All Hail Ching
Posted on January 21, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
Bow before me for I am a poker goddess!
Dudes!! You won’t believe this!! I had two $5K chips left going into the final table… I was freakin’ short-stacked.. The odds were completely against me… And I took first place!! Even I couldn’t believe it! I am totally on fire this week.. I should go buy a lottery ticket!!
The “I wanna go home” lucky saying has just been surpassed by the “I gotta go pee” lucky saying. Ever since I realized that I had to go pee really bad and I kept going all in, all the cards kept going my way and I kept doubling and tripling up. It was insane.
The dude to my right who eventually took third place even exclaimed, “I think your best characteristic right now is your bladder.” To which his buddies who were huddled watching promptly made fun of him for.. And then I heard the “beautiful bladder” joke the rest of the time.
Finally, dude gets knocked out and it’s heads up. I had a three to one chip lead, but the guy wanted to cut a deal. He proposed that we split the prize money $35 to him and $40 to me. I had to go pee really bad but I wanted my points and I wanted first place bragging rights.
He’s like, “You can take first place and I’ll take second and we split the money.”
“Can we do that?” I asked Brian (not Brian, my husband, but rather Brian, the tournament director).
He’s like, “Sure whatever you guys want to do.”
I was about ready to explode, so I agreed. In reality though, with all the chips I had and with the luck I’ve had that night, I could’ve taken him for sure. He better be grateful for my $10 donation to his pocketbook. Ha! Ha! Ha!
So far this week I have won two tickets to a Wichita Thunder hockey game, $10 gift certificate to Whiskey Creek (which incidentally we are using on Sunday), $40 for taking first place at the Dill’s during our third session on Saturday night (more like Sunday morning because this was around 4 AM), $75 for taking first place at Jason’s during first session of our regular Tuesday game, silly ass points for taking 12th place during second session at Heroes last night, more stupid points for taking 9th during first session at The Loft earlier this evening and then $40 (it would’ve been $50 but I cut a deal with the other guy because my bladder was about to explode) for taking first place during the second session at The Loft just now.
I’m starting to reconsider my day job. What if I could be the next Annie Duke? That would totally rock!
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