Thank god for kids

#1 24-08-2008, 5:10 AM

I'm playing in the nightly 70k guaranteed at PokerStars and I'm doing pretty well. I hate sitting out hands because you just might miss that one double up hand in 100, but when my 9 year old asked me to carry him upstairs to bed I just couldn't say no. Sure enough, I came back to see that I had auto folded AK. Here's what the board looked like.

#2 24-08-2008, 5:16 AM

Doing the right thing is, of course, its own reward, but nice to get a little bonus every now & then.

#3 24-08-2008, 5:25 AM

Good Luck in your game FD, awesome that you took care of your 9 yr old, the way I see it what goes around comes around....those AK's will be flying your way all night

#4 24-08-2008, 5:51 AM

Fantastic karma!

#5 25-08-2008, 7:28 AM

Now if only my kids saved me like that

, mine it's usually the other way around they come in and want this and that when i'm up, and when i'm on a bad run sweet as pie

, but then again there only 3,18mths,8mnths, but, how did you end up in the tourney?

#6 25-08-2008, 7:57 AM

Karma train stopped at your house............great story.

Mine not so sweet. My 10 year old was watching the board for me while I made us lunch. She was calling out what cards I had and I would tell her what buttons to push. Well she is asking me about poker and what was what. (here is where I made my 1st mistake) "Daddy what is it called when the cards are all the same color?" I said its called a flush. "is that good", Yes thats very good, when I get a flush it means I have a very good hand..........."Daddy you have a flush what should I do" (here is mistake #2) I tell her to call the bet. I say "Juliann, what does it say now?" she says " You finished 74th Thank you for playing". I run into my office to see that the "flush" was 8 and 3 of spades which she called KK with. ALL of my hole cards where the same suit, so to her it was a flush.
She will be 11 in Nov. and now has a very good understanding of poker and when NOT to go into daddys office.

#7 25-08-2008, 8:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Cowboy8112

Karma train stopped at your house............great story.

Mine not so sweet. My 10 year old was watching the board for me while I made us lunch. She was calling out what cards I had and I would tell her what buttons to push. Well she is asking me about poker and what was what. (here is where I made my 1st mistake) "Daddy what is it called when the cards are all the same color?" I said its called a flush. "is that good", Yes thats very good, when I get a flush it means I have a very good hand..........."Daddy you have a flush what should I do" (here is mistake #2) I tell her to call the bet. I say "Juliann, what does it say now?" she says " You finished 74th Thank you for playing". I run into my office to see that the "flush" was 8 and 3 of spades which she called KK with. ALL of my hole cards where the same suit, so to her it was a flush.
She will be 11 in Nov. and now has a very good understanding of poker and when NOT to go into daddys office.

LOL. That's the first time in a while I actually laughed out loud. Great story, man. You gotta love the kid for trying to help you out, though.


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