6 Kids, 3 cats, 1 dog, Mom, and Dad

Another card story or No big money here.

We were playing cards at home a couple of weeks ago. I like to play for small stakes, even at home, because I think it makes people play better. Otherwise, people call every bet and it all comes down to who got the best cards, not who played better.

During that game I got a royal flush. A royal flush is the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 and they are all the same suit. It is the best poker hand that you can get and I got it at a little home cash game. LOL In some casinos you get a jackpot award or a special jacket for this achievement. At home, you get a couple of dollars from winning the pot.

What made it even sweeter is that the flop was the ace, king, and jack of hearts. Son had an ace and a king in his hand and Middle Daughter had king and jack so they weren't going anywhere. I had a king and the queen of hearts. The turn card was another heart so I had an ace high flush. The only thing that could beat that would be a full house or four of a kind. The final card was a 10 of hearts so I had the royal and nothing could beat me.

At that point it got kind of surreal. My family knows just enough to be dangerous when it comes to cards so at that point they start saying that it is going to be a split pot because everyone will share the flush that was on the table. I finally got everyone to do the final round of betting before showing my winning hand.

It was so surreal because I couldn't say, "No! We need to finish betting because I have something better than just a flush!" and still convince them all that we needed to finish the hand.

And here it is...

Posted by bbarton at January 24, 2006 09:05 AM