"He who does not gather with me scatters," Jesus said in Matthew 12:30. We came upon a gathering of believers at our poker table tonight -- but our chips were scattered early.
BLINDS: 50/100
IN THE POCKET: A-7 offsuit
We sit in the big blind, hoping this is the hand which will turn around our night. We missed draws early which cost us thousands of chips, then bailed out of weak-looking hands which turned out to be potential winners. The play calls to us, and we're glad to check.
ON THE FLOP: 4-A-3
The woman in the small blind checks. We bet 500. A man across the table who was just burned by someone with a straight goes all-in, raising to 750.
"2,500 more," announces the dealer, who made that straight one hand before. At the end of that hand, the re-raiser said he "probably didn't hit" the straight. So he bluffed with a lie once. Now we suspect he's bluffing with this bet. We're not really comfortable about it, but we call.
ON THE TURN: 5
We check to the raiser, who grabs a big stack of chips to put us all-in. Could he be doing all this while holding a 2?
"Aw, why not?" we say, still skeptical. We push out our last 625. As usual in our local poker games, no one shows anything at this point.
ON THE RIVER: 8
"I've got an Ace," we declare.
"So do I," says the first man to push. Except he has A-10. A higher kicker earns him the main pot.
"I also have an Ace," the dealer says. "But I've got you outkicked." Sure enough, it's A-9. Aces, aces everywhere -- and we were the odd man out, first to go at our table.
MINISTRY MOMENT: While we didn't stay in the game long, three different people at our table had a look at the "Jesus as Your Savior" coin while we played.
"Is Jesus your Savior?" we asked a woman to our right.
"I believe in God. I believe in Jesus. I believe Jesus died for my sins." She answered quite matter-of-factly. And she gave a good answer, based on Romans 4:25. Some ministers might have longed for a bit more enthusiasm in her answer -- but at least she gave a statement of faith.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 60 final tables in 151 nights (39.7%) - 11 cashes.
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