Gambling, 4J-Style

Last Saturday night, we had a pretty good first run of the 4J Texas Hold 'Em poker game. Of course, it was almost the 4J Midnight Texas Hold 'Em poker game since we watched The 40-Year Old Virgin at Rockwell first and grabbed a bite of dinner after.

Held at Budoy's house, the players were Budoy, Elena, Conci (sponsor ng gambling chips), [identity-protected] and myself. Watching were TC and Tini (sponsor ni Conci). AA and Molly, RJ and Leslie, and Dino were supposed to go but unfortunately weren't able to make it.

The first round was for the money while the second was for fun. For the money round, there was a contributor's pot of a hundred bucks so the top prize was 500 pesos. The goal of the game was: the person to win all the chips wins the round.

At first there were a lot of gaffes and mistakes as everyone got the hang of the game though Budoy, Conci, and Elena kept everyone honest. Likewise, Budoy's friend Dan kept a clear eye on the proceedings. However, once everyone got the rules, it was more or less smooth running.

Unfortunately, the night turned into a ladies' match with first myself and then later, Budoy, getting eliminated. The three ladies battled it out but Conci had to drop out so the outcome of the game was left between Elena and [identity-protected]. In the end, [identity-protected] had the better cards and she took the money round.

The chips were re-distributed for the fun round and the game started off in earnest. However, the fact that there was no money involved had chips flying fast and furious and when the smoke cleared, Budoy was out of chips and out of the game. I was next despite being more cautious this time around and again, it was left to the ladies to determine who would win this match.

Elena lost a particular heavy hand and had to bow out of the game-- and out of the night together with TC. For a moment, the chips were moving back and forth between [identity-protected] and Conci (with a little help from Tini). Unfortunately, Conci gambled on a particular hand by betting it all-- and lost, leaving [identity-protected] as the champion for the First 4J Texas Hold 'Em card game.

Anyway, the next round will probably be this weekend so if you guys wanna have some fun while losing money, show up with your hundred bucks. The venue will probably be either my place or Budoy's but hopefully, a little earlier. So sign up and sound off!

P.S. Ooops, thanks to Conci, I was reminded that half-way thru the fun and games, one of the house' more spiritual residents (i.e. a ghost of a girl) decided to play a prank with us by palming one of the chips. So far, we still haven't found the missing chip. What, you didn't know Budoy's house was haunted?

P.P.S. Thanks also to [identity-protected] for reminding me that Elena doesn't bluff. Of course TC just had to say that Elena also doesn't know how to fake it. That and his 'tongue-lashing' action added an ewww factor to the night.