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Stakes Too High


2007-01-15 14:08:03
By: Gene Bromberg

From the Too Horrible To Contemplate files comes a news story my friend Bill wrote about on his blog. To quote Bill, "What the hell is wrong with people?"

In Anson Paape's card game, the rules required the player with the worst hand to do far more than fold.

The loser had to spin the chamber of a revolver, point it at the person to their right and pull the trigger.

The four teens playing with the Elmhurst man thought his gun wasn't loaded. They watched in horror when Paape demonstrated otherwise.

Paape is charged with murdering an 18-year-old man during the game. His lawyer says that Paape thought he put an empty shell in the chamber. Doesn't sound like that great of an excuse.

To again quote Bill: "Well, the one thing you gotta say is that once involved in a hand the implied odds clearly dictate calling all the way to the river."

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