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Message: [QUOTE="Mook Johnson, post: 855238, member: 39693"] [B][SIZE=2]My wife and kids enjoy playing, but only casually. So I thought I could take advantage of them. Hey, I can't help it, I have no shame. Actually we started a Family Poker Series a few months ago and are keeping standings throughout the year. My wife was leading heading into this event, but I know I will prevail over the long haul. If I can't beat her, what's the point?[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]When the weather is nice, and it was here this weekend, we play outside in the backyard. We started early and I streched out the levels and lowered the blinds hoping to play for a long time on such a beautiful summer night. We all started out with 1800 in chips and the blinds were only 1 and 2 to start. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]About 10 hands into our little tournament, I look down at Js 6c in the big blind. My youngest son limped and my wife just calls in the small blind. I decide to raise it up to 12. My son is a calling station and my wife is crazy tight. I figured he'd call and she'd fold. Then I could out play him for a small pot. He called, no surprise. She did also, so I figured she probably had a strong hand. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]The flop comes Jc 6s Ks. My wife checks, as usual. I bet 100 into the pot of 36. As tight as I play both online and in person, I have a rep with my family for trying to steal so I totally overbet the pot expecting them to think I had nothing. My son calls of course and she calls too. Interesting to say the least.[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]I catch gin on the turn when the 6h comes up. My wife leads out a bet of 50, which is strange, but I just made sixs full so I go over the top for 500 more. Again, they BOTH call. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]I'm hoping for another spade because I'm pretty sure at least one of them, namely my wife, is chasing the flush. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]The river is the Ace of hearts and now I'm only worried that they won't commit the rest of their chips, but to my surprise my goes all in. I did think about it for a minute, but I couldn't imagine that she had me beat. She'd have to have JJ, KK or AA. There was just no way! I call. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]I can't believe it when I see her pocket rockets. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/463366/AA.JPG[/IMG][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]She only had two outs. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]She thought she had the best hand the whole way. Argh![/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]I stared at the board for at least 5 minutes with no expression on my face.[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]As I stood up to walk to the cooler and drown my sorrows, I took one last look.[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2][IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/463366/busted.JPG[/IMG][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]My son had King something and was crippled but not out. Bah. [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]Once again, I got to play dealer the rest of the tournament and I'm now third place in my own family poker series. D'oh![/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]Mook[/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]

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