Last night I was playing just before bed time in a tournament which was going pretty well for me. We reached the bubble with me the overwhelming chip-leader and I was sitting back and watching the unseemly scramble for third place. Every now and again I would step in to crush someone's hopes with a brutal all-in just to show them who was boss but mainly I was just watching. I was pretty confident that little short of an earthquake would prevent me getting in the money.
Then there was an earthquake. I've never experienced anything quite like it. I was on the top floor of our 3-story house and could barely stand as we shook from side to side. There was a horrible crashing sound of what sounded like the chimney collapsing (actually just debris falling down inside it) and I ran downstairs and out into the street. My neighbours were congregating in the street in various states of undress and distress. We shared our stories and I embraced a trembling girl from the student house next door.
Then I went back to my game. I arrived just in time to see the big blind send me to the rail in fourth.
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