Two Games of TEXAS HOLD 'EM
(top left: materials we used. top right: matt contemplating on what his next move should be)
On Saturday, the 7th of June, Jenny Vick played her first
game of Poker with experienced competitors Ben Lee, Michelle Lee, and Matt Jorgenson. Two games were played and the consequence for the two losers of the first game were to write 10 nice things on the wall of the two winners' facebook. And the consequence of the second game were for the losers to make dinner for the top winners.
They didn't have poker chips, but with creative friends like Ben and Matt they substituted the chips with tic tacs that the roots class thoughtfully placed in their Austin farewell care packages.
The first round for the night started with much excitement between the competitors. After receiving their pocket cards Matt and Michelle folded, leaving Ben and Jenny to play head-to-head. Jenny's pocket cards were a pair of Ace's and Ben's were a pair of Jack's. After the dealer dealt the flop (3 community cards face-up) the 3rd card ended up being a Jack, giving Ben trips (3 of a kind). Ben decided to go all-in with his 3 trips, and Jenny followed. After revealing their cards, craziness broke out between the players because Ben went over the rules of the game with Jenny before everything had started and Jenny was taught that a 3 card hand didn't count in poker.
Ben and Jenny concluded that it was only fair that the 3 card hand wouldn't count and that they would start the round over. And good thing, because Matt decided to deal the rest of the cards to see what the outcome would have been if the rules were clearly set. The fourth card, also known as the turn card was dealt having no affect on the players hands. BUT when the river (the 5th and final community card) was dealt, it was an ACE, giving Jenny an ACE trip, which would have given her a win for that round and wiped Ben out of the first game.
In the end the winners were...
Check out the facebooks of these players to find out the results.
(Ben (bottom right) chuckles on how he is going to wipe Jenny (bottom left) out. Michelle was the photographer for the night, so no picture of her was taken)
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