This year's team was supposed to be another deep one.
Ha!
In the first close game that mattered, Self revealed his hand.
Self is now playing 7-card stud.
The usual five up cards to start are what he hopes play like face cards.
4 out...1 in.
Two whole cards in case one of the up cards shows up without a face.
Self's one-eyed jack, Josh Jackson, lost face. He was cold and fouled up before you could say OAD. He played like a deuce.
Fortunately Self's usual hole cards--Svi and Vick--came up a pair of Aces.
Which was lucky because his usual Aces--Frank and Devonte--came up a queen and an eight.
The only other up to show face was Landen Lucas, who played like a glass-vaccing Ace, with 17 boards, and the rest of his line added up to a king. Landen seems well at last.
Lucky us.
Coleby and Lightfoot were jokers Self took out of the deck.
Going to be lots and lots of close games the rest of the way.
We are back to playing every hand close to the vest.
Self hasn't had to play 7-card stud wearing an arm garter and a green visor for awhile.
But the Riverboat Gambler, as @drgnslayr calls him, is usually pretty good at bluffing his way through lean hands.
Keep the pots manageable and don't overreach.
Anticipate Aces and eights.
Hope your cards become full houses and inside straights, when you need them.
Dealer, give him his chips!
