Poker at Rafi's

Rafi spoilt us with a delicious spag bol and didn't let us down with the fizzy drinks and munchies.

Last night saw the return of our soldier hero Jonah, who, after fleecing his miluim comrades for 500 sheks continued his good run of form by taking home 120 sheks. And it could have been so much more with a new record looking likely midway through the evening.

Yossi was officially named the 'Comeback Kid' after having to dip into the bank and then going on a run that allowed him to finish with a good positive amount for the umpteenth time. This is how he will be known from now on.

There were some crazy hands with lots of money thrown in. Most of it going to Jonah.

Next week poker is at Jonah's.

Poker at Eric's

This week poker was held at Eric's who supplied us with shnitzel and chips (french fries for you Americans). There was fizzy pop and munchies aplenty. Not much happened this week other than Yossi going on a massive winning streak.

It should be noted that on the following day Gary came in 17th (out of 507) in a company wide poker tournament, notching the best result for Israeli employees.

There is now a clear separation between those kings in positive territory and those in negative and those in the middle with Mr Eric "2 shekels" Wachstock leading the way and Mr Ariel Zauer propping up the bottom.

Poker next week is at Rafi's.

Poker at Yossi's

Last night poker was held at Yossi's pad for the very last time before he moves apartment. He treated us to sumptuous amounts of roast chicken and roast potatoes of which Adrian must have eaten at least 3 huge pieces.

There was plenty of munchies and fizzy pop to go round. The night was remarkable for two reasons. Firstly Yossi had a running flush. Unfortunately for him there were no other big hands and he had to split the pot so he only won about 2.5 sheks. Secondly, after the cigarette break Eric's karma certainly changed and he went on a run that was almost recordbreaking and for once his opening 2 shekel bets worked for him.

As punishment Eric will be hosting next week.

Poker at Ariel's

After a long wait, the blog is finally back (do I hear cheers in the background).

With a new year comes new blog management, and a couple of kings have retired.

The first game of the year was hosted by ariel who provided us with roast chicken, roast potatoes and roast veg - well done ariel. There was plenty of fizzy pop and munchies to round and adrian tries to share his with eric by snorting it through his nose. Eric was not impressed and threw his popcorn everywhere in disgust. Rafi had a successful evening and took money off of everyone apart from adrian who was the only other person to finish up.

There were no fuck ups which is disappointing. It was decided that i had the coolest phone and adrian and yossi have phones from the dark ages.

A special mention must go to Jonah who was drafted the day before. Contrary to popular belief he is not guarding the fizzy pop but is rather doing something very important which cannot be mentioned here. Well done Jonah.

Here's to another fantastic year of the kings getting together, eating, having a laugh and playing the odd hand of poker.