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The guy in seat 2 Monday, February 8th 2010 3:45 pm

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In no particular order, I have compiled a list of the reasons I did not screw with the guy in seat two.

1. He weighs more than I do and very little of that is fat. I think most of that weight is actually volcanic rock. The forearms as big as my legs were a bit intimidating too.

2. He has a tattoo on his face. In Minneapolis this means you are a punk rock kid who made a bad choice. In Central America it has a very different connotation. 

3.He has an air about him that says "I killed two CIA operatives in 1994 and they will never find those bodies"

4. His skin is like leather. This is a man who has not had an easy life. 

5. His watch is worth more than my car. I don't think he makes that kind of money playing $1/2 no-limit, and that's a lot of cash to have on your wrist without a bodyguard.

6. A very chatty table of locals went dead silent when he sat down. 

7. There was something in his smile... Something terrible.

The man in seat two actually turned out to be quite pleasant, but I did not screw with him.

I would like to finish this little list of with a short bit of prose, inspired by the evening - 

 

Do not screw with the man in seat two

In Minnesota you're a tough guy, but here you are food

Those tattos were done in places where they buy and sell guys like you

And your wife wants you home alive and would not approve

If you disappeared because you pissed off the man in seat two

 

You can check-raise him if you like, that seems to make him chuckle

But don't ask him how he got all those scars on his knuckles

And let's not ask him what he does for work

Or have a discussion about whether his accent makes him a Greek or a Turk

 

It's none of my d*** business where this man is from

Or how he came to live in Costa Rica or the things he may have done

Just smile and nod when he tables those rags, just like you always have

And simply say "Nice hand Senor', nice hand."

 

 

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