Pausing for a burger after yesterday's intensive instruction.Front row, Brenda, Nancy and Cynthia; back row, Kathy, Katie and Sue. They aren't quite ready for prime time yet, but Katie is confident that, with a little practice, they'll all make good poker players. (Yes. Again. A flush beats a straight. And, ladies, you gotta fold 'em when you're holding a deuce and a four.)
Shuffle Up and Deal!
After dinner, the gentle ladies spent a short time watching Katie play with the big boys in the back room at the saloon. As Katie indicated, it's more fun to play than to watch, so the pupils were all home at a respectable hour. Miss Katie, however, stayed on for both sessions, one at 6 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. It is early in her poker season here, but she advanced to both final tables and came in sixth and fifth. The regulars are familiar with each other's play and are quite aggressive. We await a championship t-shirt eventually. Katie enjoys the fact that all of Arizona indoors is now smoke free. Stan enjoyed it too: Midnight Katie doesn't come home smelling like a cigarette any more.
Don't get the idea that Katie is staying out late, but last night she heard the janitor announcing last call for the bathrooms.
