Last week, I was playing at Artichoke Joe’s in San Bruno, California. I had my name on the list for 3 different games and finally was able to squeeze into a 1-2-2 No Limit Game ($100 minimum Buy-in, $300 Max). I bought in $200 and grabbed the number four seat.

About 20 minutes into the table, I had been able to steal a few small pots and I was up $20 or so. With the button two in front of me, I looked down at my hole cards and found:

Feeling pretty good about that, I made a pre-flop bet of $15.

I got one caller and we were left with a pot of about $30.

The flop comes:

Nothing on that flop scares me so I bet the pot, $30.

My counterpart has about $75 left and says, “All in.” I smell a bluff, so I call.

He turns over:

I feel like a champ!

The turn and river change all of that when I see:

As the nutjob rakes in the chips, I am left in amazement why anyone still plays this game!!