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Costume Poker Night with Jesse "The Shark"




Last night was poker night at Oakridge Apartments. I was invited to go over to a friend's apartment for a evening of six-person, Texas Hold 'em. The rules were no limit (convenient since we weren't playing for real money), and only one buyback, but once you were knocked out you couldn't win, it was just so you weren't bored for the rest of the night.

I heard that real poker players will dress up and be really distracting to take their opponent's minds off of their cards. James Bond usually has a gorgeous girl at his shoulder. The champion of a 10 million dollar poker tournament wore fossilized glasses the entire time [fossilized glasses are ones that you may have seen that reflect eyeballs when others look at them]. I heard that another prominent player wears their baseball hat inside out and backwards and their glasses upside down on their face.

In order to create an advantage for myself, I created a poker alter-ego named Jesse "the Shark" Faugelhorn. My signature move what when I revealed a winning hand, I would make the sound of a victory foghorn. (It got pretty annoying because I won a lot of hands.) But then I would always apologize afterward for taking everyone's chips.

After 3 1/2 hours of play, Jesse "the Shark" was the last fish in the pond. The following distractions seemed to do the trick for me:

*Little girl's wig
*James Bond T-shirt
*Tattoo sleeve
*Cowboy hat
*Occasional accent

Although Bryan Tanner has never won a hand of poker in his life, Jesse "the Shark" remains undefeated!



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  1. Shawna and Daniel BatesSat Sep 26, 11:48:00 AM MDT

    Congrats to Jesse the Shark!!! Amazing :) ha ha. Love the outfit!!!

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  2. Julie TSat Sep 26, 02:42:00 PM MDT

    Nice wig! I didn't know you knew how to play Texas Hold Em! Where did your Tx belt buckle go when you need it? Couldn't see what the jist of your tatoo was? Hopefully, a rendition of Jaws??
    Congratulations on psyching everyone out- or at least winning!

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  3. Stefanie ElyseSat Sep 26, 09:58:00 PM MDT

    Oh. My. Gosh. You are amazing. Thats all i have to say :)

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  4. NatalieDSun Sep 27, 10:26:00 PM MDT

    Have you ever thought of having a film-maker follow you around with a camera to record your life on film? You could star in your own reality series. I would watch.

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