Mr_Shank

I AM EXTREMELY ANGERED! WE DID NOT FIND OUT HOW THE FINAL TOURNAMENT ENDED!

All we found out was that the final two were Artie and Denn. But oh my, I am really angry that we did not find out who won the million dollars.

 

Anyway, All-In was a great book, and I’m glad Mr. Shank let us read it!

 

Now for my chapter summaries:

 

Chapter 32 [Cattie]:

Cattie heard a knocking on her door when she was in her bathtub. When she got out and got dressed (getting ready to go to the big tournament and deal) she found Denn sitting opposite of her apartment door. She was confused and somewhat annoyed to see him. All he stated was that he wanted to make sure she was okay.

 

Chapter 33 [Denn]:

Denn sat there in the hallway thinking for awhile. When he took a look outside he found Cattie sitting on her car smoking. He went out to her, and restarted regular conversation. Cattie asked him if was playing in the tournament. He responded no, due to the fact he has no money. Then she asked Denn if he would play if he had the money. Then she ran up to her room to get him $10,000.

Questions: Do you think Denn was really looking for Cattie to give him money?

 

Chapter 34 [Jimbo]:

The chapter is narrated by Jimbo, and he says they are walking around the poker room waiting for the big tournament to begin. Tons of big-time poker players are there. Jimbo spots Denn and goes to wish him good luck, and asks Denn if he plans to win. Of course, Denn says that that is his intension.

Question: At this point, did you think that Jimbo was possibly trying to get money from Denn, too?

 

Chapter 35 [Denn]:

The chapter starts out with Denn realizing his surroundings, he is tired, hungry, and has one of the biggest poker games of his life ahead of him. He wondered if he was being fooled by Artie and Cattie again. He didn’t think so. He wanted to take his chances. He proceeded to ask Cattie why she had given him that $10,000. Did she want him to play?  After their conversation, Denn went to find his seat in the poker room. The chapter ends with Artie announcing talking to the crowd about the tournament, and the tournament beginning.

Do you guys think it is suspicious that Artie is playing in his own tournament?

 

Chapter 36 [Denn]:

The tournament started, and the blind bets started at $10-$20 and would increase every hour. At the first break, Denn and Jimbo talked some more. Jimbo said some UNLV kid had been tearing up the tournament. The games continued and more and more people began to leave. Denn’s focus came and went. Then Cattie came to deal at his table.

 

Chapter 37 [Cattie]:

Cattie seemed to deal Artie pocket aces every round to anger Artie. At the break Morty scolded Cattie and told her to not make the cheating so obvious.

 

Chapter 38 [Jimbo]:

Jimbo tells one of his ‘bad-beat stories’, dealing with the UNLV kid. The story was actually from the very tournament. The UNLV beat Jimbo in a tough round, knocking Jimbo out of the tournament.

 

Chapter 39 [Denn]:

Denn had been winning some small pots, and the blinds kept increasing. He got into a long battle with the UNLV kid, and at the end Denn one sending the UNLV kid crying out the door.

What do you guys think of this kid? Weird?

 

Chapter 40 [Cattie]:

There has already been suspense and knowledge in the previous chapters that Cattie will cheat and help Artie win. Also in previous chapters, Artie got unhappy with Cattie because she dealt him 2 aces 5 times in a row, which become somewhat suspicious. So in this chapter the big poker tournament continues, and Cattie, one of the dealers, had rotated to Artie’s table. She hadn’t dealt to Artie’s liking, so he sent Morty over to tell Cattie that she was done dealing for the night. Morty warned her to leave so Artie couldn’t find her.

Questions: Why do you think Artie wanted to get rid of Cattie if she was his only chance at cheating to win? Did he figure that he would just wing it, or were there other dealers cheating for him too?

 

Chapter 41 [Denn]:

It was about 2 a.m. and the tournament was down to two tables. The UNLV kid that had been a hit and was crushing in the tournament had gotten knocked out by Artie. A break in the playing was called, and Denn walked over to Cattie who was sitting in a chair in the distance where she was watching the action.

When the action continued, it was down to the final ten (one table). They had a new dealer, Ree, whom which Denn determined wasn’t cheating for Artie. A bunch of people were knocked out within not much time. It was soon the final three, Artie, Sammy Gold, and Denn. Artie still played trickily, without cheating. Finally, a hand was dealt where Denn had beaten and knocked out Sammy Gold. The game was then left to Artie and Denn.

 

Chapter 42 [Denn]:

Denn noticed that Cattie had left the room and was no longer watching. Denn took a break, and when he reentered the room it was time to play again, just Denn and Artie. Ree was dealing. Denn and Artie had gone back and forth, until Artie had gotten a really good hand and made Denn go all-in. Unfortunately, Denn lost, leaving him with one measly $1000 chip. Neither of the players realized that it was still there. They both thought that Artie had won after the last play. This was a shock, but then later everyone encouraged Denn to play. To do this with the extremely high blind bet, Denn would have to go all-in for a couple of rounds until he got more chips. The book ended with the dealer dealing the two their cards, and Denn betting with the quotation, “All-in,” and a smile.

 

AND NOT TELLING US WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Questions: Do you guys think that Denn would have won the tournament? Why so, or how so?

 

Did you guys like the story? I think it was the best book that we have blogged about so far!

 

Also there were still no words that really stood out to me. Tell me if you need anything clarified!

blind = blind bet, short term

 

-Leah Sevco