Outbluffed
Last night I got outbluffed by a girl in Texas Hold 'Em. The buy in was $1 and there were 10 of us and the game lasted 3 hours or so. So with that low of a stake there's no bluffing involved. You pretty much "see your call" and play the hands.
I got outbluffed by the girl on a pair of Jacks with another pair on the flops (the calls being showned on the table). I think they were a pair of 10s. I had all these chips, pretty much double her amount so I decided to do an "all in", essentially buying her out since she had 1/2 my chips. It was a classic bully strategy and I thought she'll fold. Come on now how can she beat my hands? I was rolling in the chips and gotten a little confident...thus the bully tactics. Everyone around the table had already folded so it came down to me and her and I have been on a good run. She was playing me though, being indecisive and kept looking at her cards and at the cards on the table. I was laughing.
And then I was crying inside. She had a pair of Aces. Two pairs with her aces beating my Jacks. That was it I got outplayed. I guess looking back now that she wasn't the bluffing type so I shouldn't have do an all in. Teach me my lessons!
All in all it was a fun night for a bunch of friends to get together for potluck, some down time together to relax and talk and hang out. The potluck itself was funny in that everyone but two people brought chicken. The two persons brought pizza and stir fry beef. Everyone else was: KFC (me), buffalo wings, Costco chicken, and chicken wings/drumsticks. We definitely love chickens as a group...just a bit.
Oh BTW the winners for the pot walked away with $6, second place was $3 and third place $1. Congrats guys (and girl)!
TGIF 
To Do:
1. Play ball with Andy Dai Eugene Ian Steven John Andrew
2. Go running with Andrea Karena Sharline at the Dish--training for Karena the Women's Nike 1/2 Marathon and for me the SF Chronicle 5K
3. Should I see Fantastic Four?
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I don't think she outbluffed you, Mike. You don't fold on pocket aces!!! But did you go 'all in' after the flop, turn, or river? If after the flop, I would have thought you were holding three of a kind or a full house, but with pocket aces, all she needed was an ace to come up on the turn or river. But with 10 other people playing there's not a lot of cards left. Still, it's a good risk.