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"Good!" Sid cheers. "We need your money."
"I took a nap after dinner," John replies as he sits next to Sid. "Woke up about eleven feeling
pretty good. I'm ready for action."
After two hours, John Finn is losing over $600.
"You're playing a lousy game," Sid remarks. "You're losing almost as much as me."
"When my luck turns bad, I lose big," John says while forcing a sigh. "Losing over a thousand-going
for the all-time record loss."
"Great act," Quintin Merck mumbles. "Great act."
5. Leaving the Game Early (116)
When a good player must leave early and wants the game to continue, he minimizes any disturbance and
resentment over his leaving by--
● announcing before the game starts that he must leave early
● announcing his last round before going, then quietly leaving without breaking up the game.
The Monday night game usually breaks up about four or five in the morning. Occasionally it
continues into the next day. John Finn seldom leaves before the end.... The longest Monday night
game on record is twenty-seven hours (from eight thirty Monday night until eleven thirty Tuesday
night). This is how John leaves after twenty-two hours:
At seven in the morning, Scotty's wife chases the players from the house. Heavy loser Ted Fehr is
playing with money from the second mortgage on his restaurant. He has $1000 left and begs
everyone to continue playing at his place. The five players eat breakfast at a diner and then go to
Ted's barren apartment.
Ted continues to lose--slowly at first, then at an increasing rate. By eleven in the morning, most of
his cash is gone. He plays carelessly and is involved in nearly every hand. He no longer seems to
care . . . he even smiles when he loses a pot.
John Finn is a big winner, but avoids getting involved in hands with Ted. Yet, Sid and Scotty
continue to beat Ted and win most of his money. By now, all of Ted's cash is gone; he asks John
for a loan.
"They've won all your money," John says, nodding toward Sid and Scotty. "They'll lend it back."
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