After playing Omaha and Hold'em for the last six months, I felt the urge to try something new today. I looked at the different tabs in the lobby of Ultimate Bet and picked the one I thought I would least likely play on any other day: Triple Draw Ace to Five.

I don't know what it is, but I absolutely loathe any game with the word draw in the name. Maybe its because I like my money, I don't know. Today though, I felt like losing a little. I had had a couple of "good" nights the last few days, I figured I could afford to have a little fun.

So, without looking at the rules, I loaded up a Triple Draw cash game and sat down to donate my money to the other players. Blinds were $.50 and $1, I bought in for $40.

The first hand, I am dealt a boat, kings over sevens, right off the bat. I about jump out of my seat. Hot diggity damn, a boat on the first hand I am dealt. I stood pat every draw and rose every round of betting. However, even a sailor would have been embarassed at the amount of profanity that streamed from my mouth when the pot was pushed to another player.

This is why you should read the rules of a game before you start playing. Apparently, Triple Draw is a low hand game ... wish I would have known that before I started raising. Even without the rules though, you would have thought that the "Ace to Five" in the name of the game would have given me a clue, but no ... I really am that dumb. I'm the kind of guy everyone invites to their poker game, loose with my money, very little common sense and I very rarely get lucky .... lets not get into that last one.

It took me a little while to realize what had happened and why, but when I did I felt like the idiot that all of my opponents thought I was. However, it turned out to work to my advantage.

I quickly caught on to the game and given my stupidity early on, the other players at the table called almost every one of my bets/raises. Soon I had gotten back what I had lost the first hand plus a whole lot more. However, a lot of the pots I took came not from my brilliant play but from some unbelievablely great cards that I got. I couldn't even count how many times I picked up the wheel (the nuts).

Despite the positive turn of events, I came out with a couple hard learned poker lessons for the day.

Lesson #1: READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU START PLAYING!!!
Lesson #2: Beginners luck does exist.
Lesson #3: I can get lucky every now and then.
Lesson #4: Draw games are less fun than a river beat that puts you out on the bubble, even when you are winning at them.

With that said, it was nice to do something different for a while, but I think I will hit the Omaha and Hold 'em tables tomorrow. They're more my bag.