How We Came So Close

So what happened in Sunday night's Lamborghini freeroll, to help us reach 83rd place out of 10,000? We had several highs and lows....

:18 IN: We have A-3. Two Aces come on the flop and turn. Our big bet pays off, and we jump to 5,030 chips. By the end of the first hour, some losses have reduced us to 1,925. But we win a big pot early in hour two, to climb back to 12,956. (Apologies for not having details on every hand; PokerStars.net keeps play moving very quickly.)

1:10 IN: We have A-9. We win the hand with a big bet and several callers, and jump above 23,000 chips.

1:11 IN: We have A-6. Aces prevail again -- we're up above 27,000.

1:22 IN: We play Q-10 -- and two Queens hit the board! We bet big with them, and advance above 46,000.

1:43 IN: We have 6-6. The board delivers a 6, plus a pair of 10's. Full house -- big stack of $81,966!

Our holdings diminished from there, and we had 26.5K at the two-hour break. Only one more winning hand came after that -- but there was an interesting chat with another player during the break. That player asked us to loan him money to visit this blog (ha ha). He reminded us of a beggar we met at a bus stop days before:

flopblogger: Asked first for change (I carried none)....
flopblogger: then sked if my Pastor could help pay his rent.
flopblogger: (asked)
northeast123: lmao
northeast123: did paster help out?
flopblogger: The Pastor laughed at it, too.
northeast123: i asked for minum
flopblogger: The beggar didn't show up for the church service....
northeast123: lol
northeast123: get free bread
flopblogger: The bread of life, in fact. :-)
northeast123: yup

What sort of bread is this? The church service we attend usually has a snack table -- but we're talking about something even better:

"I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world".... Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life." -- John 6:32-35

Jesus goes on to say He is "living bread.... If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever" (verse 51).

Win a little "bread" at the poker table (wow, that slang sounds so 1970-ish), and you'll be happy for a short time. Partake of what Jesus offers, and you can have eternal life. While we personally play for one, we really hope and long for the other.