Today was National Nachos Day - so, of course, we went looking for the chips.
"Don't forget to tip your servers," the Tournament Director reminded four full tables. Then it was on with the show....
BLINDS: 100/200
IN THE POCKET: 6-10 offsuit
The WPT League circuit requires everyone to deal their own cards. We've dealt ourselves this ordinary hand. We haven't won a hand yet, and lost about 1,000 chips to a player with a pair of Jacks. So we'll fold this. About four players at the table of seven are in.
ON THE FLOP: 8-7-7
"Toll-free flop," we say. Either no one got the joke or it was really lousy. But those cards bring a bet of 600 from a woman sitting in the Small Blind to our immediate left. A man across the table calls.
ON THE TURN: 7
"Jackpot!" we declare with three 7's side by side. The Small Blind now bets 1,200, and the opponent calls her.
ON THE RIVER: K
Did this make anyone a better full house? The Small Blind now checks. So does her opponent.
"I've got quads," the woman says quietly. She flips over 7-10! That earns her a big pot, and a 5,000- chip bonus for the best hand of the night.
The woman explains she didn't bet on the river because she thought there was a house rule against that.
"You played 7-10?!" another player at the table asks.
"I like playing 7-10," she answers. And since this was the first round of blinds, she could afford to play them.
"You heard what he said about tipping," we say to the big winner to drop a hint. No, she didn't reward us for dealing so well. Nor did she do it when we dealt her two more winning hands.
We won one pot with a semi-bluff, but nothing more than that. (The woman even topped our A-5 straight with a 2-6 straight.) Finally we went all-in for 1,500 with K-J, but a man with 8-8 prevailed when the board didn't pair for us. We were one chair from glory, but wound up first out at our table.
MINISTRY MOMENT: A man to our right won a pot with Kings, then proceeded to declare himself the "King Master."
"At least he didn't call himself the King of Kings," we said in response. "There's only One with that title."
The man nodded and seemed to chuckle, as if he got our point. Do you get it?
On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords. - Revelation 19:16
Our New International Version Bible goes so far as to put those titles in all-caps. But who would have such impressive names?
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.... He is dressed in a robe dripped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. - Revelation 19:11, 13
Yet another impressive title! Who could these verses be describing?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. - John 1:1, 14
If there's still any doubt about the identity of "the Word," this should settle it....
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. - John 1:17
Now walk those verses back. Jesus brought "grace and truth" because He was full of them. Thus He was "the Word," and Revelation 19 indicates that Word is coming down from heaven again as "King of Kings."
But you don't have for that return to give Him that glorious title. God wants you to honor Jesus now, as disciples did long ago:
Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." - John 1:49
Jesus wants to be not merely a "King Master" - but King and Master. Will you acknowledge Him?
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