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"What'd you have, the straight or flush?" Ted asks.
John pulls in the pot. He then picks up Sid's cards, gives them to Ted, and says in a low voice,
"Don't tell anyone my hand."
"What!" Ted cries on seeing the cards. "You play a four flush pat to win a three-hundred-dollar
pot?" John smiles and nods. Ted slumps in his chair.
"That's what I like," Sid says. "His wild playing beats all you tight players.... You're great, John."
John shrugs his shoulders and then throws $25 to Ted.
"What's this for?" Ted asks.
"Your last bet," John says "I don't feel right about taking it."
"Merciful guy." Ted smiles. Then, counting the money, he continues, "You might win all my
money, but you're still a gentleman."
"That's no gift," Quintin Merck mumbles, "Ted put . . .
"Whose deal?" John interrupts.... So besides winning a $300 pot, he did a lot of favorable imagebuilding
with that hand.
4. Creating an Atmosphere (47)
Carefree, relaxed, and pleasant poker atmospheres are advantageous to the good player. He creates those
atmospheres in the following ways.
a. Carefree(48)
A carefree atmosphere stimulates a careless attitude about money and causes opponents to play poorer
poker. A carefree atmosphere is developed by--
● increasing the betting pace
● complicating the game
● using poker chips instead of money
● appearing careless with money.
The good player himself is never carefree about poker or careless with money ... he always respects
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