Last night, my next-door neighbor and I decided to visit a cardroom. Standard stuff... Holdem, Blackjack... tables were 3/6, 6/12, 9/18, etc...
I'd been there about an hour and was doing okay, and then about two tables away I heard the commotion. I looked over and this older gentleman, probably 65+ or so, was obviously in the middle of some sort of seizure.
Amid the shouts of call 911 the moving of tables to make room for the stretcher that was coming, I watched as three people administered CPR.
Meanwhile, the dealer at my table kept right on dealing.
It was all just so surreal. I noticed a guy quietly watching the "show" while he consumed his pizza.
After one round, I got up and walked away for a couple of rounds, but then came back. They asked if I was in for the next round, and I told them that I wasn't going to play until the crisis was past. I guess I embarrassed the table, because at that point they decided to "take a break".
Anyway... it was just so bizarre.
No word on if the man survived, but he was breathing when he left. My guess is that he suffered a stroke.
