We're In The Money!!

Oh boy. I thought for a while there it wasn't going to work. Whatever it was that guy hit me with when he opened the umbrella in front of me last Friday stuck with me for over 24 hours. But you did it! YOU DID IT! Thanks to Mel, Pebble, Val, Mike, Jaye, Linda, Michael & Poopie who walked around their chairs and broke that bad happening! I could kiss all eight of you!!

I was sure things would be all better Friday night when I sat down at the hold-em table. Yeah right. I sat there for five hours and won three hands and lost, well, let's just say if y'all had put the cash up for me to buy in that game I'd probably be wearing cement shoes at the bottom of the ocean right now. It was ugly. Plain and simple. But hey, it was poker and that's the way the cards fall sometimes. Thank goodness it was DH who put up my bankroll and not y'all. Oh. And of course thank goodness that DH won enough to cover my losses and about 2x more ;) . I blame it all on the umbrella event. Definitely.

I didn't want a repeat of Friday night so I decided not to play on Saturday. Oh heck. I could not resist. I figured if the cards were falling the same way they had on Friday, I'd just get up and go watch the game. But hey! You guys sent enough positive energy that I won a nice pot early on and that set me up for the rest of the night. There was only one spectacular hand. I've got to tell you about it cause it's the first time it's happened to me and I'm convinced y'all had something to do with it... I was sitting there with pocket 8s. One diamond, one club. I was just to the right of the small blind so I had really good position at the table. The guy to the right of the big blind raised 200 before the flop. Ok. He's got either AA, KK, or AK suited. This guy never plays a weak hand. it went around the table fold fold fold fold, then the guy to my right called. He's gonna be a wild card in this because he'll call with just about anything. Ok. Only 2 players? I'm gonna call his 200 and hope that I catch a third 8. Then came the flop. 6 7 10 clubs. Oh Wow. I know I flinched and still cannot believe that neither of the other two caught it. Them not noticing my tell let me know that most likely, one of them had caught a flush and the other one probably had the A or the K, or possibly holding a straight. Now, I almost folded. Honestly. What are the odds of making an inside straight flush draw? Slim to none. The night before I'd had two opened ended straight flush draws and didn't catch the card I needed either time. But hey. I'm a sucker. The guy to my left bet 200. The guy to my right called and I stayed in as well. The next card wasn't any good to me, and I can't even remember what the darn thing was other than being red. The guy to my left bet the same again. Ok. He definitely made the flush on the flop has to be holding AK club. The dude on my right, still not certain about. The bet came around and we both called to see the last card. I don't know what on earth I was doing still playing that hand. If I hadn't had such a large stack of money in front of me I never would have risked it. The dealer turned over the last card. 9 clubs. Oh NO WAY! Gosh how am I not going to blow this one?? I watched the guy to my left. There was a brief look of puzzlement on his face. Recomposed he looked at the guy to my right, then to me. He was fishing for a tell himself and asked me, "Do you have the eight?" I never get money out of this guy. He's as good as I am or better. I knew he had the nut flush and I had to make sure my eyes didn't sparkle and my hands didn't shake and I answered him naturally. "Nope." Almost sadly. At least I hoped it sounded natural. He thought for another moment or two. Then he bet, certain that he had the best hand. 200. The guy to my right raised another 200. I didn't hesitate and called their 4 and raised another 200. Then I almost froze. I was afraid I wouldn't get any more money out of either one of them. The Left guy raised it again! We both called and he flipped over AK club and puffed up like he had just won the best pot of the night with a nut flush. I didn't even look at my DH because I didn't want to give it away. The guy to my right checked his cards and mumbled something about a Q high flush. Hmmm.... I picked up my cards and slowly pulled out that 8 and flipped it over with a spin, 6 7 8 9 10 club. Straight flush wins. Oh man when I started stacking my chips up after that one my hands were shaking so bad! I knew at that second somebody had walked around their chair for me. Oh! And Dh did almost as well the 2nd night as he had the night before. Nice.

So. No more poker for 2 weeks. Then I think we have a couple more. I played in both of these upcoming tourneys last year and won them both, so not sure how I'm going to approach it this year.

Oh heck! I have to get some work done...
Thank you. I really mean it!