Thanks to everyone who’s wished me well for my surgery today - I imagine that Woo will update later today with a post about how I’m doing and whether I’m alive or not. :p

Great weekend, can’t wait for the next one. :/

Poker last night was a blast - I think it may soon require it’s own subforum on chuckler.org … I can understand some of my regular readership getting bored by story upon story about poker, and don’t want to abuse that. That’s the kinda guy I am.

It was a huge night - we ended up dealing in 11 players, which was a massive number at my small table. We half-assedly extended the table with two coffeetables on top of each other, and it was barely acceptable, but good enough. Blacky won $70 for first, newcomer Dave won $40 for second. It was to be winner takes all format, but dealmaking at the final two meant that second got a taste of the money too.

In other news, I’ve been a bit naughty with the whole pre-surgery dieting, but that stops now. Honest injun.

Yup, it’s certainly getting on in the day today, but there’s still time for a heaps quick blog entry, right? Right?

Poker is on tonight … I can’t wait, it’s that exciting. Should be interesting, at any rate … I need the cash, so I’ll be playing extra tight … nobody call me when I bet big ok?

To clarify the rules of the bad beat jackpot, this is a cumulative jackpot, which is paid to anyone who loses a hand with a full-house or better. In the event that two people lose with a full-house or better, it is paid to the worse of the two fullhouses, unless its the same full house, in which case the jackpot is split. ie, if the board hits a full house, the jackpot is split amongst anyone still in at showdown. If the jackpot doesn’t go off, we’ll either have a freeroll, a guaranteed prize pool once it reaches, either $100 or another amount by agreement of the group.

Tomorrow, I’m thinking of seeing The Inside Man at southbank … anybody interested in that? Perhaps I’ll call Danilelle from Canberra, now of Brisbane, seeing as I’ve not spoken with her since getting back.

I don’t think I suffer Monday-itis. Monday is a great day for me really - I only have one committment, and that’s uni from 5-6. I drive in and usually get a close park, and the traffic’s clear enough for a smooth drive home after, so Monday is great.

Tuesday on the other hand is a day of monolithic proportion. I start uni at 9am, and go through to 7pm with only a 1 hour break from 11-12. The traffic is always bad on Tuesdays because of the time I have to get to uni, and I’m going home in the dark, which isn’t pleasant on a bus.

But all that aside, I had a constructive day. Our tutor for the technology subject we’re doing isn’t very helpful technically or operationally (very good theoretically), so I spent the last hour and a quarter of tonight helping everyone else in my class try and get the computers to work. We’re creating an “Integrated ‘Information Communication Technology’ Resource”, utilising Movie Maker, Power point, and sound recording programs. Anyway, while trying to get the microphone to work, the only advice the teacher could offer was that “you need to unpress some mute button to get it to work”. Left a little to be desired anyway. I had some fun playing around with the people in the class anyway.

Dad came home today, and feelin’ a little sore and sorry for himself, but what else should be expected? He’s had invasive chest surgery, as well as having a sizable incision in his leg (what they use to make the bypass for those who don’t know).

Tomorrow I think I’ll hitch a ride over and hang out with Liam for a little while. Won’t be able to stay too long cos Dad needs a good bit of looking after, but a beer or two might well be on the cards. And of course poker in the evening. Looking forward to testing out my skills after a week’s hiatus from being in the Vegas High-roller rooms :p

Hi ho, chums, I just need to whip up a quick post concerning poker tomorrow night.

Attendance is looking to be high - me, Blacky, Lates, Glenn, or course, and also Berny, Woo, Steve, some friends of Leyton’s, and perhaps some friends of Glenn’s.

Shall we say 7pm … my place … byo drinks. Buy-in is $11 ($10 to the pot, $1 to the jackpot) and it’s a winner-takes-all texas hold’em tournament.

See you there!