Me, waiting for Corey in the car so the four of us could go to lunch at Subway.
Archive for February 2005
Saif at the Coliseum
Posted on February 20, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
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Waiting
Posted on February 19, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
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Wish Me Luck
Posted on February 18, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
We’re going back to the Kansas Coliseum again tomorrow. Yes, I’m a glutton for punishment. I have vowed to myself that I’m going to forgo working out (working, studying, eating, sleeping, breathing, everything) and enter each qualifying tourney until I qualify for the finals in April. I am so jealous of Mano. He qualified already. He took 84th out of over two thousand poker players on Saturday, the very first day of the event. That’s amazing. Actually, I know a few people who have already qualified. So I thought to myself, this is easy. If they can qualify, then so can I. Easier said than done. Brian, Jason, Dill, Becca and I decided we would all go there together on Sunday. We all ate breakfast at IHOP first and then headed over to the Coliseum. Sunday was much better than Saturday according to Jason who was there with Mano the day before. I guess it was just total chaos on Saturday. But it was pretty organized on Sunday when we got there. We didn’t even have to wait in line or anything. I guess that would be partly because there were fewer people who came out this time (less than two thousand) unlike the day before. We all got knocked out well before the final one hundred. Jason outlasted us all getting to about the final one hundred and fifty players. But then he had an advantage having played the day before. We all entered the losers bracket in the afternoon. Brian and I didn’t fare so well in the losers bracket either. We both got knocked out at almost the exact same time, about thirty minutes into the game. Pretty pathetic, huh? Anyway, Brian (one of the APL hosts) told me last night that next time that I get invited to the feature table I should go. He asked me on Sunday but I was doing so well at my table that I didn’t want to move. We ended up having to move as the tables and players got fewer anyway, and sure as hell my luck went to the crapper. Looking back I’m thinking I should’ve gone to the feature table. Perhaps my luck would’ve been better. I think will go if I’m invited to the feature table again tomorrow. Maybe I’ll last much longer that way. At any rate, it’s time for us to go meet Jason and Corey at Warren East for the 10:10 PM showing of Constantine. We going to be in the balcony so I’m going to do some drinking. You all have a great weekend! Wish me luck for tomorrow’s tourney. =)
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I Won! I Won!
Posted on February 16, 2005 by Brian under Poker.
That’s right, I won tonight!
Tonight was the game at Mono’s. This is a regular Wednesday night event. I showed up at 8 and played a quick $5.00 game with Mono, Jason and Siaf. I was doing really well till Ching showed up. I don’t know if she just gave off a bad poker aura or what but as soon as she got there I started loosing (or it could be that I became more interested in the McDonald’s that she brought me?).
Anyway, I ended up in second on the first game. No biggy, only $5.00. I figured it was a warm up game. When Corey showed up we started a second game at $10.00. pay out was first and second place. It got down to Corey and I! I had Ace four blinds were 500 and 1000 and I was big blind. Corey called the big blind and I raised 3k, Corey then went all in. I had to make a decision. Was Corey bluffing (which he has done before) or was he serious and tried to slow play it till I raised. I finally called and flipped over my cards and Corey flipped over Ace 9, I was screwed.
The flop came out 2, 3, Jack. Turn was a King and the River (your going to love this!) was a 5. That’s right baby! I caught the fucking straight! I was so excited. Corey was in awe. Its all good though, we are all friends and we know that the odds are always changing. It was a good game and as always we all had fun, that’s what it’s really about.
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Mardi Gras
Posted on February 12, 2005 by Ching under Life, Poker.
We had fun last night. I think it helped put me in a better mood. I’ve been rather depressed lately. I really have no reason to be depressed. Brian is still out of work, but we are doing okay financially (bills are paid, we’re not starving, we’ve got extra money for poker still) so I really shouldn’t be depressed at all. The only thing that I really miss is shopping. But that’s nothing to be depressed about, really. Anyway, we spent a lot at Loft 150 the other night and last night was a repeat. The food was great, though, so it was worth it. Jeromy and Sarah went to dinner with us at PF Chang’s. You all probably know this from the pictures already, if you regularly check the Flickr album. After Chang’s Jason, Jen, Brian and I went to The Shadow to celebrate Mardi Gras. I didn’t really feel like it, but I felt like I owed it to Chris because I promised that I would come to their beach party last time and then I didn’t show up. And then he’s been coming to Thursday night poker so I thought I should attend their party. The party was alright. There’s not much of a dance floor at The Shadow so we didn’t really do any dancing. I enjoyed watching Gina An perform, though. She’s THE shadow dancer. She’s awesome! Anyway, Jen got a little crazy last night. She flashed her boobs at Chris for no apparent reason. I guess she’s really wild. I’ve just not been exposed to it because we don’t go out together all that much. It’s amazing how little I know about my own sister. Each day I learn something shocking about her. I guess I’m a lot less outgoing in real life. We’re often more brazen when we’re in front of the computer screen. I’m beginning to realize how I am totally different when I blog or chat. I notice that I’m a lot less inhibited when I’m just typing stuff, often sharing a little too much when I blog. The internet has that effect on people, I suppose. We were so out of it last night that we forgot out PF Chang’s leftovers in the car. I didn’t remember it until Brian drove me to the Y this morning. What a waste of good leftovers! Anyway, I guess this is it for now. Brian is telling me to hurry so we can go to his parents’ house for dinner. It’s on a Saturday this week because we have poker at the Kansas Coliseum tomorrow. Our friend Mano already qualified. He finished 85th in today’s first session. Hopefully Brian and I will qualify tomorrow so that we can have our weekends free again. I really need to get back into working out because I gained five pounds in the last three weeks, which is very, very, very bad! Alright, I’ll write again tomorrow. Maybe with some good news. Wish us luck!
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