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"Things Are Gonna to Change . . . I Can Feel It"

April 28, 2007 12:12 PM

started playing poker towards the end of my college career. I never took it very seriously, really, and my friends and I played very low stakes--we considered losing $10 in a night a very big deal. When I came to Wisconsin, one of the main things I wanted to do was get a good group of people together to play poker every week.

Mr. Utah was the first person I met in this state. I was in line at Union South, waiting to get my ID picture taken when he came up to me and asked me if I, too, was a law student. Having been shut up in my own little world and not expecting to have to talk to anyone, I was taken by surprise, and gave some awkward respond. Later, I sat next to him at orientation, his being the only face I recognized.

Later that day, at the end-of-orientation picnic, I met X-tina, a girl who shares my affinity for sci-fi and all things dork. She, of course, would introduce us all to the L-Dawg, he of the unparalleled eating and drinking abilities. These guys, together with a few other characters, were the first people who came over for poker in the first few weeks of school. Eventually, Mr. Utah brought Mr. Vice and, after auditioning a few other people, RPM joined our ranks.

With few exceptions, we met every Friday night to play a little bit of Texas Hold'em. Patterns began to emerge: L-Dawg gathered a massive chip stack; I played like an idiot; X-tina would go all-in, assuming that L-Dawg was bluffing (which he was about 98 percent of the time--although he drew out about 99 percent of the time); Mr. Utah would molest my cats; we'd eat lots of Wendy's; we'd make fun of the New Guys. Simply put, poker night has been one of the most constant and awesome parts of law school for me.

We've always suspended our poker activities during finals so that we might maintain the illusion of being studious. So it was with a heavy heart that we played our last hands of poker last night, for last night marked the last night that we would ever gather around my poker table and throw our chips in the pot as law students. We'll play again, certainly, but we'll have graduated by then.

This, for me, is the most tangible evidence that my law school years are quickly coming to a close, and it makes me very sad, even though I'm happy and excited at the same time. It's been great playing with you guys, even though I usually lost all my money.

But it's ok. I'm tightening up. And, besides--I've got outs.



1 Comments


RPM said:

I have more outs than non-outs, however that is possible. Thanks for hosting so much. I hope we can continue the games.

April 29, 2007 2:18 PM



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