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educated guess from his cards showing that he had three of a kind, but there was always the outside possibility that he could have picked up the fourth card in the series – making for an unbeatable hand. Now, my game plan was to convince him that I had another queen in my hand – thus giving me 3 queens. From my expressions, he was convinced of this because he raised the pot. That means he thought he had a three of a kind that was higher in rank than the queen. Bingo! I knew he had three kings or three aces. The pot was up to $800 dollars and winner takes all. Taking a gamble, I assumed that he could not have gotten four of a kind because I had in my hand his forth ace and his fourth king. We are both confident that we were going to win. He lights his would be last cigarette for the night which further makes me believe that is hand is good but not that good ? he is nervous. Sure enough, he turns over his three aces and says, ?Sorry the ladies didn?t help you out.? I let out a big sigh that was interpreted as defeat as he then started to reach for the money. However, it was merely a huge sigh of relief because I said, ?No, I guess the ladies didn?t help me. I flopped the nut straight.? And then I proceeded to proudly lay my straight on the table for all to admire.

If you did not know, a straight in poker just barely beats three of a kind. That night, actually the next morning because I did not get home until 10:00 am, I walked out of there with $800. Also, that night there were no friends or mercy. But after all the arguing, everyone was friends because you wouldn?t have sat down at the game in the first place unless you were willing to lose your original hundred dollars. So all of the tricks and minuscule characteristics that one can pick up on can prove to be useful. Thanks to the jargon and unspoken language of the night, I now have the money to pay for this quarter?s rent.