Texas Hold'em

I took a bit of a ride tonight. I finally decided to play poker with some of my co-workers. I had heard them talk about their weekly game for 8 months, but I was reluctant to play. You see, they require a $20 buy-in, and the dealer calls the game. I don't mind buyin' in, but I do mind the game switchin'. And it bit me in the ass tonight. I played the Hold'em hands almost perfectly (both of them), but I lost over $30 on two hands of Omaha. When I heard the rules described the first time, I thought that, "You have to play two cards.", meant you have to play at least two cards. $15 down, no problem, right. Well, I made the same mistake two hands later when I tried to play all four cards in my hand with one on the board. Another $20 was gone.

On the bright side, once I got home, I logged on to partypoker.com, and I won my money back. Thanks to luck and some aggressive betting, I am now only $1.30 in the hole, as opposed to $40. WHEW!