Poker at Ariel's

Last night we played poker at Ariel's. You'd be forgiven for thinking we were at Gary's, but no, we were definitely at Ariel's. Adrian and Jona weren't there. Ariel served home made meat pies. Proper cooking. Real home cooking. The first time anyone has really done proper home cooking. I had a veggie pie and it was lovely. It had a nipple on the top.

Looking at the chart you can see that Adrian managed not to increase his losses (by not coming), while Yossi and Jonah increased their lead at the top. Eric made a mild gain, but Nik, Ariel, Gary (all losing over 30 shekels) and Rafi lost ground. No real f$ck ups of note this week, except a couple of misdeals in the haste towards the end.

Jonah amused us greatly with his army stories. We were all pleased our tax money is spent so wisely.

Eric amused us when he got a phone call at 11.40pm from a man who sounded like a woman and who had a photo of Eric running the Tiberias Marathon (or should we say, Marathon Tiberias The 28th). He wanted to send it to Eric. So Eric had to spell his name. This took a while. Then the guy who sounded like a woman tried to sell Eric a CD with 400 photos from the race. Eric got the giggles and managed to end the call, though at the cost of his dignity.

First outdoor poker of the year - that fact is definitely worth a mention.

The scores were:

Jonah 67.

Yoss 48

Eric 13

Nik -30.5

Ariel -43.5

Gary -32.5

Rafi -17

Poker at Gary's

I've got no idea who ate what last night. Rafi describes the evening as "pleasant", but says that the only thing I really missed was a game of poker.

Yossi 9
raf -47
gaz 42.5
ariel -12.5
jona 8

Poker at Yossi's

Last night Gary, Adrian, Nik, Rafi and Ariel played poker at Yossi's flat. Yoss made his speciality spag bol, which went down very well. Lots of food and drink too.

After making a bit of money last week, Adrian refound his touch and lost nearly 50 shekels last night. I've made a special Adrian chart this week so we can all see exactly how he has done week by week. Remarkable.

Also remarkable was Yossi's remarkable comback. Having lost all his money in under 3o minutes (a record), he actually finished the evening with a 6 shekel profit. Isn't there some saying about money going to money, or something?

Equally remarkable was the hand in which Yoss lost nearly all of his money. He bet shed loads on his aces over kings full house, but Rafi, who also bet shed loads, beat him with his four kings. What a surprise! We were much entertained. Nik and Ariel seemed to be sharing every other hand for a certain period during the game, which was fun (for them).

Adrian told us about the time he went swimming in the sea, and Yoss told us about the time he had a dip in a rock pool in the Golan Heights. Inspirational stories.

So the scores on the poker doors last night were:

Adrian -58

Ariel -48

Yoss 6

Rafi 52

Gary 22.5

Nik 25.5