The end came when we chose to go all-in with J-9 of clubs, after another woman bet big with pocket aces. A Jack came up on the flop, along with a 7. An 8 on the turn offered hope for a straight, but a 6 fell on the river instead of the 10 we needed.
As for those eights, which cost us a lot of chips....
BLINDS: 200/400
IN THE POCKET: 5-4. Standard calls occur.
ON THE FLOP: 5-8-6.
A man loaded with chips to our immediate right bets $1,000. We call, with straight chances -- and wind up heads-up against him.
ON THE TURN: Another 4. We now have two pair.
"Four thousand," the man to our right declares. He's occasionally bet big with very little since arriving at the table, so we have to think about this. Is he trying to push us off the pot, with a taller chip stack?
"I'm probably going to regret this, but I'll call," I say. Then I show my cards to a friend to my left who already folded.
"You're not gonna regret it," he assures me. "It's coming." Sometimes he has an uncanny ability to know, but....
ON THE RIVER: An 8. Having three pair in Texas Hold 'em doesn't count.
"Ten thousand," the man to our right says. Gulp. Calling in effect would put us all-in. This is too much for our taste, so we fold.
"If you had a full house, you would have won," the man to the left says.
"No, he wouldn't," says the pot-winner to the right quietly. "Could he beat quad 8's?" Why, no we couldn't.
MINISTRY MOMENT: It didn't really happen tonight. One time when someone mentioned the blinds, we said, "Every round goes higher, higher." If anyone grasped the reference to the Christian children's song, "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder," they didn't show it.
UPDATED SCOREBOARD: 20 final tables in 42 nights (47.6%) - 6 cashes.
YAHOO POKER TOTAL: $4461 (Down 138 -- but if blackjack losses are ruled out, we actually gained 194. We're not playing blackjack as often these days.)
P.S. We will have to miss the Lil Kim's Cove tournament for at least the next two Thursday nights, due to work commitments. We'll keep posting here as we can, and as the online action warrants.
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