White Belt Poker

Here’s one I can tell the grandchildren about one day. Last night I played in a tournament to launch the new Blonde Poker League poker room set up by Dave Colclough and Tony Kendall. Forty-seven people entered and I was drawn at the same table as “El Blondie” himself. Here’s Dave limping in on the first hand of the tournament with me in the big blind:

Five minutes later, the table was split up after two players got knocked out and we moved to five tables of nine. Sadly for me, that was the last I saw of the blonde one. I went out 20th after failing to complete my flush draw, having moved all-in on the flop with a short stack. It was all over a bit too quickly really. Still, it had the same feeling of friendly banter that all of the blogger tournaments I’ve played in have had, so I’m planning to become a regular.