I HATE LOSING!

especially when I thought I was being bluffed......the last hand of the night...I have pocket Q's, the flop is 3, Jack, Jack. Cool! I have two pair....I bet $4.00 and one person calls. The next card is a 10. He bets 3....I call. River is a 3. He goes all in. Now I really should have folded....but I'm thinking that maybe he had a 10...not a 3. And I didn't want to get bluffed out of the hand---cause he knows me well enough to know that if he pushes, I will fold.

I called....and sure enough....he had a 6-3. And I ended up losing $23 in one hand. Thank god it was the last hand.

Note to self: Just FOLD next time! If it's the last hand...take your money and RUN!!!!!!!!

Johnny Finn's Was Fun, Fun, Fun!

I hadn't been to Johnny Finn's in quite awhile....and it was quite fun!

The full moon was magnificent....the people were very relaxing and enjoyable...

And I came in 2nd and 8th---so that is always good.

Poker will be played on Wednesday and Thursday's at 6pm and 9pm.

The prize for the 12 week league is a Royal Caribbean Cruise for 2.

Can't beat that!

Poker at Johnny Finn's

On Wednesday and Thursday's......

Who can ask for more? Sunset, poker, Lake Travis????

C'mon out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Final Ladies Tournament

What an exciting night as 24 women played for a trip to Las Vegas for the LIPS Poker tournament in May!

There were great prizes, donated by moi, and everyone at the final table received a trophy.

Everyone had a great time...and there were no rude or disrespectful players!

I was actually shocked when the women presented me with a framed certificate of appreciation and a $100 gift card to the mall. That was so kind and considerate of the women to bless me like that! It really was a fantastic surprise!

Congratulations to all the women who played! Especially the winner.....K.....

The return of Friday Night Poker

Ok Ok.....it was more like the return of me....I actually showed up at the game on Friday night....and was completely demoralized and miserable. I was getting absolutely shit cards....and felt like all I was doing all night was putting money into the pot for other people.

Everything I folded ---hit, and everything I tried to play, missed. It got so bad that at one point, I thought I would have to start drinking (I'm currently off alcohol)just to have fun.

Then when I lost my first $20, I REALLY wanted to leave, but peer pressure got to me, and I bought back in. After about one more hour of misery, I got a pair of Jacks, and there was only one other person in the hand with me....and he raised $9.75 on the river.....I thought about it...and after a minute or two....said, "I'm sick of this shit tonight..." as I watched in "horror" at myself calling! When there were two queens on the board also! And I ended up winning about $33.00 with that hand.

What was the most interesting about that was....that I had lost so many hands throughout the night, that at that point, I really didn't give a shit anymore...and if I had lost...it would have been nothing new. But I did have to risk more than half of my stack to win....and the other guy in the hand knew that I am the quickest one to assume that someone has the best possible hand...and I have no doubt that he expected me to fold.

Which led me to realize that I fold way too much....because there are certain people that trigger a fear/anxiety response in me. Something in their personality or the way they bet touches a nerve, and I go into fight or flight---which with poker usually results in my folding.

Of course, assuming the "best" of people gets me into trouble too. I know people bluff...but I assumed that this guy probably did have a third queen...or even a fullhouse...and that is why I would have folded....except that I was on tilt...and called. And this particular guy, I'm sure, has bluffed me out of many winning hands.

So I gotta work on not letting my fear response get triggered so easily. It definitely happens almost equally with men as with women...so at least I'm balanced there! It is a different fear response with men and women though.