I Love Playing Aces

Poker is a game that is played by a lot of people from all over the world. Since there are so many people playing the game today there are a lot of different strategies out there on how to win the game.



I was playing in a tournament last night and I made it to the final table with a decent amount of chips. There was someone sitting beside me at the table who did not have too many chips left in his stack. He was fairly quiet during much of the game and he went all-in before the flop. I had an ace and a two and I thought I would give it a try. I have this thing with aces, I can’t seem to fold them. My hand wasn’t that bad, but he had a jack and queen suited.

I admit that I had the lesser of the two hands, but I think it was a good call, I had an ace and I could have got a low straight. It did work out for me, the board showed an ace and two early, giving me two pair and the pot.

The person I was playing against was not a fan that I called an all-in bet with my hand. Like I said, I have a hard time folding aces and I had no idea what he had in his hand.

Looking back on it I think the game ended for me not too much later than that victory. Ironically enough I made an all-in bet with queen, jack in my hand pre-flop. It did not work out very well for me when two people with better hands called me.

James Woods on ER

I am a huge poker fan and I am a huge fan of celebrity poker player James Woods. It’s been a long time since I've watched ER and I saw it last night because James was on it.

For those of you who did not see it, I have to say, you really missed out. In the show James’ character was in the advanced stages of ALS, aka Lou Gehrig`s Disease. Let me tell you, I don’t know anyone with this disease, but I feel like I do now, just learned a lot about it from watching an hour-long television show.

James was awesome in this role, he really most have done his homework because his character seemed real and made you really feel for him and his wife.

It’s rare when you get to watch something like this on television. The type of program that leaves you thinking way after you turn the channel.

From watching this I can see why James Woods is known for his poker skills. Any man that can act like that would be a deadly weapon at a poker table, I would really have no idea whether or not he was bluffing or not.

I’m sure that last night’s episode will appear on reruns over the next couple months. So if you missed and get a chance to check it out again you really should. From what I have seen of ER it seems like a fairly good show on it’s own, but night’s episode was something different.

Anyways, happy Super Bowl weekend!