It was a night of mystery and wonder...

I don't know how else to put it... there were so many hands that came in for me last night. It was almost as if the card gods thought that I was Dave, Elvie, Eli and even Rick. I've seen many nights when it seemed like hand after hand and hand they would play and keep having cards just run into them over and over again. I'm not certain that I knew exactly how to act. There was a period of about an hour and a half where it seemed that all of my two way hands would get there culminating in the one that Dave feebly described in the previous blog. You'll have to excuse the elementary level of his writing as English is his second language.

Eli had bet me off a big hand that I had raised pre-flop and it almost put me on tilt when shortly following I drew Js, Jd, 10c, 3c and the flop was Ac, Jh, 9d. From early position, I placed a $90 bet and Eli called... everyone else folded. The turn was 6c and I bet $190, Eli smooth called. The river was the fourth Jack. I pushed all-in and after much deliberation, Eli folded.

A few hands later.... from my straddle I had 10h, 8h, 4c, 2c and the flop was beautiful... 3x, 5x, Jx. I checked and Eli bet $110 to which I called. The turn was a 9x and Eli bet $200 and I again just called. The river was a beautiful 7h. Eli bet $400 and I moved all in and he eventually folded.

The big hand that Dave describes below went something like this.... I had the Ks, 2s, Jh, 4h and the flop was the As, 6s, 10h. Eli began his normal betting sequence with a $60 bet and I really liked this flop and everyone folded except Big Dave, the Juice and me. The turn wasn't a bad card either if I remember correctly it was a 9h giving me two flush draws, a gut shot straight draw and a swing at the 2nd nut low draw.... Eli moves all-in and I had already decided that I would call him as I had him well covered and his bet was about $1100; he had everyone else covered. Big Dave struggled with it for a moment and then folded. The Juice was playing the one instrument which he plays all the time, his mouth, unfortunately as always, it was out of tune and way too loud. I called and he immediately called. The river, a magical 3 of spades... giving me the double nuts! Whee! Dave had the 2nd nut flush, Eli had a 7 high flush and they both were drawing to the nut low, the old 2-3 which of course was corn-holed on the river! Nice! Scooper!

Eli just couldn't believe it! He actually paced around and left the room! He then announced he was coming after me and I of course only shudder to think what that could mean. I didn't spend too much time worrying about it as it took me about 10 minutes to stack all the chips. The Juice went up stairs to blog the hand and I am very proud of him for that.... Eli bought back in for $5K, but unfortunately I had a seminar this weekend that started at 9AM every morning so I checked out about 30 minutes later and I know they spent another hour after I left licking each other's wounds and marvelling at the gay porn. I would have given anything not to have had to leave.... Eli's $5K re-buy was very tempting!

Again, I have never experienced a series of hands like these. I know it is regular and common-place for Eli, the Juice, Elvie and Rick.... I certainly hope that I staked out an address on that street and that it wasn't just a one-time visit to that neighborhood because I really did enjoy the short-time I spent there. I only regret that I had to leave before the night was over so that I could attend the seminar.

Let the suck outs begin!