I believe in miracles

Yo...
So I'm 24 now. Yep. Had a birthday on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I also had a crippling flu which caused me to sleep roughly 90% of the day, but what can you do? The roomates decorated up the house and everything. It was quite the site to see... all this festive decoration... cakes on every table... stacks of alcohol (the only thing people can give the man who literally has everything)... and me, in my pyjamas under 3 blankets comatose in the middle of it all. Spectacular. Nonetheless, a good day. I've got some good friends.

So last night was our weekly Tuesday night poker game, held on Wednesday because of the birthday festivities that were supposed to go ahead. Anyway, I've been hitting a bit of a dry spell of late with the game. Which is odd for me, and for anyone who plays against me. I'm the one ususally getting acused of "horseshoe up the ass" and whatnot for my better than average luck. So last night, after having lost roughly $30 on the 3 previous weeks combined, I sat down agian to play. Things were going fairly well for me throughout the game... but I was by no means soaring high... probably up 5 bucks or so. Anyway, the end of the night approaches, I'm dealing, and I call straight up (no wild cards), and make the deal. I check my hand. Two pair off the deal - Q's & J's, and an Ace kicker. So I throw out my Ace and begin to deal the draw. As I go around the table, I notice how everyone's saying "one", "one", "one"... so... I figured most people were hoping on something great. I take one. Flip it up. The Queen. Oh baby.... I've got a full house. This is big, and there's only a few hands in poker that can beat this, so I'm definitely matching anything that comes my way. Anyway, to sum it up, all 5 of us at the table (me, Bri, Pwall, Ray & Ricketts - [Northcott had already busted out]) were betting like madmen... $2 and $3 raises... there was over $25 in the pot when it was all said and done (which is a lot for a friendly $10 buy-in game with a dime ante).
It was time to lay them down...
Ricketts had three 9's. Raymond had a striaght to the King. Bri had a flush to the Queen. Pwall had a full house... two Kings and three fours. I laid down my 3 Q's & 2 J's.

I saw the kings in Pwall's hand and my heart began to sink. As I started shaking my head in disbelief, the boys said... "No reid.... the higher 3 of a kind takes it!" OH SNAP! UNBELIEVABLE. I had done it!! After that, we all just sat there in absolute disbelief... The odds on all 5 players getting these calibur hands in straight poker has got to be absolutely astronomical.

I ended the night up almost $28.... a new record.
The hand that did it was the best birthday present of all.