When players sit down for a free poker tournament at a bar, anything can happen. Egos can come out, in the form of trash talk and "i dare you" bets. Should a serious player play along with that approach, or wait for things to calm down? At Lil Kim's Cove tonight, we decided to take a chance....
BLINDS: 50/100
IN THE POCKET: A-Q offsuit
We're third in line to bet. The first man in order likes to bet big early in the game, so he tosses out 1,000. We won an early pot, stand at around 9,000 and decide it's worth a call. A man to our left then raises all-in, adding 2,500 more. The man to our right calls -- and our hand is simply too good to fold, so we call.
ON THE FLOP: J-8-5 (last two cards may not be precise, but they were small)
We're admittedly concerned the man to our right might bet again -- but he checks. So do we.
ON THE TURN: 4
The concern continues -- so we're thankful for another check. Ditto.
ON THE RIVER: A
"That killed me," the all-in man mutters. But despite gaining top pair, we're still wary -- so when the man to our right checks, we check once more.
"Queen high," the man to the right announces.
"I have an Ace," we say modestly.
"F**k!!!" curses Mr. All-In -- and throw-slams a pair of Kings onto the table. He'll be muttering for the next couple of hands about how we escaped on the river.
"Sorry," we say quietly to him a couple of times -- but we're thankful to jump to more than 17,000 chips.
That big gain helped us endure through a lengthy drought, as well as an open-ended straight draw we folded which came through on the river. On a pre-holiday weekend night with only three active tables, We survived to our sixth final table in a row. Then we finished in seventh place, when our K-10 all-in bet failed to bring a pair.
MINISTRY MOMENT: "Is that your card protector tonight?" a man to our immediate left asked as we were dealing. Our protector was a small travel pack of tissues.
"I brought this to remind me," we explained after the hand, "when Jesus Christ comes back, there will be no more tears, no more crying. He'll wipe away every tear."
The man to our left seemed stupefied by our explanation. "Do you believe Jesus Christ is coming back?" we asked.
"When?" was all the man could quietly answer.
"That's the question," we responded. "No man knows the day or the hour."
We mentioned several Bible verses there. Do you know where to find them? We'll let you look, and have the answer in a future post.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 66 final tables in 162 nights (40.7%) - 11 cashes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 41 point wins in 250 games (16.4%), 19 final tables, 1 cash.
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $11,363, down $465.
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