Morgan Ford Poker Pub Crawl View Comments
Last Saturday was the Poker Pub Crawl on the Morgan Ford strip. It was $10 to play, you got seven cards, and had to make the best (or worst) five card poker hand. The highest and lowest hand of the night received a percentage of the buy-in.
We arrived at Colorado Bob’s around 2pm and it was a ghost town. It was disappointing because our expectations were high from previous Morgan Ford pub crawls. By 3pm it was time to walk down to Tower Pub and we had about 15 people in our crew. The lack of people meant it was more likely that Zack or I would win, but the buy-in was also significantly less. I’m not sure if the small turnout was due to the man who was shot to death the Thursday before, the pub crawl on the Landing, or something else. Every Morgan Ford event I’ve been to in the past year has been an absolute blast and I suggest you come check it out for yourself soon! Keep up to date on their Facebook page.
After a few bars, my poker hand was starting to shape up as the lowest hand. Then I paired up my 6. Then I got a Queen. That’s okay, so I’d just discard the Queen and the 6, right? Well my next was a 4. That means I had two pair (6 & 4) with a Queen kicker. One more card left, I draw another 6…. FULL HOUSE. Discard the 3 and the Queen and I have a full house, 6’s over 4’s. That’s not a terrible high number, but hey, it’s a full house right? I thought I was in the running for highest hand when I find out someone has FOUR SEVENS…can you believe that?
Needless to say, she won. Eight high was the lowest hand (Zack had Jack high). We had a great time at our neighborhood bars and enjoyed getting out of our usual routine (although we did go to Tin Can) and meet some of our great South City advocates.
Looking forward to the next event!
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