There are players who wait for the perfect spot. Bish is not one of them. A founding member who spent a career in construction and drywall, Bish plays poker the way he frames a wall: fast, confident, and with total disregard for whoever’s standing in the way.

The scouting report

Aggressive. Fearless. Strong opinions, loudly held. If there’s a hand to be made, Bish is making it — and if there isn’t, he might make it anyway just to see your face. Opponents have learned that ‘Bish is in the pot’ is not information, it’s a weather warning.

You can fold against Bish. You will simply have to live with the knowledge that he knows.

But here’s the thing the scouting report misses: the aggression is the affection. Twenty years at the same table doesn’t happen by accident. Bish shows up, Bish brings the energy, and the league is unmistakably louder — and better — for it.

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