The Girl with the Goalden Boot

Friday, June 25, 2004

 

REMEMBER THE BIG WHEEL?

I just watched a bit of this tv show called Celebrity Poker Showdown, not that it was an amazing show or something, but the gambler inside me suddenly wanted to head to Star City and play! I've always enjoyed card games, and grew up playing cards like all the time. I already started "gambling" in primary school (we bet with Yes!Cards...dumb huh? LOL), and we even got away with playing cards instead of doing our work in geography class in high school! Of course, every time we went on camp or an excursion or a trip of some sort, out came our packets of cards! At home, my bro and I used to bet too, using Monopoly money hehehehe and we'd play Big2, BlackJack and Showhand (sorta like a Hongkie version of Poker). And then came the Windows age, and I was hooked on Solitaire, Hearts and FreeCell.

And then came uni, and we sorta grew out of the habit. So I watched Celeb Poker today, and I really miss playing Big2...it's such a fun game!

Here are the 5 celebs who played (James Blake, Jon Favreau, Andy Richter, Tom Everett Scott, Maura Tierney):

Notice Maura's the only girl who's playing? (yay - girlpower!)

And she wins (yay!) and heads to the championship round of the tournament. Here's Maura wearing her pink "winning hat"...

Lola Nadal 8:12 PM