I Have Aces

Last night was a blast, peppered with the occasional aneurysm inducing fiasco.

I came to the conclusion by the end of the night that in some hands I could have typed 'I Have Aces' into the chat window pre-flop, and still got callers (maybe raisers!!).

The worst hand of the night for me wasn't really a bad beat, since by the turn there was so much in the pot that it was probably worth calling with just about anything. Even so, when the showdown came I was doing my own fish impression. A goldfish!! My mouth bobbing open and closed with incredulity as I tried to work out what the heck happened. If only my memory could have been erased after 3 seconds.

Two things got me about it. Firstly the pre-flop play, secondly the fact that not one, but two, players at the table were willing to go all the way to the river, calling all my bets, without even having the nut draw. I wonder if anyone folded KQ earlier in the action.

Not to worry, I still ended the night comfortably ahead. I offer the following as solace for anyone going through a period of self doubt, and worrying whether you have have sufficient talent for this game. Rest assured no matter how badly you are playing, someone else is playing worse! Whether that person is me, or the other guys, I'll let you make up your own minds.

***** Hand History for Game 1437957380 *****
$2/$4 Hold'em - Friday, January 14, 22:24:38 EDT 2005
Table Table 11441 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Offspring1 ( $455.5 )
Seat 2: Area_31 ( $82.5 )
Seat 10: jblinville ( $115.5 )
Seat 4: Div1970 ( $124 )
Seat 6: tgren ( $71 )
Seat 9: Milosh27 ( $146.5 )
Seat 3: elsaboteur22 ( $91 )
Seat 8: jrwuertz ( $85 )
Seat 7: cobblecobble ( $92 )
Div1970 posts small blind [$1].
tgren posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Div1970 [ Ah Ad ]
cobblecobble calls [$2].
jrwuertz calls [$2].
Milosh27 folds.
jblinville calls [$2].
Area_31 calls [$2].
elsaboteur22 calls [$2].
Div1970 raises [$3].
tgren folds.
cobblecobble calls [$2].
jrwuertz calls [$2].
jblinville calls [$2].
Area_31 raises [$4].
elsaboteur22 folds.
Div1970 raises [$4].
cobblecobble calls [$4].
jrwuertz calls [$4].
jblinville calls [$4].
Area_31 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, 9d, Jh ]
Div1970 bets [$2].
cobblecobble calls [$2].
jrwuertz calls [$2].
jblinville calls [$2].
Area_31 calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
Div1970 bets [$4].
cobblecobble folds.
jrwuertz calls [$4].
jblinville calls [$4].
Area_31 calls [$4].
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
Div1970 bets [$4].
jrwuertz calls [$4].
jblinville folds.
Area_31 calls [$4].
Div1970 shows [ Ah, Ad ] a pair of aces.
jrwuertz shows [ 8c, Kc ] a straight, seven to jack.
Area_31 shows [ 7s, 8h ] a straight, seven to jack.
Area_31 wins $39.5 from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.
jrwuertz wins $39.5 from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.