Poker Night

We had a poker night last night with three American teachers and two Chinese teachers. The two Chinese teachers had never played poker before so they had to be taught how to play. We played with a buy in of about 10 RMB, about $1.50. We had to use a lot of the 1 joa coins, worth about 1.5 cents for the blinds. On the first real hand I got some pretty good cards, eventually getting a full house and went all in against one of the Chinese teachers. Dave and Ken were in hysterics as I took all 10 RMB from him on the first hand. He was a good sport about it and bought back in for more. In the end Ken won all the money, up about 50 RMB total. Steve who was there drank 3 whole beers which was a lot for him and got a little loud by the end. We actually played till about 1 am which for China is incredibly late. Steve called me up today and invited me, Ken, and Dave to his house for dinner tonight which should be interesting. Steve is definitly the teacher who makes the biggest effort to be friends with all the American teachers, which is more remarkeable when you consider how often the teachers switch here.