"I'm All In"

       For the last 5 years I have been playing Texas Hold 'em every Saturday night with a group of neighbors and friends.  It is one crazy, eclectic group.  Let me introduce you to them.

Vance - I consider him to be the founder of this group.  I call him "ADD boy" because sometimes he's alittle scattered ~ maybe that's just a ploy though because he is one of the biggest winners.

Les - He is the historian of the group and writes up weekly recaps and keeps up with the points system.  Les can be rather loud and opinionated and can tell a really good joke.

Lena - She is Les' wife and she from Russia.  We call her "Ponchic", which is Russian for doughnut.  She is a sneaky player and loves to chase straights.  Her favorite phrase is "Almost Straight".  She has a way of keeping Les in his place!

Nancy - Nancy loves cards!!!  We call her "River Dance Nance" because she is always chasing that last card.  She usually calls the card she needs and it magically appears.  For a few years we accused her of raising unicorns in her back yard.

Alex- He is Nancy's husband.  Alex loves to play crazy cards and win with them.  He loves "suited" cards and plays loose.  One thing he doesn't love is the 10+ surgeries he's had on his ankle.

Eric- We call him "E".  Eric is a good player.  He plays "fundamental" hold 'em and has a good "bluff" game.

His love of Pamela Anderson is probably his biggest flaw!

Steve - Also know as Steve-O.  Steve keeps us laughing with his collection of foreign accents.  Steve is a great Mid-Western guy with a great personality who hates to lose.

Kirk- The Kirkinator!!  Kirk is a West Coast guy who's family once owned a Casino.  He is by far the most knowledgeable card player I know.  He doesn't always win but that because he plays against some "wild and crazy" players.

Kevin - One word "LOOSE".  Win big or lose big ~ he loves to gamble at cards.

Rounding off this group are the two "Kims"  Little Kim / Big Kim- She about 5'2 and I'm 5"11 hence the names.

Little Kim - She will apologize when she beats you!

Big Kim - Me - at one time a very loud, offended by bad beats player.  Much calmer the past few years!!

      A few bit players are Karridy, Tom, and Turtle killer.

I have a million stories about this group but I'll save them for another blog ~ In the meantime "I'm All In"!!