May 16, 2010

  • 1883!!

    Ever have one of those days when everything happens? Yesterday was one of those days, I was triple booked with things to do. I had a birthday party for a one year old and two different card games. So just how does one appear in three places at once? Well cloning, of course! But since I can't afford cloning and the last thing the world needs is two more of me running around, I devised a plan to try to make it to as many places as possible.

    The first party started at two in the pm. I always arrive early or just about on time for everything, which usually annoys people who host parties. So I planned to get there just after two, knowing that I would be the first person there. Much to my surprise though, I got there at 2:05 and there were already a lot of people there, most of which I didn't know. I walked up the stairs and discovered a huge spread of appetizers and deserts. Of course I started to graze when somebody I actually knew came up to me and we started talking. Finally more people I knew showed up and we ate and yadda yadda yadda, next thing I knew it was 5pm and I needed to go, as the next party started at 5 with the card game set to start at 6.

    I got to the next place at 5:30 and much to my surprise I was the first one there. Not only was I the first one there but nobody else arrived for almost an hour and we didn't even start playing until 7:30! This was going to cause a problem for my other game. So my goal now was to play for a couple of hours but lose in time to play the other game. This meant doing all sorts of crazy shit that I don't normally do, just playing wild and recklessly. The only problem was that I kept winning. Normally that is a good thing. But here I was, chip leader with me hoping to make it to another game. After a couple of hours we had a chance to re-buy or add on, meaning by more chips. I declined with the hope of losing my chips. It didn't work. After an hour, I sent a text to the guy who had the other game and told him I wasn't going to make it. He told me it was okay because they had just finished up the game and everybody was heading home. Great. By this time though, I was no longer chip leader, but I was holding my own. Now I had to rededicate myself to winning.

    Originally there were nine of us in the game. We had it down to seven people and the host's dad was chip leader. We got down to four people when I won a big pot from him. I was not chip leader, as by this time the host had grabbed the lead, but I was not far off. On we played and the host kept winning more and more. Next thing we know, its just the three of us left and only the top 2 get money. The dad and I kept pushing each other to the brink of elimination. It was really kinda crazy, I never had a game like this before where one person was so thoroughly dominating two other people who were beating each other up while clinging on for dear life. Every time I got to the point where I was almost done, I would come back and the same for him. He even got to a point where he couldn't cover his blind and the host and I kept tripling him up. It was frustrating but amazing at the same time. Then I got down so low that I couldn't cover my blinds but I came back. Meanwhile, the host was slowly being drained of his chips. Finally, about 2:15 in the morning, I managed to take his dad out! Now I had all the confidence in the world and I set my sites on actually winning the game, which I did about 15 minutes later. I was worn out, but it was well worth it.

    This morning I woke up to find my friend Dave at my house going through stuff in my garage. I should explain that his parents stuff is in my garage so most of the stuff in my garage is his. We have had two garage sales to get rid of things and he has sold a bunch of stuff on EBay, but there is still quite a bit left. Well, what should we find in there but a silver on copper serving tray.................from 1883! You might think it would be worth a ton of money right? Well we went online to try to find out its value and the best we could come up with was anywhere between $15 and $50. I guess there is just not a market for these things.