Last night I played another tavern poker tournament.
At one point, I raised with A-J.
Flop: A-A-J.
But wait, it gets better!
I made a small bet and got four callers!
But wait, it gets better!
Turn: the final ace. I think I probably have this locked up.
But wait, it gets better!
I made a bigger bet. Three callers!
But wait, it gets better!
Some irrelevant card on the river. I move all in. TWO CALLERS!
Both were shorter stacks than mine, so a double knockout. And I became monster chip leader.
It's all skill, ya know. You have to practice for many years to learn how to flop a full house, and improve it to quads.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Oh, what a feeling!
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I played a lot of tavern poker when I lived in NC. Some of the hands I saw were quite amazing. :-)
Did you win the tournament?
ohcowboy12go
Almost. 2nd place.
The tavern poker experience is a hoot! Did it pay anything? Locally they pay $100 for first place and $50 for second but the money is usually chapped up way before heads up.
In the Main Event last summer, the king of hearts on the river gave me a Royal Flush. I checked and a guy with two pair bet into me for 3000! (This guy.)
I'm reading a book you might like (Nina, too): Between You And Me by Mary Norris. It's subtitled: Confessions of a Comma Queen.
Norris was a copy editor for the New Yorker magazine for many years. The book, as you might guess from the title, is about grammar, but she makes it interesting and humorous. I picked it up at my local library.
Thanks for the tip. It looks good. I just put myself in line for it at the local library.
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