I met a guy at Qua who holds a game in a suite at the Holiday Inn on hwy 183 about once a month or every six weeks or so. Every player pitches in about $9 or $10 for the nightly suite rental, and there is no rake. This seems like the perfect set-up for a bunch of friends -- but there's one problem --They come from a different world.
They're not little green people with bug-eyes or anything -- but they're alien nonetheless. I roll in a world where:
1. It does not matter what brand of whatever liquid you drink at poker.
2. It does not matter what you wear to poker.
3. The host sets the rules, or at least knows the rules.
4. An 8:00 tournament begins no later that about 8:25.
-- among other things
But not in that world.
For instance, who considers what sort of watch you wear to be important? Who considers possession of ANY watch to be important? Maybe its the same sort of people who consistently put out free bets like 7 and 11 and 13 -- they almost always wear a watch -- pay attention next time -- they're usually watch-conscious.
It truly is a different crowd at the Holiday Inn. I always go back -- not for the company, but because I've always walked away a little ahead -- and everyone's nice -- I guess -- in their own way.
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