Monthly Poker

Another good night with the boys playing Texas Hold 'Em last night. There were eight of us this evening seated around Paul's newly made oval table. The buy-in, as usual, was twenty bucks and I don't think I ever dipped below my initial purchase.

We had some really interesting hands. I lost one with a full house to a four kings and another player had stayed in with a slightly poorer full house. It was a good pot - unfortunately, I didn't take it. Trip twos won the pot on at least two occasions. But I took good pots with another full house and even a high pair.

The last twenty minutes we tried our luck with Omaha poker. In this game, you are dealt four cards down with the same flop, turn and river sequence as in Hold 'Em. The difference is you have to use two, and only two, of the cards in your hand along with three from the board to make your best hand. People stay in a little longer because of all the possibilities and, therefore, the pots are usually bigger. It takes a little getting used to the different probabilities.

Overall, I won $27.25 and sacrificed about an hour of sleep. That's what naps are for!