Well, we were initially worried about participating in the $1000 invite tournament this afternoon. We were thinking that we might have to just go straight from Highlands to Margarita’s (where my work holiday party is tonight). Of course, that was wishful thinking on our part. We were assuming that we would both be there until the very end. Obviously, I’m blogging right now so I didn’t win. =P<\/p>\n
I have two tickets to the holiday party, but the tickets don’t take care of the cover or admission fee that Margarita’s charges after 7 pm. The party starts around 6-ish so we would have gotten there before they start charging cover, anyway. Except the tournament kind of threw a kink in our plans. Not so much of a kink, though, because we figured two likely outcomes: (a) we both get knocked out early and are able to make it to the holiday party in plenty of time, or (b) we are late, which means that one or both of us cashed, so who cares about the cover? LOL.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I made it to the final table but got knocked out in ninth place. No money for me, sadly. This tournament only paid out the top five places ($500 to first place; that would have been soo nice). I don’t mind not cashing in the tourney, though. Kurt splashed the pot at my table a couple of times and I won both splashed pots, so I didn’t go home completely empty handed.<\/p>\n
The first time he splashed the pot with a $15 gift certificate to Highlands. I kept that because Brian and I eat there at least once a week (sometimes twice) so we will put that to good use. The second time he splashed the pot with two Thunder hockey tickets. I won those too, but the poker player next to me had his little son with him and he really wanted the hockey tickets so I just gave those to them. Brian and I are so busy, I don’t anticipate that we will be able to go to any hockey games any time soon. Plus, I think the little boy will have way more fun at the game than we would.<\/p>\n
It would have been nice to have cashed in the tournament, but I had lots of fun anyway. And, we still have plenty of time to make the holiday party. I even have enough time to post this quickie blog entry! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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