Texas Hold 'em

JoAnne and I have become somewhat addicted to Texas Hold 'em poker. We have two video games of it, and have found a few internet sites to play against other people. We have about 3 books on it, and we TIVO all the poker games and championships, and we TIVO the "learn from the pros" shows. Well a friend of ours told us they play with a group that gets together once a month to play. So JoAnne and I went Friday. There were 17 of us playing. Well, I couldn't catch a break, and was the 5th person out. But JoAnne was on a ROLL. After a few hours of playing, there were only 4 people of the 17 left...and yes, JoAnne was one of them. JoAnne was then dealt pocket 10's, and one of the other guys went all in, so JoAnne called. The other guy ended up with a flush and beat JoAnne. The guy that did it was the guy's house we played at. I told JoAnne it was probably good that she lost, because it would be rude to come into the guy's house and beat him the first time we were invited to play. But anyway,I was very proud of her coming in 4th out of 17. We will be playing again next month with them.JoAnne and I are going to Vegas in June, and we want to play texas hold 'em there, but are pretty nervous about that. I don't know if we will get the courage to do it.