Lynnie
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I agree!Date: 9/13/2009 6:34:26 PM
Author: Pandora II
LOL, we''re both gamblers - albeit very restrained small stakes and we only gamble on things that are not down to pure luck. So, poker and political betting (and the odd geegeeDate: 9/13/2009 8:15:41 AM
Author: Lynnie
Pandora, you enjoy poker, too? DH and I have been into poker for a while. We actually entered a real tournament in Atlantic City last year. It was fun! I made the final table! DH got knocked out early, though.)![]()
I''ve been playing for about 6 years now and DH a bit longer. I play Texas Hold''em, Omaha and Omaha HiLo - I like Omaha HiLo best, but it''s rare to get a big enough group who know how to play it to have a decent tournie.
Before the baby was born I used to play live tournaments on Wednesday and Sunday evenings and then online tournies during the week. I have only played once in 4 months now as I can''t take the baby to the bar we play in. So, trying to organise some more home games to get my fix - We used to host a lot of games and had a full-size table in our last house, but not anymore.
The last live one I played was two days before I went into labour! They guys were all petrified as I was so huge I could barely fit behind the table - they''d seen me expand week on week and were convinced I would end up having the baby there on the table!
Not a lot of women play around here - normally we are 19/20 people of which 2/3 are female... but statistically we do rather well!![]()
It''s a fantastic game for mental agility and learning probability - we will definitely be teaching our daughter when she''s old enough!
We used to play weekly, with a group of about 15-20, at one of our friend''s house. About 5 months ago, it kinda fell apart - one guy was going through a divorce, one guy had a baby, one changed shifts, DH & I got married... it wasn''t as fun (or lucrative

You''re right, not a lot of women get into it... in our group, there were 3 women, tops. Sometimes, I was the only woman there!
How funny that you played 2 days befor labor! If I were preggo, I''d say things like "The baby thinks I should bet" lol. I think men get put off a lot by women players!
I definitely want to get to AC again. We used to talk a lot about getting all the folks from our home game to take a trip there (it''s only an hour drive), but its impossible to work around 20 people''s schedules!
*sorry for the threadjack, guys!*