Poker night 3/31/2007

What’s in the drink, Doctor?






Contrary to what my fellow players think of my avatar’s mysterious “drink,” I will attest that it is not in fact urine. I will attest to the fact that it abetted and secured my position in the top 3 of the longest awaited tourney in my poker lifetime. With a record amount of people, the tournament started off with a drawing for a seat. Well, with me drawing the Ace, it was just a good omen right from the start.

Due to the complexities surrounding the night’s game (i.e. me not ever playing with most of these players before), I decided to bet conservatively. I was stuck with one of whom I shall not mention his name, but insists on having players “pay” for his sometimes crappy hands. When he and another player went “all in,” I took the whole lot. What a relief for me! At this point it was down to 4 of the original. I just had to keep my game tight in order to be in the money. Patience won out, and G.O.A.T. was pushed out. The situation appeared pretty bleak to me, as I was the lowest common denominator in terms of chip holding. However, I managed to extract a number of chips from Frank a couple of times. “The surgery was a success” as we would say in my field. After a while, my rawness at poker won out. I pushed all in on A3 because it worked before, and lost out to a higher pair. It was a great run, and Frank made some delicious food (so I heard). I managed to recruit four players, so I considered the night to be an all-around accomplishment for me.