Today our company had a Texas Hold'Em lunch time tournament.

There were 8 people at my table, and the person with the most chips at the end of the lunch hour moved on to the final table (in 2 weeks) to play for a $200 Costco card.

Play went faster than I've ever seen. Our table lasted for about 12 hands, and we played for about 25 minutes before the winner knocked out the other 7 players (he knocked out 3 of us, including me, on the same hand).

I lost when I went all-in with K-10 offsuit on a short stack, but the hand that hurt me most was when I had K clubs-Q clubs and the flop came out J hearts-J clubs-10 clubs.

With a straight flush draw, I had to chase because the bets were small relative to the size of the pot. The last 2 cards were 7 hearts and then 10 spades, so I folded after seeing the river. (The winner of this hand had a full house- Jacks over tens.)