....and introducing....The Kimminator!!!

So we had a very fun couples night last night in which we played a $5 Texas Hold'em tourney. We had some good friends over and all together there were 3 couples. This was the first time my wife had ever played, and she was doing this to humor me because she really didn't want to play - but being a great wife she participated like a real trooper.

The game had rebuys, and we usually never have more than one or two a game so the game was going to be more fun than intense. I actually figured my wife Kim would be out within the first hour which would give her an excuse to stop playing. It was only thirty minites into the game and I was rebuying (no comment) along with one of the other wives. That was fine, I intended to win it all back.

The problem with having some experience playing poker is that you are typically playing against people that understand the in's and out's of how to bet and some of the more advanced card play tactics. You learn how to read your opponents, put them on a specific hand and utilize strategy to win the hand. You have to literally throw all of this out of the window on couples night.

I was folding quite a bit after my rebuy because in games like this you have to have a very good hand to play because everyone was playing all the way to the river and catching lucky cards to make their straights and flushes. I would play medium hands in the small blind and big blind and typically play big hands regardless of position (because no one knew what position was anyway).

So Kim is basically playing as a calling station. I don't think that she raised a bet all night. She would check or call...that's it. Most of the time she would have a great hand. She pulled down 6 full houses, it was getting to the point where if she was still in the hand and there was a possible FH on the board that people would fold. It was really funny.

There was one hand in which I was playing against my wife and another lady and I had two pair one of which was an ace. By the end of the hand, Kim basically pushed her hand face down and said something like "I don't have anything" and of course I said "Oh you never know, show us the cards!" Well she had a diamond flush which took the pot. She was winning hands and she didn't even know what she was doing.

We had a lot of fun. And she came in third place!