poker

To make up for the lack of recent content, here's a couple poker stories from this Thursday night.

This wasn't my hand, but happened on the table I was at. The guy next to me was dealt pocket fours and since I had already folded, he showed me and he started laughing - All in for about 5g.

One or two others folded, but one man stayed in... He matched the bet, and turned his cards - Pocket five's.

The flop... Nothing, 4, 5.

The turn.. . A 4, and the river card was nothing.

An interested ride for the two guys involved in that hand, and fun to watch too.

Unfortunately, one of the best hands I had was the exact hand the guy next to me had... A K off suit. I called all in on it for around 2 grand, he matched it and we both laughed as we turned our cards. The river cards meant nothing, and it was a split pot.

I'd folded countless hands... Waiting for something good to come my way, so I could double up and stay in just a bit longer. It hadn't happened. The blinds were quite painful now at 5,000 and 10,000. I had about 15,000 left, and I was the big blind. The cards I'm dealt were 3 and 2, off suit. "What the hell", I thought. Now was as good a time as any to go out. I'd made it onto the final table, in the top 8, I was happy with that.

"All in" I said, laughing. The few people behind me that saw my cards laughed too and my bet was matched by 3 others.

The flop was dealt, there was a 2 in it. But I wasn't winning, as someone had been dealt pockets that were higher many my pair of 2's.

The turn card helped nobody.

And the river... Well, the river was a 3. I'd hit two pair, and taken quite a good pot to keep me in the game for a few more hands.

I finished 4th that night. Out of 128 people. My best placing yet.