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29.11.10
9.11.10
I played Poker
I had a free pass from Lola to go out. I had received an invite to trophy night (2010 Match Play Champion) and since it was the last one I'd be attending for many years to follow, I figured I should make an appearance. Lola arranged to have her sister come over and look after the kids so I was a free man for the entire evening and into the next morning if I needed it.
The trophy night was uneventful, the best part being the Canucks game we watched after it was over. The beat Red Wings 6-4 and are on a 6 game winning streak. I did get to see a lot of members and friends and they congratulated me on the birth of our twin girls. That was probbly the best part, not the Canucks obviously. Getting to tell stories about my kids and having people interested in how it all went, along with the comments about them being in the paper was quite surreal. I had no idea people cared so much, until I quit the club. Weird.
The evening started with a few beers followed by some wine with dinner. Dinner was a three course served style of a meal which is much different than the previous years where it was a buffet. I didn't mind though because I never seem to go up for a second plate anyway. The plate of prime rib and mash was more than enough followed by a chocolate tart.
The red wine was flowing and before we knew it the scratch league team (who took down every major trophy in the club) decided to take our scene to the River Rock and gamble. I broke my own rule and blew $80 on some mindless craps where we continuously loaded one side of the black/red saga and got burned multiple times. I keep forgetting what a waste of money table games are... probably because I only play them in a drunken state where money doesn't seem to matter much.
By the time it was midnight Penski and I headed to the poker room and I went to the cage to get my $300 in chips only to be told when I sat down that it was a $200 max buyin. Thanks cage!There was a young asian girl sitting on about $900 and I started to salivate. I was too drunk though, breaking rule #2 when I want to actually want to try and play properly. The table quickly tighten up as my image became known and my raises were respected. I only took down a couple of nice pots and lost a big one when I limped (smack myself in the face) UTG+2 with Aces after UTG limped before me. It folded around and I over played my aces to flopped trips. Net loss was about $200 on the night (including table games) and I got home by 4am.
The trophy night was uneventful, the best part being the Canucks game we watched after it was over. The beat Red Wings 6-4 and are on a 6 game winning streak. I did get to see a lot of members and friends and they congratulated me on the birth of our twin girls. That was probbly the best part, not the Canucks obviously. Getting to tell stories about my kids and having people interested in how it all went, along with the comments about them being in the paper was quite surreal. I had no idea people cared so much, until I quit the club. Weird.
The evening started with a few beers followed by some wine with dinner. Dinner was a three course served style of a meal which is much different than the previous years where it was a buffet. I didn't mind though because I never seem to go up for a second plate anyway. The plate of prime rib and mash was more than enough followed by a chocolate tart.
The red wine was flowing and before we knew it the scratch league team (who took down every major trophy in the club) decided to take our scene to the River Rock and gamble. I broke my own rule and blew $80 on some mindless craps where we continuously loaded one side of the black/red saga and got burned multiple times. I keep forgetting what a waste of money table games are... probably because I only play them in a drunken state where money doesn't seem to matter much.
By the time it was midnight Penski and I headed to the poker room and I went to the cage to get my $300 in chips only to be told when I sat down that it was a $200 max buyin. Thanks cage!There was a young asian girl sitting on about $900 and I started to salivate. I was too drunk though, breaking rule #2 when I want to actually want to try and play properly. The table quickly tighten up as my image became known and my raises were respected. I only took down a couple of nice pots and lost a big one when I limped (smack myself in the face) UTG+2 with Aces after UTG limped before me. It folded around and I over played my aces to flopped trips. Net loss was about $200 on the night (including table games) and I got home by 4am.
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