I did manage to grab a word with our hero during my last outing, and he was as surprised as me to see his stack had somehow leapt up to the 36,000 mark. Although I was suspicious, he assured me that he had been moving and shaking. "It doesn't matter if nobody believes me," he said confidently. "I've got the chips, and that's all that matters."
With this newfound self esteem on full display, I thought I'd hang around and watch the supposed maniac in action. However, to my dismay, what I was treated to was a showcase in folding and more passing than an episode of Mastermind starring Ariston. After ten consecutive folds, I decided to give up on my mission to see him play one of these many hands he claims to have participated in, and returned to my initial suspicion that he had stolen 26,000 off a neighbouring opponent.
"Slow slowly catchy monkey," he concluded, although I fear this must be the quickest monkey in the world.
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