TriTaylor
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Greetings! Could you please tell me the best set of poker chips to get for my home tournaments? Thanks!
Just kidding. I used to run home tournaments for my friends when I was much younger and cooler, before life happened. I became obsessed poker when I bought a poker book because I wanted to be the best poker player of all my friends AND I wanted them all to know it; and that’s how it started.
I joined Poker School Online, went to the WPO in Tunica, and won a couple of underground mid-range buy in tournaments. This is just before/as the poker boom started. And that’s where I peaked. I basically had a poker fund that funded all my poker activities, which I guess is actually pretty good now that I think about it; however I’m nowhere near as good a poker player as I thought I was. And then came the kids and the rotating work shifts 24/7/365, and fishing and grilling and bbq ing, and poker just wasn’t that high on the priority list anymore; just a few tourneys once a year on our annual September guys houseboat trip on the Mississippi River.
This year my 14 year old son attended the houseboat trip for the first time and participated in his first poker tournament and I dare say I’ve created a monster. To be absolutely clear, I feel like the luckiest guy alive because my son is crazy about fishing, very interested in grilling and now asks to play poker with me every time I see him. He is obsessed with many of the things that obsess me and he enjoys doing these activities with ME. What could be better?
Two days ago my boy and I played heads up poker for 8 hours while watching Rounders and Molly’s game, and I though “wouldn’t it be nice to play with some premium chips?” And that‘s how it started. I did what every person does before they need to learn how to perform brain surgery (and go down the rabbit hole) - I went to YouTube.
You know it’s funny, 24 hours ago I thought I knew how to run a home poker game, I thought I knew how to shuffle cards AND I thought Bicycle were premier playing cards. I have to tell you that I’m not built to be patient. I want to have my new poker chip set for Saturday night, I don’t have any time time to wait on samples. For this poker chip set. I strongly suspect that the Tiki King set I bought sight unseen and without sampling or testing is only the beginning… I may be a bit more judicious with my next poker set.
Just kidding. I used to run home tournaments for my friends when I was much younger and cooler, before life happened. I became obsessed poker when I bought a poker book because I wanted to be the best poker player of all my friends AND I wanted them all to know it; and that’s how it started.
I joined Poker School Online, went to the WPO in Tunica, and won a couple of underground mid-range buy in tournaments. This is just before/as the poker boom started. And that’s where I peaked. I basically had a poker fund that funded all my poker activities, which I guess is actually pretty good now that I think about it; however I’m nowhere near as good a poker player as I thought I was. And then came the kids and the rotating work shifts 24/7/365, and fishing and grilling and bbq ing, and poker just wasn’t that high on the priority list anymore; just a few tourneys once a year on our annual September guys houseboat trip on the Mississippi River.
This year my 14 year old son attended the houseboat trip for the first time and participated in his first poker tournament and I dare say I’ve created a monster. To be absolutely clear, I feel like the luckiest guy alive because my son is crazy about fishing, very interested in grilling and now asks to play poker with me every time I see him. He is obsessed with many of the things that obsess me and he enjoys doing these activities with ME. What could be better?
Two days ago my boy and I played heads up poker for 8 hours while watching Rounders and Molly’s game, and I though “wouldn’t it be nice to play with some premium chips?” And that‘s how it started. I did what every person does before they need to learn how to perform brain surgery (and go down the rabbit hole) - I went to YouTube.
You know it’s funny, 24 hours ago I thought I knew how to run a home poker game, I thought I knew how to shuffle cards AND I thought Bicycle were premier playing cards. I have to tell you that I’m not built to be patient. I want to have my new poker chip set for Saturday night, I don’t have any time time to wait on samples. For this poker chip set. I strongly suspect that the Tiki King set I bought sight unseen and without sampling or testing is only the beginning… I may be a bit more judicious with my next poker set.