46: Fair Warning

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 6 minutes

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You know his name - now you'll know why.

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0:00.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:02.0	The
0:02.0	The
0:02.0	The
0:03.0	The
0:04.0	The
0:05.0	The
0:06.0	The
0:07.0	Ernie considered his single ace.
0:10.8	It was the only card of value in his hand, but Ezekiel and Fernando didn't know that.
0:16.2	Nor did they know they were playing poker with a bona fide celebrity.
0:20.1	All they knew was they were losing.
0:22.9	Ernie slid another buck into the kitty and took a long pull on the bottle.
0:27.9	That's the table.
0:28.9	Fernando considered his pair of nines as Ezekiel contemplated his two jacks.
0:34.9	Both stared hard at Ernie and tried to read his mind, but Ernie gave nothing away.
0:41.0	And eventually, both men folded.
0:44.6	Maybe had Ernie scooped up his winnings and dealt another hand, he'd still be alive
0:48.7	today.
0:49.7	Maybe if he hadn't flipped his cards over with a smirk and showed the migrant workers
0:54.4	how he'd bluffed them.
0:56.8	The man, known by every cop in the country, wouldn't be fighting for his life in a dive
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