Collusion To The Max

When I was a young 34 year old stud, I was teaching a 21 year old doll to play "break even" hold'em. Basically - only call with both pocket cards tens or higher, raise if they are paired. To add some spice to our evenings we came up with a plan and lived the fantasy out at Binions Horseshoe $2/4.

She entered alone, bought into the designated table, in her slinky pink spaghetti strap dress. Ten minutes later I bought into the same table sitting across from her. We didn't speak. She continued naively flirting with her eyes in response to their glances. Ten minutes later we found ourselves heads up in a pot with no other players.

I raised her, saying "I got the mortal nuts".

She reraised saying, "I own you".

I reraised saying, "If you can beat me you can have anything I have".

She reraised saying, "If you win you can take me to your place. If I win I'll take you to my place".

I put in one last raise saying, "This is a deal. I'm serious. If you call we're really going to do this."

She called. We both were grinning a mile wide. No one else on the table had spoken a word, as they were astonished at what they were seeing.

The showdown - I had pocket jacks. She had pocket kings. She fetched two racks and scooped up the pot. She was giggling saying, "Now you're mine. Lets go now." No one else knew what to say.

We stood up and proceeded to the cashier's line. Two players wide-eyed also left the table and stood behind us in the cashier's line. We continued the act.

"What are going to do to me?" I said.

"I'm not going to do it. We're going to do it all, together." She replied.

The two stragglers just couldn't help themselves from following and listening. We got into a cab and drove off.

I laughed and said, "The best money I ever spent."

She insisted on splitting the money with me and said "We pulled it off. A deal is a deal. The best is yet to come"

COLLUSION - to the max!