Godwin and I were playing a "consolation" poker match heads up. We've been playing for $1 after the normal game ... last time I won and wrote "Godwin's Pride" all over the dollar bill. Haha.

After about 20 minutes of battling, we were both dead even in chips (down to the penny!) ... I caught pocket 66 and he caught AQo.

I went all-in ... and he followed. There was no going back; someone was going to win the game once and for all here.

Pocket pairs against overcards are pretty much even (slight advantage to the pocket pairs), so we were both pretty relieved to see each other flip over our cards.

The flop comes:

9 Q 6 (in that order). Godwin was ecstatic to see the Q ... and then I saw the 6. At this point, I am *far* ahead in the hand and there is almost no way for Godwin to win. The only way he's going to win is if he catches two 9s on the river or if he catches two Aces. This means that he has only 4 cards in the deck (and he needs to catch two of them consecutively).

If you calculate the odds, Godwin has a 0.8% chance of winning ... he'll only win this hand once every 125 times he plays it.

And guess what?

The turn and river come 9 and 9. He catches a boat (9s over Queens) while I catch 9s over 6s.

That was an amazing hand ... right down to the wire.

Good hand Godwin. You finally won your pride back.