But the gist of it is clear and clever: Walt is a better liar and much ballsier than Hank gives him credit for being. The poker scene in “Crazy Handful of Nothin’” isn’t convincingly staged, in that Junior open-folds before anyone bets on 5th Street, and Marie looks at both Hank’s and Walt’s mucked hands, which is a serious no-no. You’ve just lost all your chips on nothing. If you get called down for holding a trash hand - if your opponent doesn’t buy the story you’re telling - then it’s utterly humiliating. On the other hand, betting 7-2 on every street, including the river, is a death wish. You look smart, courageous, and even a little bit reckless, like the guy who wouldn’t turn the wheel in a game of chicken while the other driver went flying into the ditch. If you succeed in pushing your opponent off a made hand - the stronger the hand, the better - then it can be psychologically wounding to reveal the bluff. Breaking Bad ’s first season predated the current era of Vulture recaps, but with the final episode of prequel/sequel series Better Call Saul now in the books, Vulture is taking the opportunity to return to the very beginning of the Heisenberg saga and give this 2008 season the in-depth episodic analysis it deserves.įor poker players, running a bluff with 7-2, the worst hand in Hold’em, can be a kind of statement.
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