I questioned Rob about not holding the QQQ and drawing to the royal. I thought that was crazy. I would never sacrifice three of a kind for a royal draw.

Now two points:

1. Rob told me that was a one of a kind event in his life. He said the draw was presented to him once and it never happened again. I personally have never had trips with three to a royal.

2. Rob was in such a deep, deep, deep friggin hole that I am guessing he either had to hit that royal or he was going to take a dive off the top of the Stratosphere.

Only ONCE in my life did I use a Rob Singer special play and I wrote about this before. I was in a deep, deep hole (well, it wasn't that deep, but it was a hole of about 2K), when I was dealt a full house with trip aces playing 8/5 Bonus. Conventional strategy is to hold the full house, but I held the three aces and got the fourth ace for $2,000. NOW THAT WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL ROB SINGER SPECIAL PLAY. Rob says to hold the full house with 8/5 Bonus, but to hold the three aces with 7/5 Bonus. And Bob Dancer says to hold the three aces in 6/5 Bonus. So I guess that was a MENDELSON SPECIAL PLAY. LOL