Post four

February 10th, 2005

Three posts ago, I said that I was going to split todays post into three bits. Well here’s part four. I changed my mind, you see.

Anyway, back to poker.

The nice thing about my regular poker game is that there’s always a good number of people playing. There are a few core founding players who show up every month, but there’s usually new faces there at every game. Keeps things interesting, you see.

Last time, I invited my mate Fraser along for a game. He hadn’t played poker before but we are used to newcomers and try to keep the introduction as gentle as possible with practice games and the like. Without that, a table full of poker players can be a little intimidating.

We started playing and Fraser dived right in, paying his blind posts and folding a lot. After two-and-a-half hours he asked ‘So, can I have a straight with four cards, or does it have to be five?’

At that point, I felt rather guilty about taking him to this evil place to lose all his money. Nevertheless, the game continued until midnight came and Fraser had to leave early. Good for him that he did, because he was thirty quid down, and showed no signs of turning round.

I’m sorry Fraser, I really am. I feel bad now.

Anyway, the next game is on for the beginning of March, and my brother is interested. He’s never played before either. I’ll have to remind him to bring along plenty of spare cash.

Cue evil cackle.

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