I am making this post purely and simply to brag and remind my male friends that they got beaten at poker by a GIRL.........!

I am partial to the odd bit of gambling...... take me to a racetrack and lose me forever. I wasn't into poker too long ago, however thanks to the wonder of facebook I learnt to play stealthily against 12 year olds and to be honest, perverts. Having several poker friends and a like minded boyfriend the time had come to play my first 'live' game. With real money..... argh!!

So, it's a Saturday night and we gather at the house of some good friends, one of which plays every week - he's the man to beat! At this point the food had to be removed from the rather large fridge to make room for the beer. Me + beer = danger. Uh oh.......

After some serious domestics about whether to play no limit we settled and the game began. I started to realise me being in charge of my household finances was a good idea when the other half started getting a tad reckless with his chips and went out first. I didn't win a hand for god only knows how long until I got fortunate on the river and beat a pair of Aces with three queens. From then on it all fell into place -as the pile of empty Brahma bottles next to me grew... and grew.... and grew....... I'd like to tell you how I managed to win but it was all a bit of a blur!



See right for my 'poker face'.. and note the prominent beer.





I now have the bug, and having beaten the maestro (who was third) I now feel the need to rub it in his face at every opportunity! There is a lot to be said for beginner's luck though so I'm thinking I should quit while I'm ahead........... we'll see!