Cautionary Tale: How to Lose $40 in One Hand

[drewjax]

Anyone ever have wife/gf put the mush/jinx on you? Last year I was playing in a WSOP freeroll (I think pokerroom??) anyway, there were 5000 entrants so it took awhile. I told the wife, leave me alone, dont come in room, dont ask me how I'm doing etc etc etc. Things started great, busted a bunch of weak player, doubled thru a few times. then the cards went sour, i mean nothing. but I was a rock, fold fold fold. still doing well. down to 51 players, on button AKo. just as they are dealt, yep, here comes the wife. "hows it going honey" etc. Of course a raise in front of me, but someone who has me covered but i think i have a good read on. i reraise allin, get a call with ?? cant remember exactly, but it wastnt even a pp. Of course I get busted by runner runner. finish in 51st. I could have killed her. really. Of course i get ridiculed for even suggesting that she had anything to do with it. Couldnt leave me alone for like 5 hours in arow??????? unreal!!
any other mushes out there?

ps. anyone remember which room ran those freerolls last year. I have new cpu and cant remember which rooms i had downloaded. and will any have real freerolls this year. I'll post new thread on this some other time maybe

[jimmytheg]

yeah, sometimes i feel my lady friend can be a mush. It's happened a few times...she'll call as i have AA in my hand before it's my turn to act, someone moves all in before me with QQ....and they end up hitting a Q..

It's uncanny actually....she got me scratch tickets as a stocking stuffer...a bunch...and not one would hit....then i go to the store later that day, happen to buy one just to test the jinx, and win

Kind of a running joke to us actually

[drewjax]

its only a joke to my wife, lol
F'n mush!!

[rchamberlin]

Thank God my wife doesn't like gambling. She'd be just the type of person to try to do that too. When we were in Vegas last month for my wedding, a buddy and I were playing Roulette, and both of us were just playing red/black. After about two hours we were both up about $800 when she walked in to ask if I was losing. I didn't win once after that. As soon as I got back to my original $200 buy-in I went and hunted her down to tell her what happened. So she knows she's bad luck for me now and won't ask how I'm doing anymore.