OPINION Some of life’s lessons you learn the hard way. It is always better that your education comes early in life. After all, foolishness and bad decisions you can put off on the inexperience and lack of worldliness of youth. Do the same thing at 50, you’re just an idiot. And so it was with me in 1972, as a 21-year-old Sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. On a Friday night in March, nine friends - all Non-Commissioned Officers in the Air Force, Navy and Army - gathered on base in the day room of the U.S. Strike Command barracks at 9 p.m.
Jean-Robert Bellande
As
Tom Dwan, winner of a monster three-way all-in hand the week before, was taking a seat at the table, an $800 straddle was on when
Jean-Robert Bellande raised to $3,000 from the cutoff holding the
. Salomon called from the small blind with he
, the rest of the players folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Salomon checked his flush draw and then called when Bellande bet $2,000 with his set of kings. The turn gave Salomon the club flush and he checked to Bellande, who bet $9,000. Salomon woke up with a check-raised to $29,000 and Bellande paused for a few beats before calling.
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