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Oddly enough, the only fight I've ever witnessed that involved someone getting hit with a chair was set off by an insult about a dead relative. Similar story to OP, although it occurred in a high school cafeteria and there was no poker involved. Kid's Dad had died the night before and one of the jackasses at school -- who was kind of this kid's rival...both were known "bullies," for lack of a better word -- needled him about it. Kid calmly got up, grabbed a chair, smashed the other kid over the head with it (knocking him out), and then just started kicking him over and over until someone stopped him.

I think they sent him home for the day. No one had a lot of sympathy for the guy who opened his mouth.

-McGee

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Why was he in school if his dad just died?

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Obvious answer: His dad wouldn't want him to interrupt his education. He might have even talked about such things with his family if he knew he was dying.