Holy cow, Lyndon! His hot streak continues! He was the big winner tonight, taking home $144.
Lyndon has only lost at Card Night four times going back to July of last year. During that period he’s won $625.
When playing a low hand, everyone knows that an ace is the lowest card. However, what people may not realize is that when playing a low hand, a pair of aces is the lowest pair. It makes sense, when you stop to think about it. But situations where it would even matter come up so rarely that people don’t really get the chance to stop and think about it.
Tonight, John was on the short end of this rare occurrence. In a five-card stud hi-lo declare game (with down-cards wild), the four remaining players at the end of the hand all had natural pairs showing. John’s pair was aces. When it came time to declare, John went high and lost to a four-of-a-kind. He didn’t realize that with his pair of aces, not only did he have the highest hand showing for high, he also had the lowest hand showing for low. Had he declared low, he would have won half the pot.
| Mark D | +$21.00 |
| Mary | ‑$1.00 |
| Paul | ‑$33.00 |
| John | ‑$32.00 |
| Lyndon | +$144.00 |
| Jason | ‑$6.00 |
| Mike S | ‑$29.00 |
| Glen | ‑$50.00 |
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