PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

ISLE CASINO/POMPANO PARK RACING POMPANO BEACH, FL

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

THE ISLE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE POKER VENUES IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA. IT IS ACROSS ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND NORTH A FEW MILES. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE NANCY AND I WILL GO UP THAT WAY. THIS PARTICULAR TIME NANCY HAD SEEN HER FAVORITE DOCTOR IN WESTIN, FL. AND WE WERE GOING UP TO PALM BEACH AND STAY OVERNITE AND HAVE BREAKFAST WITH ED AND PATTI NORRIS. NANCY LIKES THE SLOTS THERE AND I LIKE THE POKER ROOM; SO WE STOPPED FOR A BREAK BEFORE PROCEEDING ON TO PALM BEACH.
I FOUND A SEAT RIGHT AWAY, AND HAD SETTLED INTO THE GAME, AND WAS DOING PRETTY AVERAGE WITH MY HANDS. THIS IS A SURPRISE I HAD NOT ANTICIPATED BEFORE I HAD SAT DOWN. WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY INTENSE HAND I WAS ON A DRAW WITH AN ACE SOMETHING SUITED, AND 4 OF THE SAME SUIT ON THE TABLE, WITH AN OPPONENT TRYING TO BET ME OFF MY DRAW; I WAS REALLY BEARING DOWN AND THEN THE RIVER CAME WITH WHAT I WAS DRAWING TO. BINGO! THEN OF ALL THINGS THE GUY THAT WAS DOING ALL OF THE BETTING SAYS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME NICE HAND REGGIE…I WAS DUMBFOUNDED, WHO IS THIS GUY? IT WAS AL ONE OF MY FAVORITE DEALERS FROM THE COLORADO BELLE IN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA. I JUST DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM, BUT HE REMEMBERED ME BECAUSE HIS MOM AND I USED TO PLAY AT THE SAME TABLE IN LAUGHLIN. SHE APPARENTLY HAD A HOME IN POMPANO PARK AND IN LAUGHLIN. AL WAS ON VACATION AND VISITING HIS MOM.
WE HAD A BIG LAUGH AND A NICE TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. I PICKED UP SOME OF THE NEW PAULSENS THAT THE ISLE HAD STARTED USING IN THEIR NEW HOLDEM GAME. CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THEY CALLED IT. BUT, IT IS NON STOP ACTION.
I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS THIS TIME, AND IF I DIDN’T; I WILL BE BACK…REGGIE
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