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As most of you guys and gals know, I'm doing the same charity fund raising (Team in Training (http://www.teamintraining.org/) for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (http://www.lls.org/all_chap))as William.

This is just a feeler to see if there's interest just inside this group for a poker night for charity in January.

Low buy in and a nice prize for whoever takes all the chips at the end of the night.

I figure it's a good excuse to get together, drink, have a cigar or two and play some cards.

Any interest? 

So far we have

Bryant (buy-in recorded)
Cyclone (buy-in night of w/ biz check)
Dallas2r (buy-in recorded)
DLS (but-in recorded)
CJ (buy-in recorded)
Malynn (buy-in recorded)
tommy (buy-in recorded)
TresGatos (buy-in night of w/ check)
mckraut (buy-in recorded)


Thanks for getting the buy-ins done!

 [thumbsup] Interested  [thumbsup]

Dude, if you can pull off finding a place to smoke cigars and play cards at the same time, I'm in.  :D

I'm all in. <cue rimshot>

Sounds like fun.

Noted  [thumbsup]
That's the idea, but not sure where I can find a place centrally located that will

If you know of a cigar friendly place let me know [thumbsup]


So you're going to be the dude that goes "All in" on the first hand dealt   [laugh]

um, isn't that what you do in texas hold 'em?  never played much of it.... but i can try to save up some pennies and play, if i can bring a reference sheet to remember what hands are better than others....

some hands are better than others....

Bring your crib notes if you need it. 

 ;D  If this lands on a day when I am available ( pretty busy ) we could use my studio for this.   [roll] It's no "warehome" but it does have HEAT, lights, & a couple of bathrooms !   [bacon]  Very close to AMS Dallas where Oak Lawn dead ends into the river.

Sounds like McKraut is already bluffing  [laugh]

Donald that would be great!  I'll PM you about that.

Here are my preliminary thoughts.

I'd like to try and fill out 2 tables (16 players, any more and it will probably be a really long night) so I can justify buying new chip sets [thumbsup]

I'm thinking tourney style play with increasing blinds on a timer.  Buy-in will be TBA donation to TNT.

Start w/ $800-1000 chips or so and play until you win/lose them all.  [thumbsup]

Winner gets a nice prize [thumbsup]

I'd be interested in this.  Will watch as the details and specifics unfold.    [popcorn]

I'm all in.

date/time?

most clubs on NW hwy allow both...... You can also try some up-scale, compared to NW hwy, like Republic and so forth off of McKinney.

Any more news on this? I'd be interested for sure.
Steve

Sorry, been really busy with work and the holidays.  I'll be out of town for NYE and hopefully I'll be able to get this organized soon after. 

Cool - how's training going?

No problem, I've been in hiding and I"m just catching up on older posts. Figured it could use a bump anyway.
Steve

i can personally vouch for his beer-drinking and video game training...that's going very well.  not sure about the bike thing though.

Haha, I had to prep the liver for my NYE plans [thumbsup]

& I wasn't invited, why?!?

So, who's in?

Is Cyclone hosting? Do we have a date? Do we have cards?

I'll have to get in touch with a few places. I'll take care of the cards/chips.

I'll do my best to get a solid date and time by the end of the week.

I'll keep you guys updated

I'm in, If I'm not working.

A bit of details...

Looks like we're shooting for the first weekend in Feb... That would be Feb 6/7/8. 

Donald has offered us the use of his studio, but I'm still going to try and find another location for comparison sake

Just off this thread there are about 9 folks who are interested.  Any others interested?

Sorry, I will be at Red's chili cook off  :-[

Me!

It's a good thing there are not a lot of reasonable men on the DFWM - we are getting a helluva lot accomplished !  [laugh]

The cook off is the whole weekend?

Touche. I'm not thinking clearly  [laugh]

Hey no worries either way...I'd love to get as many people together for this and have a great time.  [thumbsup]

As long as we can get 16 people together for this it'd help me out a lot for my fund raising

Red needs to firm up a date so Bryant can firm up his date too.

cdc

Innuendo of the day...

Too funny !  [laugh]  I was going to post that some Members need to firm up ( get the industrial peanut butter) - but I know how Bryant hates to have his thread jacked ( hence his origin of The Official Say Anything Thread ) and it sounded a little gay, not that there is etc.   [cheeky]

Gheez.   [bang] [bang] [bang]

 [roll] [roll]

cdc

I swear, I pull up a thread (not from the original post) and it has nothing to do with the subject.  I'm not complaining, I think all this is so cool even if it is white noise.

People here in the store probably wonder what the hell I'm laughing about. ;D

I just realized I am thread-jacking a thread-jacked thread. ;D

 [roll] [roll]

Welcome. Your assimilation is complete.

We are Borg.

Not Bjorn Borg, Star Treck Patrick Stewart Borg. :)

You all are in time-out...

As of now, I'm thinking that Friday, Feb 6th is the date for the Hold'em tourney

Time out done... thread unlocked :D

 [evil] The 6th works for me!  Quick, lock it back, Tommy's Drunk!  [laugh]  [bacon]

Count me in!  [thumbsup]

Hopefully by this weekend I'll have the prizes for 1st/2nd place [thumbsup]

..... (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r10/tomovuk/simpTV.gif)

what do you mean????


I'm cool like Tom Cruise


(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r10/tomovuk/hwbxty.gif)


"pissed" ..... never...

So which day is RED's chili cook off???

FYI

For safety reasons: DO NOT BRING CASH!!!

This is a public forum and people we may or may not know can read this thread.

Remember this is a charity fund raising event, and no cash will be present at the event.

If people bring both cash and guns, that should be pretty safe, I'd say.

I vote RonR for President.   [thumbsup]

cdc

lol, if we have it next to Ron's firearm room we should be safe!

Seriously though, I know of a few "home" games that got hijacked b/c word spread that a few thousands dollars were in play.

no such place

Gosh, no $1000 game? I thought that was the blind, guess I'll slum around a bit and play in the nickle dime game, it IS for charity after all.
Steve

Ok, I understand not to bring cash to the game. But, if it is for charity, i'm assuming money will change hands at least with the host, no? When would you like payment?

So far, I'm in by the way. That is unless I get back into town late on the 6th. I'm guessing you're thinking around 7pm-ish? Do we have a location?
Steve

I should have a laptop out there where you can donate online to my fundraising site.  If you prefer check you can make it out to: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

If it's ok w/ Donald I think his studio will probably be the best location.  I'll work on the time part of the equation.  I'll need to coordinate with Donald on when I can start getting it set up.

 [moto] OK then I will plan on the 6th for sure!  We can talk logistics anytime & you can come look sometime soon but I will count on it !  [thumbsup]  [beer]

My fee is someone needs to bring me a cigar !  I'm a noob/infrequent smoker - don't hurt me !  [laugh]

Ok, the check idea sounds good. What will be the buy-in minimum/starting chip count? Do you have a blind schedule? Do you need any chips? I have a bunch of non counterfeitable custom chips. I have an oval poker table that will seat 8 comfy. Not pretty but it will do the job.

Will there be cigar smoking at the table?

Steve

The place is big enough to have a non-smoking area closed off from the smoking area, so if Bryant wants to accomodate non-smokers - we can make that happen.  Is that what you are asking ?  :)

Steve, the buy-in/starting chip count hasn't been set yet.  A few people I've talked about this have said that $50 would be suitable them (Maybe a $25rebuy if you so desire)  There will be a blind timer on to speed the game up.

It's looking like we'll have about 16 players (10-11 on the DMF and Malynn is looking for a few more).  So I might need more chips, I was going to look for those this weekend.  But if we can use yours that would be great!

I have a line on 2 full sized poker tables, I'm just waiting to hear back from the owners. 

Oh yeah, I have a few prizes for 1st/2nd place.

It's Donalds' place so we play by his smoke rules   [thumbsup]

Don't think i'll be able to make this, but I'll try.....

No worries! As long as your buy in makes it  [laugh]

Just want to thank all those that have expressed interest in this event.  Poker nights are usually a great time to kick back for a few hours  [thumbsup]

I don't care about the non smokers. This is Poker and not nail polishing isn't it? Nah, just wondering. Either way is cool with me.
Steve

 8) Smoke 'em if you've got 'em gentlemen hooligans !  [beer]  [bacon]

Can I get people to confirm their interest in playing in the tourney?

I'm hoping for 730 start.

 PM me for location details.

Sorry I don't play any cards but I would love to help however I can. PM me if that's posible.

Confirmed.

I'm still in.  [thumbsup]

 [roll] I'm in !  Fastwin can be waitress & cigar "girl"  - how do you look in fishnet hose B. ?  [laugh]  [cheeky]  [bacon]

Confirmed [thumbsup]

 [puke]

...umm I just realized I have a hair appointment and can't make this.  [cheeky]

How long can it take to get your legs " Lance " waxed ?  [cheeky] Oh shi!t was that innuendo ?  :-[ Oh snap did I just cuss ?   :-\   Oh Beast2Bax am I threadjacking ?   :-X  :-X  :-X  [leo]  [leo]  [leo]

Come over & play poker folks - got no WIFI, got no TV, No RB or GH ( do have a ping pong table - yeah I'm old school - well I'm old anyway ) - this is going to be fun & Bryant has some cool Ducati related prize for whoever wins the night !

Indoor parking for bikes !  Smoke 'em if you got 'em !  It's gonna be great fun !  [beer]  [bacon]  [beer]

Edit: Bryant - you might want to adjust your thread title to reflect the time now you have decided 7:30 PM !

Confirmations noted [thumbsup]

Um, someone please PM directions and the secret handsign needed to get in...

I'll PM directions out tonight... been busy here at the office

I'm in. PM me dee-reck-see-own-es por favor. Also let me know if you need the chips/proper kem cards and how many.
Steve

PM sent to all the confirmed players [thumbsup]

bump   [thumbsup]

 [moto] So how many players are signed up so far ?  [moto]

Looks like we have 6 confirmed players and a few maybes.

I hope people don't think that b/c this is a poker game it'll be about gambling.  Most card games like this one are usually sitting around BSing/drinking/listening music while playing cards.  I had a few people over on Sat to play for fun (no money involved) but it was still a great time. [thumbsup]

Looking forward to it, and I'm d@mn sure not going to wow anyone with my card playing.  [laugh]  [thumbsup]

Can you say "sandbagging"?

I just may do this, PM me the directions please.

Directions will be sent tonight [thumbsup]

I will have the kids this weekend, hope you all have fun  [thumbsup]

 ;D Another caboose bump for B8's poker night !  Check this out !  Not an endorsement here just cool tricks.  [bow_down]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GFdhuvYmH0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GFdhuvYmH0)

Dallas2R has already "bought-in"  Please if you can go ahead and do the same so we can just get right into the card game on Friday

As of now I have:
Dallas2R (buy-in complete)
DLS
Cyclone (Check buy-in on Friday)
bryant8 (buy-in complete)
CJ (buy-in complete)
mckraut (maybe)
malynn (maybe)
tresgatos (maybe)
tommy (maybe)
I'll be bringing a few bottles of bourbon and picking up some snacks.  Anything else you want to drink you should probably BYOB [thumbsup]

Done  [thumbsup]

Looking forward to the game.

Thanks for your donation CJ!  The LLS is a great cause!

I'll note your buy-in  [thumbsup]

is the buy-in a predetermined amount?  i would reread all the pages but i actually have some work to get done today.  go figure.

bumpity do dah

can't wait to win the pot!

i thought he was just serving bourbon??

 [coffee] Picked up the Poker Table top this AM - Slots for 8 players !  [thumbsup]  Sounds like I should have got some hookahs too !  [laugh]

I will give you a check for my buy in at the game Friday Bryant.  I want to make it a company check.  ;D

CAUTION - WARNING: To those who ride motos & park inside the studio - the floor is finished with
                                  expoxy paint and even though it hasn't been waxed in years, CAN BE SLIPPERY !!!! ( esp if wet )  [bacon]

dude....that would be killer....

Donald, thanks for picking up the table top!

I'll be rounding up some rations for Friday's festivities.

The basic snacks: Chips, dips, sandwich fare

The liquid essentials: Bourbon, bourbon, rum, water, coke, ice, beer

Anything else?

bump!

I'll be getting the last bit of stuff for the tourney tonight. 

buy-ins via check and be delivered at the game.

buy-ins via website should be done prior to the game.  There won't be internet access at the game

Dan and I are in [thumbsup] Dan will pay by check at the door [thumbsup]

 ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vPpAhwhM1M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vPpAhwhM1M)  ;D

Great to hear!  Looks like we'll have a full table.

I went to a poker supply store today and had to talk myself out of buying a full size 10 player table.   [laugh]

Chip stacks are ready to go!

some more notes

http://www.homepokertourney.com/betting.htm (http://www.homepokertourney.com/betting.htm)
http://www.homepokertourney.com/hand_rank.htm

I'll have some stuff for Rum and Cokes.  [thumbsup]

what kind of place are you taking us to, exactly??  i didn't know such places existed anymore.

Solvang, not Austin, Right?

dOh! Just re-read the 1st post... Buy-in done [thumbsup]

All the buy-ins are accounted for and we'll be good to go once we get to the studio!

It looks like a packed table and we'll have 1 late arrival, but that shouldn't pose a problem

hope i don't get a case of the gas again, like last time....  on that note, i really feel like having pizza for lunch...

Yeah, save me a spot on the other side of the table from McKraut....  [laugh]

man...i had some bad stuff earlier this am.  not sure if it was the burrito from last night or the shiner....  hard telling.

 [roll] Another small head's up - if you are aiming for drunk tonight bring cabfare because this is not a residence - there are no beds - it is NOT a pron studio !  In this neighborhood two garbage sacks and a couple of cardboard boxes are considered luxury accomodations ( & the dumpster just got emptied ).  [laugh]

There will be plenty of ventilation to accomodate cigars & well, McKraut !!  [beer]

Seconds on furthest from "Captain Toxic".

what's scary is that is a near daily thing...

leaving work in a few...i'll be headed over after i attempt to burn off a few calories from the chilli i had at lunch.

no beans, though!   [thumbsup]

About to head over to Cyclone's and get set up

The three of us are on the way [thumbsup]

Damn! What a great time Bryant! Thanks for pulling this together. [thumbsup]

Special thanks to Donald for allowing us to hooliganize his studio. What a great venue!

Great time indeed  [thumbsup] ;D [beer] [drink]

Bryant, thanks for arranging and thanks to Donald for having us over.  [clap]

Man, this was a cool set up. I'm still not sure which was more fun--the card game or cell-phone ping-pong...

...OK, so it was riding McKraut's bike.  ;D [moto]

MuchO FunO!!!

Really enjoyed it... Thanks to everyone for being good losers ;D

Let's do it again soon :)

I think a pro player showed up dressed EXACTLY like Scott and sandbagged the lot.

Talk about cleaning house!!!  [bow_down]

Donald - cool venue with a view to match [thumbsup]

Bryant - this may be a catching thing this Texas Holdum, hmmm...

Malynn (spelling :P) it's OK, you are forgiven ;)

Will - sucks at cards but  has a mean spin on the celluloid ball. [cheeky]

Rich - you were drunk. ;D

T & CJ - what can I say. 8)

i would totally like to see this on some kind of monthly basis...

that said... watch out for mckinney ave....  i was pulled over on my way home earlier (i was about 2 mins away from my apt...) i was pretty much read the riot act...sitting on the curb etc.  i had to go through the whole deal (i was very upfront with both officers....i don't think either of them was over 21 yrs. old, though).  after about 45 mins and no less than three different sobriety tests, i was released back into the wild to make my [safe] way back to my apartment.   i had to walk different straight lines, read neon signs across the street, and jump on one foot (my bad one, incidentally....i never like running on it, not that that matters), to prove that i wasn't "drunk"......

all that though, and i'm pretty sure my use of the word "hooah" saved me.  the younger guy of the pair (the more "gung-ho") was also more receptive to my use of military terms...and towards the end of everything asked me what branch i was in....to which I said Army...and I think that clenched it.  But I can't help but wonder if I would be sitting in lockup right now if I didn't have the proper use of "hooah" down....  scary shit.  Just a useful note to people to stay away from McKinney Ave. on weekends, I guess.  I can only figure I was just pulled over for being "loud".....  I wasn't being stupid/fast.  (am I ever??)

 :o  Dang man, glad to hear that ended well.

:o :o :o

Glad you made it home safe [thumbsup]

same here...just a gentle reminder for all of us to be safe and smart out there.  really, i was probably asking for some kind of harassment (why does that not sound right?) just given the street, my bike, and what time it was.  so, next time around it's probably better to not pick the "scenic" route home.  i just wanted to see how uptown's doing....  pretty busy, it turns out.  /shrug

thanks again for everybody that turned out last night; it was a good time, despite getting absolutely spanked by scott.  mr. "how do we play this game again"???  riiiiiight.

dude, seriously, last night was my 1st time to play Hold 'Em. If I hadn't watched that little video, I would not have even known how to play...
Just a series of lucky hands, that's all. It would have been equal fun if I had been the 1st one out [thumbsup]

 ;D  Great time last night - I am actually sore from playing so much pong - that last hour of sober up pong was probably the culprit & being eliminated so early from poker!  :-\  Has anyone heard rom Miss M ?  I was concerned about her getting home!  ???

Rich - glad we played that last hour of pong & your coolness prevailed with the Leos - you did not seem overly toasted when you left - those Arrows definitely point at you when you are riding - I like my <90 db pipe because I am here & gone before anyone [leo] even notices & no ear plugs which give me one more sense to use riding.  You can't have been drunk because you pulled over - in essence no mirrors to see the lights, earplugs & Arrows covering a siren, you must have used some paranormal powers - spahgetti monster sense ? - to know they wanted you !  [laugh]

Guess I need cots for the studio - because we are definitely doing this again !!

Thanks George for the Taboo I smoked !  Thanks Dan for the Rocky I will enjoy later !  Thanks Will & Scott for spanking me at ping pong !  Thanks Miss M for spanking me with the pong paddle - I was a bad boy ! Thanks Tommy for enduring a night of Zepplin & giving Scott SOME competition !  Thanks Rich for being so entertaining & taking pix ! Most of all thanks to Bryant for your support of LLS with such a fun and awesome evening ( and for leaving a lot of beer ). 

I really find this fun (poker), healthy ( bicycle riding ) approach to supporting charity very inspirational!  You are awesome and exemplary friends that I am proud to know !  [beer]

Man, sorry to hear about the hassle...

All that sobriety testing was really a waste of time, IMO. I mean they could have called any one of us, and we would have definitely vouched for the cat-like reflexes and amazing hand-eye coordination you displayed playing ping-pong.   ;D

Damn, Rich!  I'm glad to hear that you didn't spend the evening in the drunk tank

I really want to thank all of you guys for coming out and having a great time playing cards and helping me with my fund raising!

Donald, what can I say... your place is a great place to have card games.  Thanks a ton for letting us raid the studio for a few hours.

Scott, your new name is the "Hustler"

you know rich i once had a cop look at my gym bag that read "camp pendleton baseball " and he gave me a ticket after stating how he was in the navy and he hates marines. just be glad you didn't get that jerk off mansfield cop. young or not at least it was a brother.

 ;D FOUND: Earbuds after Poker Fundraiser

Edit : Bud owner located !  [beer]

Bud Light?

Buds White !   ;D

finally got around to posting pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157613544469277/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157613544469277/)

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I'm laughing my f'kin ass off viewing these on slideshow.  [laugh]

Great pics  [thumbsup]

Great shots Rich ! - that was a super fun evening - that no motos were dropped that evening was a minor miracle ! haha   [moto]

I feel kinda bad though that I let people leave that possibly should not have been driving - I know everyone got home and it was all fine but I would have been devastated if something had happened to anyone.  I promise that I will be more careful in hosting in the future, and if I have any misgivings I will deal with it differently no matter how troublesome or inconvenient !

There is nothing to feel bad about here but luck belongs in poker games - not making it home - and I share my feelings about this that we may all learn a larger lesson.   [beer]