Editor's note: Poker author, coach and player Tommy Angelo shares with us another of his poker stories — this one a work of fiction set in a poker room in which the main character faces an interesting split-second decision forcing him to weigh risk versus reward.
How I ended up in Blackbark Idaho that night is because my kid brother and his wife are in The Casino Business. That's what I always tell people. Sounds better than saying Nora is a waitress and Joey is a busboy.
Joey and Nora got started in poker rooms because of me, back when all three of us lived in Los Angeles.