Suddenly i felt a pang of hunger so i strolled to one of the kiosks in the SUB to get gala...
'Jojo Natty,kilombo?'...said a voice over my shoulder...
i did not bother to turn ,everyone knows who uses that phrase 'kilombo' , formed by one of the best hustlers i know in school,there are hustlers and there ar hustlers. If u have 2 cigars ,this guy would hustle one from you,if you have 1,he would hustle half from you even if you have half ,he would still hustle the 'claro'.He was that good.
'Jamisi, Fregene'.......i turned to address Fregene....enlighten me.
'oomo,buy me one white london now and i go tell you Micheal Jackson real name'
'ele yi lo tun gbe wa ,Frege'...asking him if this is the latest hustle.....
'gbabe e,Mj na yoruba boy o'...Fregene insisted....
I did not want Fregene delaying me because from where i was talking to him ,i could see one of the players preparing to get up and i wanted to move fast so i can get a chance to play.
'oya ,oya .....buy 2 white london,i get change there'....i quickly told him so i could move along...
'Wasere Jojo natty,anyway Micheal Jackson real name for yoruba na Mukaila Jamiu.'..
'babanla weere ni e o ,Fregene'...i laughed and moved on.
Poker was 20 percent skill and 80 percent the ability to read the expression on the faces of the other players,you have to observe subtle signs and movements from them ,to give you a good reading of the game.If you have a bad hand you could still play for a tie.Its more of a mind game.
I got to the table ,Jabar just lost all his money and was about to exit the game.
'na me dey play now'...i quickly announced my arrival.
'For where ,no be now now u just dey come'.....the onile (moderator) challenged me.
'me ke,i don dey here since o,ask Fregene'.....i lied and at the same time looking around for Fregene to support my story but of course Fregene was busy hustling someone else.
'u get luck say Jabar don crash,sha enter ,i no want your wahala Jojo'....onile finally gave me the go ahead .
'omo fi yen le,which wahala'.......as i adjusted myself on the bench.It was a 4 man board and the stake was N200 per hand.
The next hand dealt the cards, everybody on the boards kept a poker face ,i checked the cards in my hands.
'Yeparipa!!!'...i shouted......
Why u dey shout now,u no know say na hot seat you dey'...Jabar was poking at me...
The only good thing is that the rest of the players won't know if i was selling dummy to them or that truly my cards were bad.That was the fun...
'Why i no go shout,i get 8 shaka,8 diamond,7 spade in front of 2 keys followed by a 9 diamond...........i thought to myself.............i don enter one chance.....
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