Originally Posted by Ceez

Poker books? Pft...pathetic. Lol.

I LITERALLY play poker ALL THE DAMN TIME. My family thinks I'm addicted. I'm really not...and no, I'm not in denial of being addicted. I'm just really not addicted. Poker's just so exhilirating. It's one of the few things that I can be excited about for a long period of time. I just get bored doing other things. I can totally just get up and leave whenever I want though. Now, a funny poker story:

I was playing a game with a few friends and cousins, tournament style. God knows how many chips I had but I had a friend of mine covered. I was the small blind and the blinds were 50-100. I had 7-2off and my friend had J-10 offsuit (but I didn't find that out until the river). So, being the small blind, I protected my blind. Instead of checking or raising the CORRECT amount, my friend Dre, who was the big blind, just raised 50. I wanted to see a flop and 50 is nothing in tournament style. So I call. The flop came out a rainbow A-K-2. I hit my 2's. So I bet big. And I pretty much knew I was in a safe position to bet with 2's since he would've raised a lot more with an Ace or a King. He called. The Turn came out another 2. TRIPS!! I slow played my set knowing I was ahead since he didn't have an Ace or King. And even if he DID have pocket big slick, that would only give him two pair...and trips beats a two pair. So I was up. He called my slow play. The turn came out an Ace. So the board was A-K-2-2-A. I had 2's full of Aces. And I KNEW he didn't have it. I had the checkmark. So I went all in. Now, earlier on I had given him an incentive to think I had a very weak hand. Which I did. 7-2 offsuit is THE WORST hand in Hold 'Em. Anyway, he though Jack high was good so he called. I showed him my deuce which gave me a boat. He was upset. He was even more upset when I showed him my 7. Boy! He was FURIOUS!! Since then, I've yet to see him. I haven't played with him, seen him, or even heard from him since then. I felt sooooo bad. But what was I to do? He only raised 50 preflop. So, let this be a lesson to you poker-beginners, if you're going to raise preflop, make a substantial raise. Something you can afford without going overboard. Triple the bet is recommended. Had he raised to 300, I would've folded and I would've never caught a boat (full house). I'd love to play against Mike some day. And Jeremy and Miranda too.