WIN!
I won a poker tournament!!!!
Scott and I both entered the Juvenile Diabetes Reaserch Fund (JDRF) poker tournament last year, and signed up again this year. There were about 60 people and I WON! I WON I WON I WON!!!
Holy crap.
It's a 37 inch plasma tv! It's going to fit perfectly in the little alcove in the bedroom. :)
I kind of want to keep writing in all caps because I am JUST THAT EXCITED, but I'll stop, or at least try.
Omigod. I'm totally still in shock! I realize I sound like a super girly girl, but hey, I just spent 3 1/2-4 hours holding in every impulse to squeal, squee, giggle or otherwise give my emotions away. When we got down to the last table, I was the only woman. And I was the chip leader. That felt pretty awesome. Hell, a lot of it felt pretty awesome, from knocking out this one guy who was wearing sunglasses and clearly thought he was a great player (apparently I "slow played" him with my three nines), to the encouraging shouts of all the women because they were just so glad I was there.
I feel bad (but not that bad) that I didn't even think to call Scott when we were down to the final 5 or lower. He knew I'd made it to the final table, and figured he'd go off and play with a former co-worker and wait for me to call him. He hadn't watched me play at all before and didn't want to give me bad juju. I don't even mind, I'm just sad because I know he would've loved to watch it.
I am SO EXCITED. Maybe it's something about beating a whole bunch of guys. Maybe it's being able to handle it when they got aggressive. Maybe it's because not only was I able to ignore the douchebag in a suit that kept sort of mocking my plays at the final table, but to also knock him out (in a double elimination, actually, since I knocked out him and another guy that hand). Maybe it's that I was able to admit that I just wanted to win. It's probably all of that put together, along with the unique thrill of having pocket deuces and winning the hand and the explosion of the room after my second-to-last hand was a full house, but I can't remember the last time I was this excited AND proud of myself.
Poker rules.
Scott and I both entered the Juvenile Diabetes Reaserch Fund (JDRF) poker tournament last year, and signed up again this year. There were about 60 people and I WON! I WON I WON I WON!!!
Holy crap.
It's a 37 inch plasma tv! It's going to fit perfectly in the little alcove in the bedroom. :)
I kind of want to keep writing in all caps because I am JUST THAT EXCITED, but I'll stop, or at least try.
Omigod. I'm totally still in shock! I realize I sound like a super girly girl, but hey, I just spent 3 1/2-4 hours holding in every impulse to squeal, squee, giggle or otherwise give my emotions away. When we got down to the last table, I was the only woman. And I was the chip leader. That felt pretty awesome. Hell, a lot of it felt pretty awesome, from knocking out this one guy who was wearing sunglasses and clearly thought he was a great player (apparently I "slow played" him with my three nines), to the encouraging shouts of all the women because they were just so glad I was there.
I feel bad (but not that bad) that I didn't even think to call Scott when we were down to the final 5 or lower. He knew I'd made it to the final table, and figured he'd go off and play with a former co-worker and wait for me to call him. He hadn't watched me play at all before and didn't want to give me bad juju. I don't even mind, I'm just sad because I know he would've loved to watch it.
I am SO EXCITED. Maybe it's something about beating a whole bunch of guys. Maybe it's being able to handle it when they got aggressive. Maybe it's because not only was I able to ignore the douchebag in a suit that kept sort of mocking my plays at the final table, but to also knock him out (in a double elimination, actually, since I knocked out him and another guy that hand). Maybe it's that I was able to admit that I just wanted to win. It's probably all of that put together, along with the unique thrill of having pocket deuces and winning the hand and the explosion of the room after my second-to-last hand was a full house, but I can't remember the last time I was this excited AND proud of myself.
Poker rules.