Worst case of slow-playing
Lou's thread on worst case of sharking reminded me of a few cases of slow-playing I remember from back in the day. Now, I think most would agree that slow-playing *is* a form of sharking but much more subtle than any most if not all other forms of it. Here are a few I recall right off the bat.
Jimmy Hodges was playing Harry the Horse in a tournament in N. Carolina circa 85 or so. And Hodges was taking like... 3 HOURS between shots. Harry was so mad you could see steam, like from a teapot on full boil, shooting out of his ears. And the madder he got, the slower Jimmy played. It was quite a sight to see. Harry wanted to kill him.
The other one was at a tournament at Bill Stigall's room in Tampa @ 78 or 79. Little Donny ( from Detroit ) had drawn Little David ( Howard ) early in the draw. And Donny was slow-playing to beat the band and was, actually, making a real show of it, prancing around the table 7 or 8 times before every shot, lining up, mapping out, looking, planning, etc, etc. ForEVER. But as good as he may've been with it, he probably wanted to fine-tune it a bit more. David won 11-2, I think. Or something close. And ( as indicated by the score ) David never showed one iota of caring as to what Donny was doing. Never blinked an eye. Just got out every time at the table. It was actually pretty funny. Donny was the one who ended up steaming from the ears.
Anyone else have any slow-playing stories? I KNOW there's a ton of them out there.
Lou's thread on worst case of sharking reminded me of a few cases of slow-playing I remember from back in the day. Now, I think most would agree that slow-playing *is* a form of sharking but much more subtle than any most if not all other forms of it. Here are a few I recall right off the bat.
Jimmy Hodges was playing Harry the Horse in a tournament in N. Carolina circa 85 or so. And Hodges was taking like... 3 HOURS between shots. Harry was so mad you could see steam, like from a teapot on full boil, shooting out of his ears. And the madder he got, the slower Jimmy played. It was quite a sight to see. Harry wanted to kill him.
The other one was at a tournament at Bill Stigall's room in Tampa @ 78 or 79. Little Donny ( from Detroit ) had drawn Little David ( Howard ) early in the draw. And Donny was slow-playing to beat the band and was, actually, making a real show of it, prancing around the table 7 or 8 times before every shot, lining up, mapping out, looking, planning, etc, etc. ForEVER. But as good as he may've been with it, he probably wanted to fine-tune it a bit more. David won 11-2, I think. Or something close. And ( as indicated by the score ) David never showed one iota of caring as to what Donny was doing. Never blinked an eye. Just got out every time at the table. It was actually pretty funny. Donny was the one who ended up steaming from the ears.
Anyone else have any slow-playing stories? I KNOW there's a ton of them out there.
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