Funny Midget Story
I once walked into my local joint and saw a very soft game that I wanted to play. Unfortunately, the table was full, and, particularly, the "lucky" seat was taken. The guy wasn't actually seated--he was a midget playing standing up, which put his chin barely above the table railing! (Normally, players are not allowed to play standing, but they didn't enforce the rule on this guy.) The midget was playing the table max, with no "bonus" side bet. I was seriously irritated that some unknown crew was willing to jeopardize this game by unnecessarily resorting to the ol' Midget Gambit, which I thought was more urban myth than legitimate tactic. I watched for a moment and something became apparent--it was all a coincidence! The midget was just a gambler, and he vacated the game after five or ten minutes. I sat down with great relief and played on, with no other interesting midget encounters [until last week, but that's another story ...]