Sunday Night Poker!!

So after my break, I went back to work for dinner service. There was a good amount of tables, however I was assigned to make more delicious chocolates and did so all by myself! Katie also showed me a lot more of the dessert station which was pretty cool.
After  dinner service everyone was talking about how each sunday, the village goes and plays poker up at one of the local bars. I figure sure why not...its only 5 pound buy-in...($7-8)...it'll be fun!
So I get there and they have two tables going with no empty spots yet. So why not grab a pint, and me and my buddy Adam start a quick game of pool to pass the time. Pretty much like 5 minutes later there's space for us at the table, so we ditch the pool and pull up a chair. We all start playing and it's all fun! I mean common, I'm no professional poker player...the occasional game with family at bbqs and block parties and that's it!
As the night goes on I start realizing I'm still in this game! Then we merge tables and its like damn I have a good shot at this! Fast forward and it comes down to me and this guy Gordon...awesome dude! I move around the table so I'm facing him and next thing I know, one of the locals who I knocked out of the game sits next to me and takes my side sayin "yea I'm on your side." Shook his hand said thanks for the support and lets do this! Turns out that dude's name was Ryan...a local here who is actually leaving for Denver this weekend to coach a soccer team for 3months!!! haha ironic???...he's also a wrestling fan so I had a good time talking about that and showing him wrestling pics on my facebook!
So with all the eyes in the bar now on me and the table and Gordon, I start thinkin holy crap these guys probably think I'm some shark from freakin Vegas!!
So the game goes on with the head-to-head playing and there comes a point when ur in that situation where you just say Hey it's late...lets just see what happens...and you play on anything! So of course that's what I did...got a low pair and went all in..got 2 pair on the river and boom! Win won one Lady Liberty! =)
The place went crazy and then all the comments and nicknames for me next week started flying around, but honestly these people are freakin awesome! The bartender Phil came around and gave me a few slaps on the back and the place was filled with laughter and that's when I realized...that's the local vibe everyone talks about. Everyone is friendly and everyone there was just there to have a pint and have a good time! And I met great new people and they can't wait for me to come back next sunday! =)
The night ended with Gordon coming up with the nickname Nacho Nick for me!