Six-Packed

Never let it be said that online poker lacks in excitement. Our big run at NBC Sports Tuesday night had several -- such as the moment when we held 9-10, and 9-9-10 came on the flop. (And the best part is that you can whoop and holler when those flops come, with no one hearing or seeing you.)

But as we say, we felt robbed at the end of the night. Here's why....

BLINDS: 500/1,000; ante 75

IN THE POCKET: 3-4 offsuit

With only about 15 players left, our chip stack is in good shape at about 15,000. We call, as do a few others.

ON THE FLOP: A-3-8 (memory fuzzy on the 8; it won't matter)

We make bottom pair, but that's not worth betting. Everyone checks.

ON THE TURN: 2.

A straight is now possible, but we're still being cautious. Everyone checks again.

ON THE RIVER: 5.

Wow, the straight happened! We're first in line to bet, and toss in $5,000. That scares away most players -- but a man on the button with a stack of about 26,000 goes all-in.

Without hestitation, we call to put ourselves all-in. That man probably thinks we're trying to buy the pot -- and the worst that could happen is a matching 5 to split the pot. Right?

Wrong. Our opponent has 4-6. A higher straight to the 6 kicks us out in 13th place.

"Hurt," one observer rights. Ouch, indeed. But then we remember -- it's happened before and worked in our favor at Lil Kim's Cove.

Moral of the story: Job 1:21 -- "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."