FROM NEEDING A JACK TO WINNING WITH A PAIR OF JACKS: BAYC Member Memo Wins ApeChurch’s Cross Community Poker Tourney After Getting A Flat Tire!
Sep 13
2 min read
From needing a jack to winning a Mutant Ape with a pair of jacks!
It was an eventful Sunday for Bored Ape Yacht Club member and Mingles Tequila Founder Memo as he won ApeChurch’s first ever cross community poker tournament with a pair of Jacks!
As 500 holders from Geez, Chimpers, Balloons, HV-MTL, Otherdeeds, Meebits, Quirkies, Gimboz, and Dengs were turning on some football, cracking open a cold one, and getting ready to play poker with their online frens, Memo was stuck on the side of the road dealing with a flat tire and wondering if he’d even make it to the digital tables!
“I was driving towards the tequila distillery when I had a flat tire,” he told the Gazette. “Tournament started while they were fixing it. So I played on the laptop connected to the phone.”
For Memo, the flat tire came at a strange moment. It was his second in a week, and just days earlier he had gotten much better news, he and his family are expecting a baby. So while another roadside headache may have taken some of the air out of his Sunday, he wasn’t about to let it ruin the day.
Memo took his online seat, caught a few good hands, and got blessed with a little luck before eventually making his way to the distillery, where he fully locked in.
“I love poker, kept playing, I was winning good hands And I thought to myself omg could this be? God being good with us,” he said. “We just got great news anything else was extra.”
Turns out God was being good to him! Memo would go on to make it to the final table, where he won Mutant Ape #29466 with a pair of jacks against ace king, proving God has a sense of humor considering he needed a jack just hours earlier!
What an exciting read! Memo's journey from a broken-down ride to a poker champion is nothing short of inspiring! 🎉 How do you think the ragdoll hit strategy influenced his gameplay in such a high-stakes situation? Would love to hear your thoughts!
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