We're not sure how a full house in poker came to be called a "boat." But we've played enough poker to know some full houses are rowboats, while others are steamships. A classic example of that occurred tonight at The Red Barn....
BLINDS: 50/100
IN THE POCKET: J-K
We've seen some promising hands early, but none have come to fruition. So we sit with 4,650 chips, and feel limping is appropriate. Several players call.
ON THE FLOP: J-10-10
Two pair? Beware -- there could be another 10 hiding somewhere. But sitting in lead position, we bet a probing 300. Two other players call, everyone else is scared off.
ON THE TURN: J
Two pair now are on the table. But we have a full house, and it's time to act on it. We bet 700. A woman across from us raises to 2,000. A man sitting between us ponders it, then calls.
"I'll go all-in." That means 2,250 above the raise. We're surprised when both of the other players call, and think we're in line to at worst split the pot.
ON THE RIVER: 7
If a bigger card had come, we might be sweating seriously. But now the two remaining players in the hand check.
"I have a boat," the woman says. So does the man -- but they both show 10's. We're the only player with a J! So the bigger boat gives us a big gain to more than 13,000 chips.
A couple more big hands came our way from there -- including a three-way split of matching full houses. It was enough to get us to the final table. But a big bettor there scared us off a winning pair, which cost us a lot. Then our A-8 was topped, and we wound up in seventh place -- only hours after finishing third in an online tournament with 142 players. (Alas, no money for either one.)
MINISTRY MOMENT: It never happened at the table tonight. But we were a few minutes late getting to the tournament because a woman flagged down our car, needing change for something to eat. The stop turned into much more than that, but we'll save that story for an upcoming post in our other blog.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 67 final tables in 165 nights (40.6%) - 11 cashes.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment