in 2005, I'll see you clowns around.
John Corbett- "You know, the Nazis had piece of flare they made the Jews wear." -Peter, Office Space
P.S. Any question, stories, fan/hate mail please feel free to send to johncorbettjr2 at comcast dot net.
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