Remember as you play....

"The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it." - Proverbs 27:12

Poker sometimes can be an illogical game. Ask anyone who's ever pushed all in with pocket Aces, only to lose to an opponent whose 2-4 turned into a full house.

But as someone told us at church recently, poker has a "measure of skill" involved with the luck. The skill can come in how and when you bet.

Let's say you have 7-7, and the flop is A-Q-10. If someone bets big ahead of you, what will you do? Will you take the Star Trek approach with your pair -- and "boldly go where no man has gone before"? Or will you conclude that bet is a sign your opponent hit at least a higher pair?

The Contemporary English Version is even more blunt with this verse: "Be cautious and hide when you see danger -- don't be stupid and walk right into trouble." But of course, some players intentionally try to conceal the danger. We did this recently, by checking a full house that we hit on the flop. The next player in line pushed all-in -- and pushed himself right to the rail.

Go ahead, confess to us -- what's the biggest blunder you ever made at the poker table? And what did you learn from it?