:15 IN: We have 10-9. The flop is 3-5-10, so we bet 75 with top pair. Someone calls. The turn is A. All parties check. The river is A. We dare to bet 100 -- and get paid off when out opponent shows Q-5. We gain $725.
:21 IN: We have 9-9 on the button. The flop is 5-7-3, and we call an opposing bet of 100. The turn is 9, right on time! We bet 100, and call a raise to 240. The river is Q, so we bet 125. The opponent calls, and shows 10-10. Good try - but we win $1,840.
That brought us to the half-hour break at a comfortable $2,395. Out of 1,434 players who started, we stand 153rd; 785 remain in the running.
:35 IN: We have Q-10 under the gun, and call when someone doubles the blind The flop is J-3-10, and we call a bet of 340 (which we believe put someone all-in). The turn is 9, and we call a bet of 120. The river is 9 - and we wind up with a $240 sidepot, while the player who pushed makes a straight.
:38 IN: We have Q-8 in the big blind. The flop is 7-9-6, and we call a bet of 250 with an open-ended straight draw. The turn is 5 -- and when someone bets 430, we go all-in. That opponent takes the hint and folds! We win $2,780.
:52 IN: We have K-6 of hearts on the button. The blind is 3-A-A. We make a position bet of 300, and it works! The table folds; we win $1,050.
:58 IN: We have 8-9 of clubs. The flop is 5-J-9, and we bet the minimum 300. Someone calls. The turn is 2. Everyone checks. The river is 9, and our opponent makes a "dare you" bet of 1,160. We don't like our kicker, but we call -- and the opponent was bluffing with 8-10! It's a big gain of $3,620.
1:01 IN: We have 10-5 in the big blind. The flop is 7-7-4. Everyone checks. The turn is 10 -- and our bet of 700 with two pair makes the table fold. Another win of $1,050.
At the one-hour break, we're at a healthy 4,940 chips -- 92nd place, with 314 to go.
1:08 IN: We have 8-8 in the big blind. Someone goes all-in for 620, and we call. The flop is 9-5-9, and bet 300. The turn and river are 2-Q -- and we win a sidepot of $1,796; the player who pushed had 4-Q to take the main pot.
But the good cards ran out after that, as the blinds and antes went up....
1:35 IN: We have K-10, and the big blind forces us to go all-in. The board is 8-2-9-J-8 -- and an opponent with J-A tops us.
Final score: 131st place, out of 1434. That's a "top ten percent" finish which would have earn us money in many casinos -- and we made it that high for the third time in the last ten Weekly Championships. Not a massive win, but still not bad.
MINISTRY MOMENT: When a big online pot is split, we respond with polite applause. For instance, one hand brought....
Me: (church clap)
Another split pot led to some discussion about that....
Me: (golf clap)
mjgtlc: is that louder then a church clap
mjgtlc: lol
Me: Probably depends on which church :-)
mjgtlc: good point
Different church denominations and associations have different moods to their worship. Some are loud like the "shoutin' crowd." Others are so quiet, you can hear a coin rattle in the offering plate during the service. We continued....
Me: Where I attend, clapping hands is not allowed - except when children sing.
Me: I don't think that's Biblical, but that's the policy.
Why do we say that? Because of several verses, including:
Clap your hands, all you nations, shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth. - Psalm 47:1-2
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy. -- Psalm 98:8
If rivers are told to "clap their hands," and they don't have hands, then why can't we?
But don't misunderstand -- there are times when quietness in worship can be wonderful and powerful as well.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him. - Habakkuk 2:20
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.... - Psalm 37:7
Each side may try to persuade you its approach is correct, while the other is wrong. But we've put the Scriptures together, and decided there's a time and place for both forms of worship. We need to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit to know the "time to be silent and a time to speak...." (Ecclesiastes 3:7)
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