Poker is a wonderful game sometimes - Especially when the cards make it impossible to lose!
- By Chief Editor
- Published 11 Sep 2007
Chief Editor
Experienced IT professional and frequent blogger with a special interest in technology, the internet, photography and motoring.
In a rare break from work I decided to have a few games of poker tonight.
Texas Hold Em is my game of choice, and rather than spend all night playing a tournament I decided to have a couple of games of "Heads Up" - this is where you play one on one with another player and winner takes all.
Texas Hold Em tournaments can take hours and hours to complete, whereas a game of "heads up" is usually completed in a few minutes.
Well talk about the cards going
my way!
In a $30 game (although I was playing in the UK, many poker websites play in US Dollars) I had pocket rockets (2 Aces) in the first hand, then pocket cowboys (2 Kings) in the second hand and finally pocket rockets again in the third hand.
My opponent really didn't stand a chance.
I think that's the quickest game of No Limit Texas Hold Em I've ever played. Three hands and about 45 seconds was all it took to win the money.
Now that's an hourly rate I could get use to...
Texas Hold Em is my game of choice, and rather than spend all night playing a tournament I decided to have a couple of games of "Heads Up" - this is where you play one on one with another player and winner takes all.
Texas Hold Em tournaments can take hours and hours to complete, whereas a game of "heads up" is usually completed in a few minutes.
Well talk about the cards going
In a $30 game (although I was playing in the UK, many poker websites play in US Dollars) I had pocket rockets (2 Aces) in the first hand, then pocket cowboys (2 Kings) in the second hand and finally pocket rockets again in the third hand.
My opponent really didn't stand a chance.
I think that's the quickest game of No Limit Texas Hold Em I've ever played. Three hands and about 45 seconds was all it took to win the money.
Now that's an hourly rate I could get use to...