All-in for Tradition!

After what is literally years of talking about it, I am finally going to start a recurring home poker game and I am really looking forward to playing the role of host. Maybe it's tapping into the side of me that craves 'tradition' or the side that grew up traveling to a friend's house and falling asleep on the couch (in footsie pajamas btw) as my parents and their best friends played "31" late into the night. I still remember watching through drooping eyelids the glow from the dining room at the other end of the house, the laughter, gags and guffaws shared between adult best friends. It was a fun time, a safe time and that was some of the best sleep I remember as a kid as the accidental eavesdropper into the grownup world.

So here I sit. In a fully finished, and furnished, home office that is the far corner of my otherwise unfinished basement. The basement has barely been touched in a couple years, well let's say right about 21 months (since Abby was born) and now I am tasked with cleaning the entire studded cluster-bomb of somewhat semi-organized debris within the next 8 days. 

There is heat and AC, and there is power and bare bulb lighting throughout, so we won't be playing in the dark ages - but the entirety is studded 2x4's, wiring, exposed insulation backing and truss-threaded HVAC ductwork. I have one foldable hold'em table that seats 8 comfortably, 9 uncomfortably and it looks like this inaugural event will require a second table (YAY!). I'm debating spending the $150 I have to invest in getting this off the ground on a mini under-the-counter fridge or buying another folding poker table. I suppose I can use a cooler or two to start with...

I also plan on starting a friendly poker league out of the group of regulars and will have a blast getting into the role of tournament director and league manager. Hopefully, this will lead to hosting events that become satellites into Gulf Coast poker tourneys and ultimately a path to one of the smaller $1500 buy-in tourneys at each years' WSOP in Vegas. 

Time will tell... oh, the name of the league is the "Kudzu Poker Tour". Catchy, I think and I have a great idea for a logo where the leaves of the vine are the suits from cards.