I have not won a bar poker or home tourney in more than a year
In February 2008, I wrote about how I'm the luckiest bar poker player in the world, when my 10-9 offsuit got called by kings but I hit four to the flush and went on to win.
Since then, I have not won a bar poker tournament. Haven't even gotten down to a head-to-head.
A few months later, I wrote that I hadn't flopped a nut flush in months. (Of course, odds against hitting a flush on the flop are 118-1, but so what?)
Two days later, I hit a nut flush at the Isle, and the board never paired, keeping the boat out of play -- and I let everyone bet into me for a nice pot.
Meanwhile, in our occasional home game, I am a perennial runner-up, if I cash at all.
I am due.
I have a theory that the poker gods surf the 'net, and hear all pleas.
Hey, it can only help.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
