I played Texas holdem the other night at Beautiful Wife's Youngest Brother's home. There was around 16-18 people there and I ended up in fourth place. Only the top three places were money makers but I was happy to make it that far since I've been knocked out much earlier in the past.
I decided to play conservatively unless I knew I had a good hand until I built up a big enough stake and then I got a bit more aggressive.
I got dealt a hand, the 7 and 8 of diamonds, and decided to bet the 50 cents to see what was in the flop. The flop showed the 6 and 9 of diamonds and a seven in another suit. I decided to keep going since I had a chance at a straight flush and had at least a pair. I don't remember the turn card but when the river was flipped it was a 5 of diamonds. A 5 of diamonds. I checked again, yep...I'm sitting there with a straight flush and I can tell by the way on of the other guy's is betting that he has a flush.
I eyeball what he has and make a big enough bet so that he has to call all-in if he wants to call. He calls and says that he hopes I can beat a flush...and I flip my cards and show that I have a STRAIGHT FLUSH!
Pandemonium at our table and the other table too when they realized the magnitude of the betting, that someone went all-in, that someone got knocked out, and that we had such incredible hands. The total pot for that hand was around $40.
After looking at his cards I realize that the other card I could have used for a straight flush, the 10 of diamonds, was in his hand. Luck is a good thing.
I managed to knock out a number of people and by the time I left the game the blinds were four and eight dollars, if you can imagine. I had a great night and it was totally worth the $20 buy in that it takes to play the game.
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Hi Bob, I'm just getting back to some of my commenters...thanks for the visit to my site. When we were in the White Mountains we went through Berlin. I thought it was odd how they pronounce it up there...not like the German city. I'm going to look around now.
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