Fun, relaxing weekend
We had my birthday dinner and cake this past Saturday night; it was wonderful.
When I was in Catalina, I bought a cheap set of 100 2g plastic poker chips and a couple decks of cards. My brother and I played five-card draw in the evenings as best we remembered it, and enjoyed. Of course, we never play for money.
After dinner and cake Saturday night, I divided the chips between the four of us (Mom, Dad, Ryan, and myself). To my great surprise, we had a blast.
Yesterday afternoon, Ryan and I went in search of better poker chips. I ended up at the great gaming store Legends in Cupertino, where they had a 500-chip starter set. They're 11.5g composite chips - clay and plastic - in a nice aluminum carrying case. They're wonderful. We played last night (five-card draw) with the new chips and enjoyed greatly. At first my Mom was skeptical, but once she started handling the new chips she understood.
On the way home from Legends we stopped at Borders and I looked at a few books on Texas Hold Em. I think I got a good one; I enjoyed reading the first bit of it last night.
The only issue I have with the chip set (hee hee, IT pun intended) was that they didn't include blue chips; blue's my favorite color. I got 200 white, 100 red, 100 green, and 100 black. So when I got home last night I went online in search of blue chips; I think I found an exact match.
I also did a bit of research on cards. I dug out some Excalibur casino Bee cards and compared them to the Bicycle cards I bought on Catalina. Except for the large index, I much prefer the Bee cards; they are less flimsy and have a much better feel to them. They're easier to shuffle.
So I added a blue and red pack (with normal index) to my order. The store had a few different types of plastic cards, so I did a bit of research on them. I added two packs of inexpensive Royal plastic cards to my order. I looked at the Brazilian plastic cards, but passed on them. I next looked at the KEH cards; they're a cellulose (i.e. paper) and plastic composite. I read a few reviews. They sound wonderful, so I added a set to my order.
I got a few more red chips and some purple chips, and I got a case for these 300 extra chips. I can't wait to receive my order and confirm that they're the same chips.
Now I just need to find a few more opportunities to play. Hopefully my brother and I will find some time this week to practice Hold Em; we will then teach it to my parents, hopefully starting next week.
When I was in Catalina, I bought a cheap set of 100 2g plastic poker chips and a couple decks of cards. My brother and I played five-card draw in the evenings as best we remembered it, and enjoyed. Of course, we never play for money.
After dinner and cake Saturday night, I divided the chips between the four of us (Mom, Dad, Ryan, and myself). To my great surprise, we had a blast.
Yesterday afternoon, Ryan and I went in search of better poker chips. I ended up at the great gaming store Legends in Cupertino, where they had a 500-chip starter set. They're 11.5g composite chips - clay and plastic - in a nice aluminum carrying case. They're wonderful. We played last night (five-card draw) with the new chips and enjoyed greatly. At first my Mom was skeptical, but once she started handling the new chips she understood.
On the way home from Legends we stopped at Borders and I looked at a few books on Texas Hold Em. I think I got a good one; I enjoyed reading the first bit of it last night.
The only issue I have with the chip set (hee hee, IT pun intended) was that they didn't include blue chips; blue's my favorite color. I got 200 white, 100 red, 100 green, and 100 black. So when I got home last night I went online in search of blue chips; I think I found an exact match.
I also did a bit of research on cards. I dug out some Excalibur casino Bee cards and compared them to the Bicycle cards I bought on Catalina. Except for the large index, I much prefer the Bee cards; they are less flimsy and have a much better feel to them. They're easier to shuffle.
So I added a blue and red pack (with normal index) to my order. The store had a few different types of plastic cards, so I did a bit of research on them. I added two packs of inexpensive Royal plastic cards to my order. I looked at the Brazilian plastic cards, but passed on them. I next looked at the KEH cards; they're a cellulose (i.e. paper) and plastic composite. I read a few reviews. They sound wonderful, so I added a set to my order.
I got a few more red chips and some purple chips, and I got a case for these 300 extra chips. I can't wait to receive my order and confirm that they're the same chips.
Now I just need to find a few more opportunities to play. Hopefully my brother and I will find some time this week to practice Hold Em; we will then teach it to my parents, hopefully starting next week.
posted by Wes at
11:59 AM
1 Comments:
Hm. I was playing poker on Full Tilt Poker as I read this entry!
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