Listen to One of the Only Hands I Won
Thursday is "chicken-n-dumplings" day at the Coffee N Cream cafe in downtown Micanopy, Florida.
I knew that.
Thursday is also the day for the weekly Texas Hold 'Em game held out on the cafe's front porch.
I didn't know that.
I was there to meet Cliff, the cafe's owner. We met. We talked. I had some chicken-n-dumplings along with an Aunt Sherry's chicken salad sandwich.
Then Cliff--who plays poker 3 to 4 times a week--asked if I wanted to join the game.
I laid down my Jackson. I was in.
I was a little nervous. On my first deal, I dealt everyone except me a card. They were gentlemen about it, though. No snickers. And soon I was calling, raising, bluffing, and flopping right alongside Cliff, Dwight, Lars, Layton, Juice, and Pops.
It took an hour for my stack to shrink, dwindle, then finally peter out.
I only won two hands.
(Listen above to one of my winning hands--two pair; 10s & 4s. Notice the dumplings commentary.)
I heard some gossip, a lot of ribbing, and a few insults, the worst of which being when Lars called Juice a 'bibliophile.' (Juice owns O. Brisky Books across the street.)
Best $20 I've spent in a long time.
(Clockwise: Cliff, Dwight, Lars; Cliff; Lars; Layton; Pops; Juice)
