Is any pair better than no pair at all? In poker, the answer can depend on a lot of different factors. Consider what we faced tonight at The Red Barn....
BLINDS: 500/1000
IN THE POCKET: 3-3
We've won one modest pot during the first hour, and only have 4,000 chips after the break. Now we have a tempting hand for limping -- except an aggressive player has joined the table to our right. He raises to 3,500, which practically would put us all in.
"I'll fold," we say after thinking it over for a moment. "I'm tempted, but I'll fold." Was that the right decision?
ON THE FLOP: A-J-7 (Last two cards may not be precise)
The players still in the hand check.
ON THE TURN: 3
Ouch!!!! Three times three could have been the jackpot hand for us. As it is, the man who raised took the pot with Aces and 7's.
"Good fold," he said after we explained what we had. "All about perspective." Good for him, yeah....
A few hands later, our perspective on the play was forced to the rail. We had to go all-in with 4-9 in the small blind, and the board didn't pair for us. We drove home with an uninspiring 19th-place finish.
MINISTRY MOMENT: We showed our "Lord's Supper" card protector to a man shortly before we were eliminated. "Do you think that happened?" we asked him.
"Yes," the man answered. "I believe everything in the Bible is true." Good for him! But do you agree?
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 91 final tables in 223 nights (40.8%) - 15 cashes.
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