This story dates back to last year, one of the 3-day holiday weekends, back before I was regularly playing No Limit. It was also before I had developed the Dreaded Pocket Kings curse….or so I thought.
Michelle, the BSC dealer who never pushes me a pot, dealt me the dreaded pocket Kings in a 2/4 limit game. At that time, I actually liked that, not then realizing what an awful hand that is. Amazingly enough, there were two more Kings on the flop.
Yes, my quad Kings did hold up. I won about a $30 pot.
But here’s how I really lost. Because of the holiday weekend, earlier in the day I had played around 4-5 hours at one of the locals poker rooms where they had a special promotion for the holiday. Flop quads and win a $500 bonus. If I had flopped those King’s at that casino instead of BSC, where they have no jackpots/promotions, I would have gotten $500, plus the pot, for hitting it. Instead, I won $30. Needless to say, while playing at the locals place during the promo, I didn’t see quads, and for that matter, I never even hit a set.
Timing is everything in life. And thus, somehow, I figured out a way to lose with pocket Kings and flopping quads!
Bitching when you lose, bitching when you win. Tom says congratulations on becoming a true poker player!
ReplyDeleteLike your pal a few weeks ago, Prudence? "How could he not call there?" Is he still bitching about that?
DeleteSilicone Valley??? With an "e"? Are you trying to tell us something?
Rob, Does Josie still believe that Prudence lives ONLY in Rob's imagination?
ReplyDeleteWell, she says that but I'm not sure if she really believes it or she's just teasing me. Teasing is something she's really good at.
DeleteFurthermore, WTF is Josie? Are you out there Josie?
ReplyDeleteI dunno where Josie is, apparently she's boycotting my blog. You'd think she would have shown up on my last post, where I gave her not one but TWO links, but no, she remained silent.
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