# I am a poker goddess...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 10, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712 "2005-06-10T07:28:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712/1 "2005-06-10T07:28:28Z")

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Or at least I am one today.

Played a single table qualifier on pokerrroom for the $50 Daily multi. When we got to heads up, my opponents stack was $14,750, and my stack was $250.

I won.

Then I played the tourny itself, 157 people. at the one hour mark, blinds were $200. My stack was $500, and I was ranked 50th of 51 remaining players.

I finished 3rd and won $860.

I AM A GODDESS.

An excellent day. Winning would have been nice, but that will come. The 3rd place is deply sweet.  
(I really needed this. I was starting to really questions my sanity. AA cracked 11 of 13 times over two weeks, and I was a lock to lose any all in where I was favored by 75% or more to win. I was losing hands that were 97% in my favor.)

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712/2 "2005-06-10T16:06:44Z")

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I need your luck tonight. I’m supposed to play a few rounds with the guys in the family. Last time I played, I couldn’t catch a break and didn’t even come close to winning any of the 3 rounds we played. My girlfriend, **OhFace** , was able to take home winnings from one round. About $80 or so all in all. She was proud that she beat a table full of guys. I was happy it wasn’t her that knocked me out. ☹

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712/3 "2005-06-10T16:19:54Z")

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Congratulations! I know that’s gotta feel great.

Like **Flander** said, I managed to win a round against all his male cousins last weekend. It felt great to play with “the guys” for the first time and win a round!

Take those winnings and treat yourself with at least part of it. 🙂

**Flander** , good luck tonight!

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**Author:** ![OhFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@OhFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OhFace)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712/4 "2005-06-10T16:20:54Z")

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Damn, sorry, that was me. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-poker-goddess/307712/5 "2005-06-10T23:57:30Z")

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Excellent work. It’s been a good 24 hours for me online poker-wise speaking as well. I did get bad-beat out of a tourney on Hollywood but before and after people were just lining up to throw their money at me at the cash games. Isn’t it swell to ride a rush?