"I think I've spotted a tell," a fellow player told us quietly during tonight's game at Lil Kim's Cove -- as in spotted on us. He said we seem to "tense up" when we're about to play hands, and part of our face starts to twitch. Maybe we need to play online games in front of a mirror, for practice?!
The man mentioned this well after a challenging early hand, where another player apparently didn't notice anything unusual....
BLINDS: 25/50
IN THE POCKET: 9-5 of diamonds
The night is young. The blinds are small. So when a player across the table doubles the bet to 100, we don't mind calling suited cards. About four people get in the hand.
ON THE FLOP: Ad-10d-8c
The man who raised throws out a minimum 50. We're on a flush draw, and that's a small price to pay for one more card. We call.
ON THE TURN: Ah
The betting man bets 50 more. Compared with some online tournaments we play, this is bargain-basement shopping. We call again. No one else is left in the hand by this time.
ON THE RIVER: 7d
There's the flush -- but now along comes trouble. The man who bet small goes big, tossing out 2,000. Does he have a face-card diamond to top us? We have about 5,800 chips, and think a moment before deciding.
"Prove it," we say as we call. "I've got the diamonds."
Our opponent does not. He has two pair, and admits he had that on the flop. His bets were designed to run off everyone else. If he had made bigger bets in the first place, it might have worked with us -- but small ball early gave us a big pot at the end.
Not much else went that well for us tonight. We made it past the one-hour mark, but then felt compelled to push with A-9 and an Ace showing on the flop. A woman to our left with A-J wound up topping us, and we finished in about 22nd place.
MINISTRY MOMENT: The tables were turned tonight, as we received correction from another player about something we've written elsewhere online. We won't go into details (it had nothing to do with our religious views), but we could understand why the player was upset. After the person spoke his/her piece, we said "thank you" and went on our way.
"If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body," says James 3:2 (KJV). That's a very high standard -- one that religious and political leaders admittedly can't always match.
Romans 14:21 adds, "It is best not to.... do anything else that causes problems for other followers of the Lord" (CEV). We're tempted to go one step farther, and say you should do nothing that might hinder non-believers from becoming a follower of Christ. It includes watching what you say, and even what you write.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 73 final tables in 176 nights (41.5%) - 14 cashes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 57 point wins in 323 games (17.6%), 26 final tables, 1 cash.
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $10,088, down $530.
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