-33 @ The Commerce Casino

Once again, I didn't have much in the way of cards. I had a total of 4 pocket pairs in 4 hours of play; TT, 99,88 and 22. This is compared to a fellow who had KK three times in an hour. Despite the lack of cards, I was able to pretty much hold my own. I took a pot with two pair when there were three to a flush on the board, and my 2,5 offsuit (I was big blind) became a straight draw. I made it on the river, but as you would imagine, the cards were so sucky that the pot was pretty small. A nut flush that I made with runner runner also didn't pay off very well. I don't think that I badly misplayed these hands, but I'm sure that I could have gotten some more money into the pot somehow.

Even though the cards weren't very interesting, the table was. I was sitting next to a wonderful 75 year old lady and her son. She usually plays 1-2, but her son convinced her to move up to the "big" table for a few hours. She was quite darling. At one point when we both were out of the hand I mentioned that I didn't mean to but I could see her cards. She thanked me and said "My son always tells me I open up too much". She was better for a couple hands but then went back to her old ways.

Nathan, on the other hand, was a bit annoying initially, but his antics grew on me. About 30 years old, Nathan was a compulsive talker and sometimes he was quite funny. Like the time when someone threw his cards down pretty violently Nathan quipped "There's a lot of anger at this table". Nathan would also tell the dealer what cards he wanted, either in his hand or on the flop. "I'd like K,J offsuit this time dealer". "On the flop please give us A,A,6". This went on for nearly two hours and he (of course) kept missing. People will not remember that, but instead remember the time he got it right. He asked for a 3,3,2 on the flop and it came 2,K,3. He said "That was close, but I'd like another 3 now" and the turn came up 3. What did he have in his hand? Yup, you guessed it, 3,2 and his boat took the pot. This flustered a couple people, and even the wonderful old lady sitting next to me snapped "Will you be quiet!" on the next hand when he started stating his desires for the flop.