Okay, I am a poker novice. Flop, hit, river, stud, blind, back door – all foreign to me. I mean I can use these words in the regular way ie “Hey Joey, put your safety glasses on when you drive those mounting studs for those back door hinges. If you get hit in the eye and go blind, you’ll end up living in a flop house down by the river.” <groan! that was the prose>
But, I still had a great time watching my friends duke it out in the 2nd qualifying session for the 4 slots on the Zappos Corporate Challenge Poker team. This event had one of the highest ratios of applicants for the slots available. The top 2 players from each session would make the team. The game was no limit hold em and each player started off with 5000 in chips.
I showed up about an hour into the session and I think about half the pool had been eliminated - there were 5 players remaining. Soon it was down to just three – Alyssa, Derek and Don. Don had the biggest pile and it went back and forth a bit between Alyssa and Derek. Alyssa came back and edged Derek out. It would have been cool to watch Don and Alyssa battle it out for 1st, but that might have made for a long night.
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