Thursday Night Poker

As a means to regularly socialize with my classmates I started up a regular poker night. Every second Thursday me and 7 other students head out to our place for a few hours of friendly poker. The timing works great because on Thursday, between 4-6pm, we have a social hour were the students gather outside the business school and have a few beers. When the beers dry up, then we hit my place for poker and pizza. Since we usually do not have class on Friday, Thursday evening is a regular "pub" night for Merage. By the time poker is over, we are ready to have a good time.

Lindsey enjoys having the company at our place. She gets along well with the players. So far, one of the players' wives Lindsey likes has come over to visit while we play giving Lindsey some company. This is becoming Lindsey's big social event.

Last Thursday was our third event and it seems to be quite popular as I have had a rolling waiting list to get into the game. Who would have thought MBA students would like to competitiveness of poker??? We play a straight up Pot Limit Texas Hold'em until one person remains. In the first two outing James proved to be the dominant player, but this week he met his match. Wakeem proved that alcohol can make you a better player as James was stonewalled trying to read Wakeem's blank face (primarily because of the level of alcohol in Wakeem's system). Wakeem took down the giant to win first place and become the new champ!