You may have seen the thread which begins "DET something or the other", or even the later, "Derby Evening Telegraph" thread.
The local rag published an interview & pics &, well, it's a pretty small place, Ilkeston, even Derby, so it all went off adfterwards, with phone messages & PM's & stuff. Amongst these was one from BBC Radio Derby, the local Radio Station.
"Can you pop in & do a radio interview with us please".
No prob, I go to their studio this afternoon, meet a lovely guy, his name was, I forget his first name. Actually, now I think about it, I forget his second name too, but it was somebody somebody. Nice guy though. He asked me to bring a pack of cards, which puzzled me, but you know me, anything for a quiet life, so I did.
We go into the studio & do about 10 minutes on the Poker Scene & I guess they will edit it, & it will find it's way on air tomorrow at some stage. It's generally larging up poker, so it's a good thing.
We finish, then the guy says "right, lets have heads-up match, we will record that too, & play it tomorrow".
A heads-Up Poker match. On radio? I've heard of Darts on the radio, but heads-up poker.....?
Let's not argue, I think, & get the cards out. And the pair of us sit in front of the microphone. I mean, this is bizarre. Guy says "ok, shuffle the cards"... WHAT? "But they can't see us shuffle" I protest. "Don't worry, they wll HEAR you shuffle. Wow, exciting stuff, eh? Listen to tikay shuffle.
I shuffle, & then he asksd me to deal the 2 hands. "Nice and snappy, so the mike picks it up".
I deal us each a hand, then explain how the betting words. We both decide to take a flop. I mean, you can hardly PASS on Radio, now can you?
I deal this flop.....
He goes "can I bet?"
I look at my cards - I got
.
"well", I say in schoolmastrerly fashion, "I would not advise it, I've got an Ace", I lied. Well I mean, nobody can SEE I'm cheating, now can they?
"I don't care, I want to bet 500" he says.
What? WHAT?
"Look, I've just told you, I've got an A, so I have trips, I'm massive".
He bets.
"Call" I say, justifying it with "careful now, I have trip Aces. That's a very good hand".
The turn is......
"BET again" he says.
"But, look mate, I am way ahead with my three Aces, you sure you wanna bet?"
"Yup".
"OK, I call" I say, mockingly.
River comes
"I bet" he again says.
All this is being recorded, mind.....
"OK, I Re-Raise you all-in" I assert.
"Call" he says quick as a flash.
WTF?
I turn over my trip aces - well, correction,
He turns over, wait for it.....
So he's rivered his 4 flush.
Please, PLEASE, don't let Flushy, or Kiv get hold of this. First man to lose a heads-up match on Radio, AND I cheated.
I'ts just too much some days. I'm a broken man.
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