For three years, it's been our Thursday night to walk across the street from our home to Lil Kim's Cove for poker. But that changed tonight -- as we visited another Columbus location offering an even larger poker prize.
Hookahmeup is a downtown "hookah" lounge (please note the spelling), which awards $150 to the tournament winner. In only its second week of action, enough players showed up tonight to fill five tables. Perhaps as a result, not enough quality cards were passed our way. And when they came.... well....
BLINDS: 100/200
IN THE POCKET: Q of clubs - J of spades (those suits might be reversed)
It's been a grim evening for us, beginning with a saddening phone call shortly before we left for the tournament. Very few hands have been worth our trouble. But these cards are high, so things could be different. We join several players in calling.
ON THE FLOP: Jh-10h-3d
Aha -- top pair! We're first in line to bet, so lead for 400. Several players fold, but a woman across from us does not.
ON THE TURN: 7h
Three hearts are now showing, but we decide to keep up the aggression. We bet 500, but the woman calls again.
ON THE RIVER: 8h
Uh-oh -- a fourth heart. Now we have to check. The woman does as we feared, and bets 500.
"I don't have a heart," we admit as we fold. Sure enough, the woman does. In fact, she shows the nine of hearts for a straight flush!
We split a pot later in the evening, but nothing else worked out for us. We wound up pushing with K-Q of hearts, only to lose to a 3-7 straight and finish in 22nd place.
MINISTRY MOMENT: "Have you served in the military?" a man to our left asked during the game.
"No," we answered -- then realized a moment had come. "This is who I'm a soldier for," we said as we handed over a "Jesus as your Savior" coin. It made the man smile -- but when we asked if he agreed with the message, his response was noncommittal. Maybe he'll think about it; we'll certainly pray about it.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 83 final tables in 196 nights (42.3%) - 15 cashes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 77 point wins in 421 games (18.3%), 32 final tables, 2 cashes.
Wednesday night was a very late night for us - as we played in a tournament with 842 players, and made it to the final table! After more than three hours, we were eliminated in fifth place. That would have earned money in an afternoon game, but only the top four were paid in the late-night game.
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $16,299, up $40.
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