$20.00

From Ed, Eric, and Taps. Not including a first-hand all-in by me(my AA against Mark's K paired on flop), voided on an Ed-ian technicality. Actually the jokers were in the deck for the hand so the technicality is not so presposterous as shuffling the deck mid-deal.

With Jon and Eric around, the night was filled with a pleasant amount of Ed-bashing, which was a nice change of pace. Mark jumped into the fray against Ed a little too. Lots of ribbing and rubbing from everyone against everyone (it was refreshing to get some jousting from Eric, being rarely in the driver's seat of the table). All in all I'd have to say that the vibe was good, an excellent way to win twenty dollars.

Swear there's really something about this deck. Again I had pocket 6's. Ed wouldn't call that all-in but I showed him nonetheless. Also split two more all-ins with 4's and 7's. I had some nice cards, 2 AA's to be exact (one won in the aforementioned technicality, the other barely won more than the blinds). Ed had four 7's once. Mark flopped a flush and a full-house, both against Eric I think, who had at least 2-pairs both times. There just seemed to be more unlikely (but exciting) combinations of cards coming out of this Kem deck. Maybe the larger numbers and letters in the card corners gave the hands that you get that much more memorable--or maybe these cards are just greased somehow.

Came back home way too drunk and stoned at about 3am. A combination of booze, weed, dehydration, too many hours of Master of Orion, and days without exercise gave me one of the worst bouts of headachy semi-sleep last night. I was sweating and overheating so much in bed I actually thought that I was coming down with a fever or something. But other than the headache that went away, weak stomach, and overtime on the toilet, I actually felt alright this morning.

Not alright enough to finish 8 more miles before Sunday, but alright enough to couch-surf all day. Better get with it.