“In a legal sense, can (freaking) Steinbrenner just move he Yankees? Does he have the (freaking) right to just move them?” Even if you’re not the person racking, the sound sets off the instant dopamine rush. The only thing more intoxicating than the sound of chips splashing together is the sound of them being racked up.
(I’ve met a bunch of poker players in my day. Knish was named after Bagel, a real-life NYC rounder and as solid a guy as you could meet in that cutthroat underworld. “Joey Knish, a New York rounding legend.” The opening quote from Rounders applies to our world, too. In a live fantasy auction, about two orbits (maybe an eyelash over 30 minutes) should give you a fair idea of who’s running what type of strategy, who’s chasing their bids or tossing-and-ducking, what type of room you’re engaged with. And there’s something about heading to a game in the middle of the night, when the significant other is asleep.
Heck, even the rolls of cash squirreled away is something many poker players can relate to. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.”Ī simple but poignant way to open, along with the elegant homage to classic poker books of the past.
