So Friday night, I played poker with one of my best friends, in his monthly neighborhood game.

The chips were FLYING! I played pretty conservative (imagine that), and I made a couple of really good lay downs. (They showed me their cards, I love it when they do that - validate my play!) But the best hand of the night, didn't win me a ton, but it was so fun to play.

I started off w , I think I was the big blind, everyone folded but one player. So in a spot like this you're really hoping you flop a flush, or at least 4 to the flush. The guy I was playing against was a decent player, but he plays really wild, he loses sometimes, but other times that wild image gets him a lot of chips. So I was cautious to say the least.

The flop came  Cool, I had a pair, but what if he had an ace, he had to have a better kicker (higher card to break a tie). So I casually bet 2x the big blind. He called (initially he had checked). At least I wasn't check raised!

Fourth street produced  Wow, now I had a set. It's pretty unlikely he had an ace now. It's possible, but highley unlikely. I made a really weak bet of just under 2x the big blind, to make it look like I was just trying to steal the pot, he raised me 2x the big blind. I just call, trying to act really weak.

The river put the best card in the deck out there for me  Now I know for a fact he does not have another ace, unless these guys are using some sort of weird korean deck of cards or something (pause for laughter). So now he bets 2x the big blind, and I move in raising it 4x his raise. He had put so much money in at that point, and I could not figure out what he had, he called me with  I was a tad puzzled, I figured he had to have a 3 or a six, but oh well. It was a nice pot to win, and I feel like I played it perfectly.

Had I bet any more, I'm sure he would have folded. I was able to get second place, I made a really bad 'all in' bluff at the end against Big Slick, and lost Big Time!