[dlk9s]

Lance Funston is awesome. I saw him play at the USPC in October - he did quite well. I remember the highlight of the tournament:

At his table, the flop produced three spades, one of which was the Ace. The first player to act bet out hard Funston re-raised. His opponent then moved all-in.

After that bet, Funston looked around the table and said, “Can I ask a question,” to which most of the table said, “No,” fearing that it might be against the rules, depending on what he was about to ask.

Funston continued, “All I want to ask is what hand beats what.”

Everyone was shocked.

He then said, “I’m dead serious. I was up late last night and my head is fuzzy. Does a flush beat three-of-a-kind?”

At this point, the floor was called over and Funston asked the question again. The floor manager looked at him like he was crazy and responded, “Yes, I believe it does.”

After that was over, Funston called the all-in, showing a Queen high flush, knocking out the other dude, who had an eight high flush.

Bizarre.