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Is it possible to take the idea of good luck charms a little too far? One man in Maryland claims that the very act of his cat jumping up on his lap provided him with the good luck needed to win a car at an online casinos site. Is this rational? Not really, but it could be that the calming effect of a cat on his lap resulted in his playing an online casinos of poker game differently, making different decisions than he would have done had he made decisions under the stress that is much less considerable when a cat is purring, sitting, comforting his or her owner. "I was really short stacked playing online," said Bruce Bartfeld of Churchville, Maryland. "Then Sadie decided to jump up and sit on my lap and my online gambling luck changed for the better. They say cats have nine lives; Sadie certainly gave me a lifeline. I remember shouting out to my wife Cookie during the tournament. 'Honey I'm in the final three,' I screamed and she didn't react. She told me afterwards that she didn't want to say anything since she was desperate not to distract me. I rode my luck a lot in the tournament. Sometimes I went all-in with very little and was just praying that others would fold. Luckily for me, they did. Thank goodness for Sadie." Commenting on his online poker win, Mr. Bartfield said: "A friend of mine kept telling me to play online casinos games of poker, but I was a bit cynical. I'd always been a five or seven-card stud man and have played for years with family over Thanksgiving and Christmas. I learned Texas Hold'em online poker about a year ago, playing with friends, and finally thought I'd give it a go online when I saw the online casinos tournament offering the chance to win a Ferrari." So he played, and he won the Ferrari playing online casinos games - thanks to the cat, or to his calm decision making? Maybe we'll never know. |