My Worst Poker Hand Ever
Posted by admin on September 5th, 2008
This was over a year ago, and it still makes me sick.
I’m sitting at a poker table with a lot of people I know, and I’m holding the large stack of chips, and I’ve just been dealt an Ace-King suited. I’m a happy camper. Just to my right is a new player who has had a few decent hands and has about half my chip count. I double the blind and watch as three more players, including the rookie, call.
The flop comes-a ten and two Kings. I’m sitting on trip Kings and I’m stoked, so I keep betting. The turn comes-3 of clubs and it’s no help to anyone. I throw some more chips into the pot and eventually it’s just the me and the kid, who tentatively calls every time I raise.
The river comes-an Ace completes my full house. I check and the kid raises me. I decide to have mercy and leave him enough chips to keep playing. I call him almost all in and give him a lecture about being more careful with your chips. When he calls, I turn my cards over with a smug grin…one which evaporates as he turns over his pocket Aces. The kid had a full house, Aces over Kings, beating my full house, Kings over Aces. It hurts to even write about it.
poker lesson learned. Keep your mouth shut at the table, because some bastard might end up with the one hand that can beat yours.