Today marked a birthday for us -- but we know some people who might take offense at birthday ceremonies for religious reasons. So we never brought it up at Lil Kim's Cove tonight. Maybe another player at the table would have shown more mercy on us if we had....
BLINDS: 25/50
IN THE POCKET: K of clubs-Jack of diamonds
It's early, and this hand has high hopes to it. So we limp in, and no one raises at this full table.
ON THE FLOP: 2c-3c-6c
"I've got the Ace," a woman to our left says. But she says a lot of things at the poker table, not all of them accurate. That Ace would look great on the table right now -- but with a flush draw, we check. The table checks.
ON THE TURN: 8c
There's an "action card" for you. And we're ready to act when the table checks to us. We offer a somewhat cautious 300 bet, noting what the woman said and the fact that one big card can top our flush. Our hope is that the table will fold, and most do (including the woman) -- but a man across from us calls.
ON THE RIVER: 8h
There's now full house potential on the board, but we don't think that's what our opponent has. We choose to err on the side of caution and bet 600. Our opponent calls again.
"I've got the King," we declare.
"I've got the Ace," he declares. Sure enough -- the one better card is in his hand. We're thankful we played it safe.
After winning a pot with 2-8 of spades (yes, it can happen), that man across from us struck again. When he raised to 1,000 pre-flop, we called with A-J. When the flop was A-3-5 and he bet 5,000 with a promise to go all-in on the turn, we feared he had A-A. But we called anyway with only 1,950 chips left. They were followed by 8-8 -- and again he was one card better than us, showing A-Q. The big push didn't work, and we had a birthday bomb-out finishing seventh at our table.
MINISTRY MOMENT: "You're still my brother, right?" a Euro-American man sitting outside the table asked an African-American man tonight.
"You're my brother, of a different mother," the other man answered. This gave us an opportunity.
"But are you your brother's keeper?" we asked.
"Naaaah," he replied. "Got to let him learn things on his own way."
We brought up a famous Bible passage with our question. Can you name the book where it's located? And do you agree with the man's answer to that question? Offer a comment here; we'll offer ours in a future post.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 100 final tables in 264 nights (37.8%) - 15 cashes. Uggh - our percentage keeps dropping like the stock market, again to its lowest level in years.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 158 point wins in 716 games (22.1%), 54 final tables, seven cashes.
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $50,206, up $210.
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