We sang in the high school choir years ago -- and our director Mr. Wright liked to say, "Tenors are lovers." But if you fall in love with 10'ers too much at the poker table, you're asking for it. Consider what happened tonight at Lil Kim's Cove....
BLINDS: 100/200
IN THE POCKET: 10-10
We won the first hand of the night, but have been sliding ever since as big draws have fallen short. With about 5,400 chips, this could be the time to make a move. We "double up" the bet to 400, and several players call.
ON THE FLOP: A-7-9 (suits are not a factor)
The play checks to us. We offer a continuation bet of 300. A couple of people call.
ON THE TURN: 7
Hmmmm -- two pair with an Ace?! The trend at tonight's tournament has been for people to bet big if they have even two-thirds of a hand. So we bet 600, hoping to scare pretenders away. Only one man calls us.
ON THE RIVER: Q
We presume if our opponent had an Ace or a 7, he would have raised by now. This makes us feel cautiously safe -- but to avoid looking weak, we bet 600 again. The man calls.
"Tens and sevens with an Ace?!" we say uncertainly. Not good enough -- he hit a Queen on the River for two higher pair.
Amazingly, 10-10 came again on the next hand -- but again, it didn't bring good results. Yet when we dropped to 1,800 chips, 4-4 worked! A flop of 3-4-5 led us to go all-in, and everyone folded.
We reached the semifinal table, but with only 3,500 chips left. We dropped to 2,000 after being forced to fold weak big blind and small blind hands -- then went all-in with yet another pocket pair. Our 5-5 lost to Queens and 8's, leaving us in tenth place. We missed the final table by one little hand.
MINISTRY MOMENT: "You seem to bring something different every time," a man to our right said before the tournament began. We took our bottle of Dove soap for a card protector again -- and the man had no idea the phrase, "Wise as serpents, harmless as doves" came from Jesus and the Bible.
That verse from Matthew 10:16 happened to be in a Christian magazine article we read earlier in the day. If you're going through tough times in a down economy, this article could inspire and encourage you.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 52 final tables in 132 nights (39.4%) - 10 cashes. Had we reached the final table tonight, the percentage would have moved above 40 again.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER SCOREBOARD: Five-player sit-n-goes - 3-7-3-1-0. Full tournaments - 9 final tables in 126 games (7.1%), no cashes.
POKERSTARS.NET SCOREBOARD: One-table tournaments - 0-1-0-1-1-4-0-0-1. Pretend cash game total: $9,992 - up $8,342.
What's behind that amazing one-week gain? Careful play, since we start cash games with only $300! Suffice to say, we've doubled our money against wild all-in bets several times. Somehow we doubt that would happen at a casino.
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