Playing poker with the wife

[Big Bend]

My wife and I spent a few nights at a casino for New Years, bringing in the year playing poker. We enjoy playing together at the same table (no collusion, we try to win each other's money), often discusing hands afterwards. I'm by far a better player than she is having played longer and done alot more studying, online play, etc.. But recently she's finally turned into a pretty decent player having graduated from the "any two will do" mentality... but still way too loose.

So what happens? I get sucked out the ENTIRE vacation, losing 150 BBs after 3 days of playing. The wife has a GREAT time however, gets awesome cards, makes hands like quads, boats and even a straight flush, seemingly right after I've lost a big pot on the river. I gota admit it was tougher than normal to handle my misfortune when my wife was having such a great time. I was happy she was winning otherwise the vacation woulda really sucked, but I was suprised at how "jealous" I was with her happiness and success... I just wasn't in the mood to hear about all the racks she was winning while my good hands were getting cracked repeatedly.

Anyway I feel better now after a few days of reflection.. but any similar experiences and how do you handle it?

thx.. allen

[Bluffoon]

Go Team!

Honey can you spot me a fifty?

[k_squared]

lol... I know the feeling!

I find myself joking on nights like that, when my wife is killing and I am losing that she supports my gambling habit. We went on new years eve and she won 55BB while I proceeded to lose 33BB... I played very few hands all night and got my big hands busted (and I am a semi-loose aggressive player)! Over the course of the night my 4 wins were with 8-6 suited flopped a flush, 8-7 suited (flopped a straight), 8-5 off-suit (flopped 2 pair in the big blind), and 55 (with a flop of 6-3-2). It was a long night! The table had decent action, but the cards weren't going my way. A-K beat two hands in a row by the same guy with A-10... On the other hand my wife takes JJ to the river in a capped pre-flop hand with 5 other players and wins a huge pot with a K and a Q out on the flop... I have no idea what they had, but it was amazing... She is definately a decent player, not great and way too passive unless she has GREAT cards (unwilling to value bet into weak fish), but all in all she makes most of the people who play at the boat look like chumps! I am just glad she is a winning player. I twould suck to have to earn enough profit to make up for my own leaks, the rake, her leals, and her rake!!!

And a part of me has to admit that I was jealous, but the other part of me was jumping for joy. It is a lot easier losing money when she is winning it!

-K_squared

(We need a support group or something... women who play poker and the men who go with them!)

[Derek in NYC]

my wife also plays, but won't study. she plays a tight/passive game, which is fine since she can't really hemmorage money.

i used to find it hard to watch her do things like not 3-bet with AKs, but then i realized that she hated when id lecture her on "proper" play.

so my goal with gambling is basically to have her not lose a ton of money, and most importantly, for her to have fun. as long as she's having fun, that's all that matters.

guys like you and me don't know how lucky we are having wives who also play, and who tolerate our play. half the players i know are always getting grief about playing too much, and/or taking every vacation to vegas.

on the bright side, the wife and i are leaving tomorrow for a 4 day trip to vegas, where ive made sure to get a room at the venetian and a spa treatment at mandalay bay for the missus. gotta keep her happy, ya know!?

[Milky]

My wife and I play in a weekly game with some friends as well as online. She'll jump into a SnG and I'll help her out when I'm not in a hand (we have two computers next to each other so I'll be playing ring while she's on a SnG). She's actually pretty good but she's not "serious" about the game (ie won't read books etc), which is fine with me. As long as we're having fun I don't really care. Also, there are weeks when she'll do much better than me but it never bothers me. I look at it as shared income so I'm happy when she wins and vice versa. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[Duke]

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But recently she's finally turned into a pretty decent player having graduated from the "any two will do" mentality... but still way too loose.

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I never had a looseness issue with your wife.

~D

[gaming_mouse]

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I never had a looseness issue with your wife.

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Hilarious.

BTW, I'm not married, but what's with everyone referring to their wives as "the wife." It makes me cringe.

gm

[Stork]

It's manly talk.

[Marm]

So she says she wants to go with me and play a few months ago. Not a problem, she originally taught me to play the home games, but has never expanded her game beyond the quarter ante stuff with the in-laws (yeah quarter ante, but .05-.25 spread limit, 8 players, talk about pot odds). So I give her the 20 minute speech on Tight/aggressive low limit play. She nods and smiles, And I figure shes got it. Ansd she does. Within about 4 hours of play, we have both about doubled up. I got this old lady on my left, calls everything to the river and then fold without the nuts. Bet into her with 72o and above, and ou will get paid. Everybody at the table knows trhis, and we all play her the same. Wife has even noticed it.

So I flop TPTK one hand, wiife (on my right) checks, i bet out, lady calls, wife calls. Whihc is odd, cause she hadn't chased werid draws at all, but oh well, shes the wife, and its the same bank so oh well. Turn pairs the bottom card, wife checks, I bet, lady and wife calls, Rivers a blank, wife checks, I bet, per her MO, lady folds, WIFE RAISES! Whoa! wtf!, apparently she flopped middle set and turned the boat. Getting check-raised by your wife/protege is like getting hit by a 2x4. I had such a weird look on my face the entire table erupted in laughter. They knew we were ,arried and they really didnt care, but they found that hilarious.

[x2ski]

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what's with everyone referring to their wives as "the wife." It makes me cringe.

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It's manly talk.

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Try referring to them as "the old lady" sometime. They really love that.