June 12, 2005
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Well, last nights card game was interesting, in many ways. Mike I used
to work with was the first one to arrive. I’m not a big fan of this
guy, to be honest, he is a dick, but he is in our card playing group,
so he was invited. I was weary about him showing up, knowing that he is
very outspoken and like to point out flaws. I thought that he would
point out all that was wrong with my house (for example, the shingles
on my garage are curling). Anywho, within minutes after he arrived,
Dave pulled up. For once, everybody was actually showing up on time,
which was funny, because Keith was running late and I told him that
people are usually late so it wouldn’t be a problem. He arrived about
6:30 and after that, we were waiting on Paul. We were just about ready
to start when he finally showed up.Before the game, though, we were outside talking and as expected, Mike
was fairly critical of my house, pointing out just about every flaw.
Shit, I know my house is somewhat of a dump, I don’t need him to point
it out to me, but I wasn’t going to say anything. I just wanted
everybody to get along and have a good time. Mark, on the other hand,
was none too pleased with Mike. Mike was in the house and Mark was
saying that he had just about enough of Mike’s comments. A few minutes
later, we went inside and started playing. I wound up at a table with
Mark, Mike, Scott, Richard, and Chris. The other table consisted of
Dave, Jeff, Keith, Paul, Rusty, and Jeff Kroll (who I CAN’T stand, but
he was another player, so what the fuck.) We were shooting for more
people, but a few people couldn’t make it and a few others never told
me one way or another if they were going to play. Our pay outs were
$200 for first place, $75 for second, $25 for third. We also had a side
pot for $2 a person in which the highest called hand of the night gets
that money ($24 American).Every now and then, Mike would chirp in with some comment. He was
bitching about the music. Finally he said something about the tv and I
knew Mark would say something. Mark shot back “is there anything in
this house you like?” Mike didn’t have an answer for him. My thinking
was, I wasn’t going to say anything to Mike, I would just let him find
fault, but if somebody else were to say something, I sure as hell
wasn’t going to prevent them from speaking up. After Mark’s comment,
Mike got quiet. In fact, he almost pouted for the rest of the night. He
was out of the game a short while later and wandered around the house
looking for something to do. At that point, there were about 4 guys out
and they were out back shooting hoops. Now, I’ve got cable tv, a
basketball rim, and a dart board. Mike said that he was board and asked
if I had a play station (which Dave had at his house). The guy was like
a fucking child who needed to be constantly entertained. I think he was
still smarting from Mark’s comment, though. He asked if he could play
his System of a Down cd, and since I like them, I said sure. After a
while, there were about 5 guys out (we normally start another game at
that point) and Mike said he was going to leave. We had combined tables
at this point. After a while, he said he was just going to leave. I’m
thinking “fine, get the fuck out of here, you whiney bitch.” As soon as
he walked out the door, I said that I had enough of his complaining
about my house. About five minutes later, he walked back in the
house. They had decided to start up another game.Meanwhile, in our game, I had taken Keith out. I took a risky chance
and it paid off. We were now down to 5 players. I have a nasty habit of
finishing one or two spots from winning money. I had been doing ok,
actually, at one point, I think I was chip leader at the final table.
This, of course, didn’t last. Chris on the other hand, caught fucking
fire.The other game that they had started up had been played and ended
before we even lost another guy. Mark actually won that game. Mike left
shortly after losing in that game. Good fucking riddance, dude.I hung in there as long as I could, but eventually got overwhelmed.
Chris actually took me out on a hand that I have no recollection. I
left to go play a dice game started up with Mark, Keith, Scott and Jeff
called “Left, Right, Center.” It could potentially cost you 75 cents a
game, which could take about 15 minutes a game. It was actually a
pretty fun game. I got my ass kicked.In the other game, Chris was rolling over everybody. He just could not
be stopped. Soon, Paul was out. Next, Dave was out. It was down to just
Chris and Richard. Chris, however, had a stack of chips from here ’til
Tuesday. Finally, shortly after 1 in the AM, Richard lost.We got started with the next game fairly quickly afterwards. We had 7
people. Me, Keith, Richard, Scott, Chris, Dave and Jeff. I got my ass
kicked. It was crazy, because Jeff was pretty down too early on. The
thing about him, though, is that you can’t hold him down forever. And
if you can’t take him out when you have a chance, he hangs around and
next thing you know, he is chip leader. And, in the end it was just he
and Dave left fighting it out about 3 in the AM. Scott was bitching at
him to hurry up because he had to get home. Dave and Jeff than split
the pot and ended my biggest card night ever at my house.
