Amusing chat
 

I couldn't resist joining this game I was watching, when I saw this chat go by...

vietboi901: lol u doin good for only startin wit $20
vietboi901: wish i could build like that
dreinholdt: ya but i play every hand

And the thing is, he really is in every hand... he calls or bets before the flop every single time!

MathBabe

It gets funnier
 

foulpole18: missed your gutshot straight draw dreinholdt?
dreinholdt: now im only up 5 dollars and 24 cents

foulpole18: oh no
dreinholdt: howd u know

foulpole18: because

dreinholdt: all i needed was an 8

(after next flop)
dreinholdt: and there it is

foulpole18: i folded that same hand when the first bet came out

dreinholdt: what were u thinkin

foulpole18: i was thinking it was a loser hand

foulpole18: and imagine that it was

reinholdt: i gotta get at least up to 25 dollars

Done fishin'
 

Okay, I know I'm a newbie myself, but targeting that one guy really worked.

I got dealt KT and flopped a K, and ended up with a set to win my first big hand. Then a couple of hands later I was dealt KQ and won with a pair of queens with a king kicker (he had a pair of queens).

Once I got AK and flopped two more A's. On the very next hand I drew an A-T straight.

Great cards. But as soon as the "I play every hand" guy left, the table started clearing out... we were down to two of us within a few minutes. No surprise!

MathBabe

Hey newbie: FYI......... a "set" is three of a kind when you have two of them in your hand (a pocket pair). Otherwise, it's "trips."

The reason they have different names is because a set is obviously a much stronger hand than trips...

I stand corrected. Thanks - no need for the rest of the world to know I'm still wet behind the ears! I think I know who's going down first on Sunday...

The funny thing is - I read the difference the other day, but they didn't explicitly point out why it mattered, so it didn't stick in my head.

MathBabe