We started with six on Friday, November 21: me, SEO, Crossword, High Level J, Radar Chris, Jonboy X. No Silly Vanilli, no Asian posse, no Steamboat. Something told me I was going to be in for a rough night.( I had a bad feeling about it as people sat down. )

On Friday, November 7, we started with seven players, and the carnage started quickly. The new players, Action A and Brooding Toon went at it with frequent preflop raises to $2.50 or $3.00. Limped pots were usually four- or five-handed. When Jonboy X showed up, he was surprised at how different the flow was from that of most Friday nights. Around ( Read more... )

After a few Fridays of not having enough people for a game, I finally hosted on October 24. We started with me, Radar Chris, Biotech, High Level J, Crossword, and Silly Vanilli. My first hand of the night was... unfortunate.( I did win my money back, though. )

I hosted again on Friday, October 3. We began with only six: me, Radar Chris, Silly Vanilli, High Level J, Jonboy X, and Crossword.( I got off on the wrong foot. )

We began with seven on Friday, September 26: me, Silly Vanilli, High Level J, Comedy B, Shortstop, Crossword, and Daring Jeff. Comedy B is a woman shortstop does improv with. Definitely not a math/quant type. She's still learning the game. Daring Jeff is a friend of Peter Rabbit I met at a party. He does financial hedging for one of the dot-com ( Read more... )

I hosted again on Friday, September 19. I was fairly tired that night, since the three people at aikido that night were me, a shodan, and my sword instructor. We had started out with ryotetori iriminage, but then worked on maki-otoshi as a well-timed counter throw. The landing can be particularly brutal ( Read more... )

I didn't do much at my game on Friday, August 8. Around the horn it was me, Squeaky Red (High Times' girlfriend, more or less a beginner), Crossword, Jonboy X, The Chaser, High Level J, High Times, and Silly Vanilli. I won enough small and medium pots to finish +$8, even after taking a whack from Silly Vanilli ( Read more... )

I hosted again on Friday, August 1. I was a little less tired than usual, since aikido that night was less strenuous than previous Fridays. It was just me and my sword instructor, so we had another aiki-ken session. No throws, no breakfalls. No me getting tossed around or pinned to the ground.( That doesn't mean that things went well... )

I hosted again on Friday, July 25. At the beginning, there were six of us: Me, Steamboat, Silly Vanilli, High Level J, Radar Chris, and The Pharmacist. On one of the first hands of the night, Silly Vanilli limped, Radar Chris limped, I checked my SB option with 6♠6♥, and Steamboatchecked as well. The flop came K♦K♣6♦ and I checked. I didn't think ( Read more... )

On Saturday, July 19, High Level J sent me an e-mail.( It was based on what had happened the night before. )