While here in London, I joined a poker club that was created
by people from my internship. I used to play poker quite often when I was
younger, but I have not had the chance to play in a long while. When I heard
about this poker club, I had to join. Once week a group of guys get together,
usually around 19.00, at one of the coffee shops that Coffeesmiths owns for a
game of Texas Hold’em .
My favorite coffee shop to play at is Liberty of Norton
Folgate; mainly because the one side of the shop is all windows. This gave the
game a cool feeling to it. I would be playing a hand and look up, and there is
the city all lit up. Here I am playing poker with a group of friends in London;
I never thought this would even be an option for me at this age. It was a great
feeling, and winning my money back was a great feeling too.
It is usually a £10 buy in, but this would vary depending on
the feel of the group. Sometimes there would be someone at the game that was
low on money so we would drop the buy in or just play for fun. At first, I did
not want to spend the money, but I ended up joining since I thought I could win
at least a couple of the games. Turned out I was right. I ended up winning one
of the games throughout my time with the cub, which won me a decent amount. I
also came in second once and third a couple times. Overall, I don’t think I lost
any money.
Even though playing poker was fun, I think the best part was
just hanging out with everyone in the club. It reminded me of my friends back
home. My group of friends back home and I would get together for a card night; that
made this club a little nostalgic for me. Normally after we all showed up, we would
stand around and talk for a while before we would actually start the game.
One of the guys would always bring some aged whiskey with
him, which added to the poker club feel. Have some whiskey with friends,
cracking jokes, and trying to win some money. It turned out to be a great time!
I am really happy I decided to join. This club makes me want to start something
similar up in the States. The problem is college students don’t usually have
the any money to play.
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