Some people pray, I play poker
We're here to give, and to take
To me poker is a game of life,
no one sets the rules

Favorite Hands:
Never count your chickens.... #1053251986

All is not lost that can be found:
https://www.replaypoker.com/replay/1088755518/straight-flush-ace-to-five

The fat lady sings:
https://www.replaypoker.com/replay/1105327447/straight-flush-seven-to-jack

The good news is that real life brings LOTS of As on the river too. ((I wish you all rivers of AAs.))
https://www.replaypoker.com/replay/1105471558/two-pair-aces-and-threes

Life's surprising turns:
#1049098905

The chances we take:
#1044922802

Biggest (and stupidest) pot:
#1051455223

There's no place like home, there's no place like home:
https://www.replaypoker.com/replay/1047057376/straight-flush-eight-to-queen

Power to the people. Take what is yours, and give the rest. We all win in the end.

My grandpa, a meticulous banker and WW2 pilot with a bit of an edge, taught us girls to play poker when we were tiny. I grew up with the mystery, the fun, and the addiction of it but was then forbidden to play when I was a teenager because I was already seeking out cash games! I put it away for a few decades then rediscovered it last year during a 5 hour flight delay and it got me again. I study it, and meditate on it and how it reflects life's universal patterns. It helps me navigate life in the real world, knowing who is blustering, bluffing, telling it like it is, considering the stakes vs risk, the likelihood of outcomes. I think consciousness seeks out drama, just like poker does... It's a form of mental yoga and meditation. PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) is what one of my favorite people/players and coach PAL taught me best and I try my best to maintain it, albeit, I hate you sometimes too! You'll know it when I don't say gg after you all in me and win. But I still love you, don't fret. I'll be back!

I may one day play for real money, but I'm not good enough yet. I learn, thank you for all the help, and think it may just be best played as a sport. It's just so much fun, why muck it up?

I did do a little cash jaunt to AC last year, and got 3333 at 11:55pm, on the eve of 11.22.22 (my birthday). (Also hand of the hour) Maybe proof in the pudding that poker is part of the order of the cosmos?

Glossary of Terms
LOP = Low Pair (lopper)
MĒP = Medium Pair (meeping)
HIP = High Pair (hipster)
AIN = All In (ainer)
CAIN = Call All In (cainer)
Gser = Gut Shot better (gasser)
Bluster = make it seem like a lop or a meep with a gas is a great hand
Betty = he/she who bets a lot
Blustblocked = raised with a meep, lop, or poss (str or fl draw), etc
Bluffblocked = raised with a DD, etc
OCD = betting on OverCards, esp OOP
Icker = Kicker without the kick (icked AA2)
Hipicked = go hard on HIP w/o kicker
BBpocs = low pocket pairs
Popped a fully = flopt a fullhouse
Pocket flush = suited hole cards
Stacker = one who abuses the power of their large stack, esp at final tourney table
Ahole - they who treat a pocket A like pocket AAs