the young callow TD looked nervous. MB #2 in particular was agitated. Not helped by MB #1 being the self dealer and an air of suspicion was malevolently present.
the TD's ruling was that both
were dead and thus the
high flush won the lot to double MB #1 up over the
flush
In this respect therefore we can see that the emergence of the
on the river was crucial, with hindsight.
At this point MB#2 went bananas, pleading that he had put his chips in with the nuts and the ruling was a travesty. Suggestions that it was the "near nuts" not the nuts fell on deaf ears, drowned out in a cacophony of blue filled air.
MB #1, a devlishly good looking, urbane and literate chap offered to chop the pot, which had been played heads up, and split the blinds. He accepted that it was an unpleasant situation for the MB #2 to be in and whilst he accepted the logic of the ruling he thought that the "spirit" of the game demanded an equitable solution and furthermore would get a young inexperienced TD out of a hole.
The young TD grabbed the olive branch handed to him by MB #1 with both hands. MB #2 calmed down. Play resumed
A flock of young nubile women immediately began to railbird MB #1, attracted not only by his cogent and lucid reasoning but also by his sportsmanship. MB #1 accompanied several home at the conclusion of the comp, which he won in a canter.
Ok, I made the last paragraph up.
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