I was not best pleased when in Estonia when some Scandie decided to dwell after I had pushed on the flop and he spent a minute in what appeared to be talking himself into calling stating he put me on AK. What did he call with after his dwell, QQ, which went rather nicely with the QQ 5 flop.
Naturally I did have a quiet word with him during the break and told him I didn't really appreciate his actions.
Before a recent trip to the Baltics, I'd only been slowrolled three times ever, once in the Venetian in Vegas and twice in Ireland. This Latvian gentleman, Juris Bonders (
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3663) slowrolled me in a €5,300 PLO cash pot in Dublin's Jackpot Club during the recent Irish Open festival, so when I arrived in Mr Bonders' hometown of Riga three weeks ago to play some cards, I was gunning for revenge.
Mr Bonders never showed for the £2-4 PLO game the first night we played in Riga's Olympic Voodoo Casino, but I soon learnt that slowrolling was
de rigeur in those parts. They were ALL doing it, so I began to follow suit. When in Rome...
By the end of the week, I had slowrolled Mr Bonders three times in tasty pots. I was also the biggest winner on the week's modest cashgames. Late on the Saturday night (our last night playing in Riga before moving on to Estonia), after Mr Bonders had downed a fair few cognacs, and shortly after I'd beaten him in yet another pot, he asked me to confirm I was from Dublin. I said I was. He then proceded to take out his thinning wallet, fished out his membership cards for Dublin's Jackpot Club, Merrion Club (R.I.P) and Fitzwilliam Club and tore up all three of them at the table!
Apologies to Paddy Powers in advance if there is a diminished Baltic contingent for next year's Open!