One of the more interesting tables to watch in the 2-7 tournament has been the one with Scotty Nguyen, “Captain” Tom Franklin, Barry Greenstein, Thor Hansen, Freddy Deeb, and Andy Black. When they’re not kibitzing, they’re betting on baseball games, and when they’re not sweating the score of the Indians-Tigers game they’re, oh yeah, playing some mean poker.
After all the controversy that’s taken place in that tournament today, I expected more of a brouhaha when one of Thor Hansen’s cards flipped over as it was being dealt to him. It was the 3
, a good card to have, and he quickly turned it over and mixed it in with his other four cards. Andy Black spotted it and said something about it. Tom Franklin shrugged and said, “It was a wheel card,” as if that made it permissible. Who knows what the actual ruling should have been, but no one seemed to have a problem with it so play continued as if nothing had happened.
At one point Scotty Nguyen popped out of his seat and said, “They get paid $5 million a year to hit a little white ball, and they can’t do it!” He was referring, of course, to the baseball game on the television across the room. He and Franklin were betting on the games, and Scotty’s team was losing. Someone asked
Scotty and Captain Tom got mixed up in a hand right before the dinner break. “I got third wheel, baby,” Scotty said.
