"I ought to be home cleaning the dishes," we admitted to people around us at Lil Kim's Cove tonight. We had other things to do, too -- but there we were, hoping to do some ministry and possibly win some money.
To show we weren't completely half-hearted, we decided to take a more aggressive approach to the cards. We'd either make a big jump or a big early exit....
BLINDS: 25/50
IN THE POCKET: 10-10
After modest early losses, we're ready to put down the gas pedal. After pondering a limp (which we did earlier with a losing 8-8), we decide to raise to 250. But a woman to our left doubles that to 500. We call, as does another man.
ON THE FLOP: Q-Q-9
We check, but the raiser tosses out 600. The man between us calls. We smell a continuation bet after missing the flop, so call with two pair and hope.
ON THE TURN: K
This third higher "face card" complicates things. Now the woman bets 1,000 -- and the man in between raises to 3,000. We reach the conclusion someone has a King or Queen, so we fold and take a fairly big loss.
ON THE RIVER: 5
The two remaining players check -- and the woman turns over pocket Aces. It wasn't what we thought, but indeed she had us. (The man said he had two pair, but was topped.)
We were burned again minutes later, when we dared to call a pre-flop raise with K-10 of hearts. The flop had a King, and we felt compelled to call when a man ahead of us bet 1,000 -- and his bet of 2,000 when a small card came on the turn led us to go all-in with 2,950 left.
"Do you have Aces?" we asked skeptically after our opponent called.
"Yup." That man is known for bluffing us off pots, but the rockets burned us again. We were out in less than 30 minutes -- home to clean, after we post this.
MINISTRY MOMENT: We were able to do this before play began, by taking an electric converter plug for a card protector.
"I brought this to remind me," we said to several players, "that I receive power from God's Holy Spirit. And I need it every day."
"You and me both!" a woman across from us responded. If you're puzzled about what that power can do, your homework assignment is to read the first three chapters of Acts (our reference is from 1:8).
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 94 final tables in 238 nights (39.5%) - 15 cashes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER TOTAL: Full tournaments - 122 point wins in 613 games (19.9%), 46 final tables, four cashes.
We had time to play in one tournament Monday, and earned points in it. Our latest NLOP check came in the mail today, worth $50. (We have no more coming for now.)
POKER STARS.NET TOTAL: Pretend cash games - $41,737, down $300.
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