Big poker tournament in Oregon

I got up this morning and zoomed off to Pendleton Oregon for a poker tournament. I got turned around in Walla Walla and it caused the difference of being on time and being late. Thankfully they were taking entries late. I could not find Bobby who had my entry fee, so I pulled out the money from my ATM account and I figured I would get it from him after I found him.

I made it through the first couple rounds and won a few small pots and one decent pot. Then we had a fifteen minute break. One guy sitting across from my came up at the break and introduced himself as Ryan Franklin. Not the baseball player, but someone who knew me from back in ninety-four living in Stephenson.

Once the break was done I got to playing. The blinds were going up and I needed to make some money or it would be eaten up by the blinds. I got dealt a pair of sevens so I raised. Someone else went all in, and I had about six hundred bucks left, so I called. He flipped over pocket aces. He ended up winning sending me home. I stopped and talked to a couple of the guys who had played in the Zeppoz tournament with me, who had also won a buy-in. One guy was already out and one guy was doing pretty well. I was early enough I thought I could do the Pullman High football game.

I called Phil and found out one seat was available. I claimed it and made my way back to Pullman. It was just under a three hour drive from Pendleton to Pullman. I got my uniform on and went to the fire station. Shortly after arriving we got a call for an overdose. We went on that, then got ready for the football game. It was rainy and ugly outside. We wear a few layers of clothes for protection. Pullman High was winning the whole game. In fact they only let up two first downs in the whole game. Pullman came away undefeated for the season. It was a nice season for them.

After the game Meow, John, and I played some cards at my office. We shared a half-rack and played for a couple hours. It was fun to play cards with John again and for a chance to hang out with Meow outside of the fire department.