All Hail Re-bet

Today was the final day of the Monte Carlo Freeroll Tourney and I drove down to the Strip to watch "Re-bet" Todd. I had a third of his action so it's fair to say I had a strong rooting interest.

After a couple naysayers got busted, the remaining field made a deal to take $1,200 each and play for the other half of the prize pool.

Re-bet played great and was actually the chip leader until donking off a lot of chips making a preflop play with pocket deuces. He still made the final table, though, where everyone agreed to a chop. The chip leader got $10K and everyone else got $6K. After taxes and a three-way split between Re-bet, the Gambling Duke, and myself, it came out to $1,300 each.

The Duke had come stright from a baseball game and was still in uniform, and we all ate a celebratory Sbarro lunch in the food court. Then I drove home to play an internet freeroll tourney I qualified for on Intertops. I won a couple races when I needed to and I placed second for $240. Not a bad day when you've made over $1,500 before dinner without putting a dollar at risk.

The key to getting Re-bet to loosen up and play well was our hilarity over recently viewed Tony G YouTube videos. We agreed that the Duke should embrace and incorporate the Tony G style, since it works well with his pre-existing super-aggressive preflop strategy and penchant for confrontational table-talk.