Just gotta be around it

Yep--that's me. Irish Jim held his game last night (Tuesday), and he ended up taking it down, winning the heads-up duel with Scotty. How do I know this?

Well, I was dealing.

Yep. Finished my shift at work, and headed over there. When I got there they were 5 handed, so I was dealing a good bit. Why would I deal? As the post title indicates, I just gotta be around it. I gotta be around the game. Playing it, dealing it, watching it, whatever. Plus the Smithwick's were mighty smooth too.

Irish Jim needs to retire the 2-deck set up of Copags he has in play, and put some new babies in there, or else wash the one he has going right now. They are good cards, don't get me wrong, but they are showing signs of use. That's pretty good, too, considering he plays a weekly game, and they use the same set-up until it finally kicks the bucket. He has his 1st Copag set-up basically in a shrine, as a testament to how good those cards are/were. They are retired, but a good cleaning would likely get them back in play. I have cards that are in similar condition, but I am such a card junkie (another poker habit which is impossible to break), I have plenty of back up decks.

Really looking forward to the Saturday league event. Right now 19 players, in, 3 players out for sure, a couple of maybe's and then a glut of folks that haven't indicated one way or the other. Would love to see at least 24 Saturday, but it will play out how it will play out.

Klownboxer will be hitting the racing trail soon, so I hope to scramble at least one more (maybe 2) Sunday games before we lose sight of him for another 36 race schedule.

Poker Afer Dark-Heckler's Week. Holy crap. Funny stuff. Gavin Smith, Jean-Robert Bellande, Mike Matusow, Shawn Sheikhan, Phil Hellmuth, Jr., and Sam Grizzle. Legend has it Grizzle and the Poker Brat came to blows over a disagreement. Grizzle won it, says the legend.

I love poker.