First came the five-dollar win online in video poker. Then came a run of more than three miles around sunset -- far better than we expected. So as we walked home, we said to ourselves (and oh yes, to God) we felt confident heading to Lil Kim's Cove tonight. But we didn't want to be overconfident. Maybe God nodded yes to that request, because....
BLINDS: 200/400
IN THE POCKET: J-7 of spades
We're in the small blind, quietly showing the "patience of Job." We've scarcely played a hand all night, because almost all the cards have been lousy. But these are suited and we're already in for half-price, so we call. Several players do at this full table.
ON THE FLOP: Jc-9d-7c
Aha! Two pair gives us the opening we've waited to see. In lead position, we bet 600 -- and people around us start guessing.
"Be careful of 8-10," someone says while folding. "Especially 8-10 of clubs." Hmmmm -- thanks for the "straight-on" advice. Two players call our bet.
ON THE TURN: 2h
A harmless card, so we bet 800. Our two opponents call again.
ON THE RIVER: 10s
Uh-oh -- that's the last card we wanted to see. Now a straight draw is very possible, so we check. A man to our left checks.
"Five-thousand," bets the dealer - a bet which would leave us with less than 1,000. This man ran us off a winning hand several weeks ago, with a similar big bet on the river. He might just be doing it again, so we have to think this over.
"I know your works," we finally say (using words from Revelation 2:2). "But I can't call that." We fold, as does the other player. The dealer quietly reels in the big pot.
"Didya?" we quietly ask a minute later while shuffling the cards to deal.
"I had a straight," he answers. We mention our two pair. End result: good moves on both our parts.
That's the sort of night we had -- not winning a single hand. We went all-in with K-J right after the one-hour break, but fell to a man who held a 10 and made three of a kind on the river. Eighth out of eight at the first table -- nope, no reason for overconfidence at all.
MINISTRY MOMENT: You never know what sort of music you'll hear on the jukebox at a bar. Tonight we heard a country tune with the words, "We talked about God's grace...."
"God's grace is a good thing," we said -- unsure if anyone at the table heard it.
Then came the refrain: "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy." A man dealing cards to our left said he agrees with those words.
"Do you agree God is great?" we asked him. "Greater than beer?"
He said he did -- but he especially agreed with the "people are crazy" part. Do you agree with it? And with the song in general? We'll offer our thoughts in an upcoming post.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 86 final tables in 212 nights (40.6%) - 15 cashes. Heads up record - 7-7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 94 point wins in 507 games (18.5%), 38 final tables, 2 cashes. (We're not counting the video poker win.)
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $24,219, up $1,160.
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