I went to see the fireworks tonight. They were awesome!
Sunday
There was a poker tournament today in conjunction with Snowdown. The instructions said, "Be there at twelve." But, only forty people were allowed in the tournament, and I wanted to be sure to get in, so I got there before ten o'clock! I waited in my car until people started lining up in front of the bar where it was held. Unfortunately, the people in front of me and in back of me were smokers . . . college kids. I think there are more smokers here (adults, also) than any other place I've been except West Virginia. Oh, well. At least there's no smoking inside the bar.
The tournament was fun. The whole time I didn't get any wonderful hands that I could scream about, but I got good enough hands to keep me in the tournament for quite awhile. Toward the end, people were dropping out (after losing all their money) right and left, and I was getting way down in money. I was in fairly large pot. I ended up with two pair. The guy next to me had a straight, so I stood up and started putting my jacket on. Then the rest of the people at the table reminded me that he didn't get the whole pot, just part of it. Me and a third player had more money than the guy with the straight, so me and the third guy were playing for the main pot, and the straight guy (so to speak) was playing for the side pot. So at the end of the hand, I won the main pot, and the guy with the straight won the side pot. I was still in! And there were only about twelve people left. They moved me to another table, and I lost shortly after that. Oh well. Two hours of fun for free! Besides, the winner won a $75 bar tab - - what on earth would I have done with that . . . you can only drink so many Cokes and Shirley Temples!!
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