No Lite Beer Poker League

I’ve never made mention of the fact that a handful of us play a monthly game of poker and have been doing so for a while now. The ‘No Lite Beer Poker League’ kicked off sometime in the first half of the year.

The inaugural event was at Mike’s house and it was a corker. Besides the fact that we had a good turnout, Mike ensured there was some additional entertainment in the form of a very inebriated, single woman neighbor from downstairs who made a surprise appearance and clung to the outskirts of our poker table like a bad rash. She was clearly in the market for a bit of man-love, but everyone’s reluctance to focus on her rather than the poker, resulted in the coining of the word ‘RIDIC’ which she was throwing around with wreckless abandon in her judgment of us all. That, along with her abuse of Mikey Hammerson that he must be gay because he wasn’t giving her the time of day, made for some entertaining action.

By the end of the evening, amongst accusations that one of us had stolen her handbag (what handbag??), our special guest had a severe case of memory loss and had absolutely no idea where she was and began to panic. She was abruptly escourted downstairs to her flat and sent straight to bed.

Mike dominated the ’08 season from the start and his early lead stretched further and further as each event went by. At the final year end ‘Christmas Special’, Steve Tuna had an outside chance of taking gold, but this never came to pass. Mike was overall winner and results on the night saw Diki Long take home 1st prize with Verve and myself following in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Rules of the Christmas Special were that you had to wear a poker hat of some sort along with a pair of sunnies to create a party vibe. The vibe was duly achieved and it turned out to be a great event to end the season. With a bit of luck the ’09 season won’t be such a one horse race and with the No Lite Beer Poker League officially established I think there are a lot of guys keen to make some high finishes next year.

I invite okes into my home and this is what I get, bring your own chairs next time