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So here's how it went ....
I get a call from someone I know, asking if I want in at a tournament, I say sure.
It's in a catering / cafeteria looking place, 5 tables, I get there, it's already a few hands in , sit at my stack, which was put out waiting for me. Rectangular lunch type tables, I'm at the corner , a bit tight arm/leg room, don't know these people or game ...
I see it will be my deal next , & I see a guy diagonal from me, opposite flat side of the table, give me a weird look & mumble to the player next to him...
I then notice they are using circular cards!, Yes novelty type decks of "round" cards, WTF! My cut almost causes the cards to fall/flop, but I recovered them. Diagonal villain shoots another dirty look ...
I start dealing, ( the round cards actually pitch very well), & when I deal villain's 1st card, he quickly, without looking, re-tosses it to the player across from him, ( who hasn't yet been dealt a card), stares at me saying "I don't want that one, he gets it, give me another" .... I'm like, "you can't do that", & he's insisting it's within known rules/his right before looking to pass the card & tells me to get out my phone & "look it up" ... I start arguing with him, how absurd that is, & tell "him" to look it up and then show me, since I'm probably never going to find any rule one way or the other regarding this specific topic ...
The other players at the table start grumbling that we are wasting time & to just deal him another card & "get on with it" (!!?!) ... I'm the guest here, so I reluctantly deal him out another card, which he quickly proceeds to toss over to another player & says " nope, give me another" ....
I'm extremely ticked off, & that's when I woke up Sunday morning, after having this horrible realistic dream! It was so vivid , f* up and memorable, that upon awakening I seriously thought I needed to address this in some way in my own home game rules, which after some time, I realized I don't! ...
Thought I'd share ....
I get a call from someone I know, asking if I want in at a tournament, I say sure.
It's in a catering / cafeteria looking place, 5 tables, I get there, it's already a few hands in , sit at my stack, which was put out waiting for me. Rectangular lunch type tables, I'm at the corner , a bit tight arm/leg room, don't know these people or game ...
I see it will be my deal next , & I see a guy diagonal from me, opposite flat side of the table, give me a weird look & mumble to the player next to him...
I then notice they are using circular cards!, Yes novelty type decks of "round" cards, WTF! My cut almost causes the cards to fall/flop, but I recovered them. Diagonal villain shoots another dirty look ...
I start dealing, ( the round cards actually pitch very well), & when I deal villain's 1st card, he quickly, without looking, re-tosses it to the player across from him, ( who hasn't yet been dealt a card), stares at me saying "I don't want that one, he gets it, give me another" .... I'm like, "you can't do that", & he's insisting it's within known rules/his right before looking to pass the card & tells me to get out my phone & "look it up" ... I start arguing with him, how absurd that is, & tell "him" to look it up and then show me, since I'm probably never going to find any rule one way or the other regarding this specific topic ...
The other players at the table start grumbling that we are wasting time & to just deal him another card & "get on with it" (!!?!) ... I'm the guest here, so I reluctantly deal him out another card, which he quickly proceeds to toss over to another player & says " nope, give me another" ....
I'm extremely ticked off, & that's when I woke up Sunday morning, after having this horrible realistic dream! It was so vivid , f* up and memorable, that upon awakening I seriously thought I needed to address this in some way in my own home game rules, which after some time, I realized I don't! ...
Thought I'd share ....
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