Ok, as promised gotta tell this true story of only the second time I chatted a prayer for a hand, funny as hell, at least to me, maybe not Mel (read notthemessiah's post Poker Gods for backstory):
So I'm playing this multi-table tourney, and in the beginning, getting all the cards, and all the flops, and even the one time I was beat, got a river to split the pot. Got a very healthy lead, then all the sudden nothing was coming. Still I managed a few hands and made it to the final table, my stack dwindling each lap around the table. But for all that early luck, I couldn't believe how crappy my cards were toward the end, and chatted to others "cards suck!"
A couple more laps, abysmal cards, and I had like 2 big blinds worth of chips with the next hand the big blind. So remembering the only other time I prayed (quite crudely the first time), I thought, couldn't hurt (I'm still quite agnostic). The prayer I chatted, "dear god: give me AA next hand".
So next hand big blind comes, and what do I see? 6 8 off, and I'm like, OK there is no God. To boot, Mel2007 raises to where calling would leave me like pennies left. Well, I figure even 6 8 off might get lucky, and the alternative would be hoping for a major luck streak with one bet left, half if I pass on small blind. So I go all in (virtually calling). Mel has the AA that I prayed for, and I'm like WTF god?
What happens next? The flop is 6/8/x, and I start cracking up laughing. The turn is a 6. The river is an 8. I swear this is only the second time I explicitly prayed like this, with just the strangest result.
So next hand I press my luck calling head to head with second card on the flop, and lose to highest card on the flop...I guess I didn't pray. LOL
07-24-2008
Poker Gods Part 2 
If you're not sure, then just go all in! What's the worst that could happen? 
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