Hose Testing Day Two

I spent some of the day calling all of the recruits to see if they would be coming to our hose testing tonight. I did not get a hold of most of them, but I left messages. Due to my calling around several people showed up. It was nice to have all the bodies there to help the process.

We only had two guys show up to the first hose testing, so I made a big deal about it in front of the other guys. I mentioned when everyone else was listening to it did not go unnoticed that they were the only two to show up.

This time around we had all but one guy show up. We tore through testing at a pretty good clip. We got the hose reloaded on the truck and were done with everything in about three hours. After it was done I thanked all the guys who showed up. I told them their help was appreciated.

Once that was done I went to Mike’s for more poker. Tonight we played until three o’clock in the morning. It was looking bad for me as I was not getting my hands. We actually played some seven-card stud followed by Omaha. It was not until Omaha that I started to make my comeback. I ended up leaving the night winning another thirty bucks or so. Most of it on one hand.

I had garbage. My best cards were the nine and queen. A nine and queen were on the board. I announced to the room that I was on a huge draw. That I had nothing unless the right card hit. Someone had gone all-in. I called it, then Mike raised five bucks. I called that. Then the turn was a nine. I announced I got my card. Then I sat back in my seat and called all-in. It was about twenty-one bucks. Brian called me. Mike folded. The river did not help Brian and I ended up winning the whole pot, which is what gave me the winnings on the night.