Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Winner Takes It All (The Loser Standing Small)

Belated congratulations to my brother-in-law John, who was this year's grand champion of the Annual Koyama Family Poker tournament. This year's competition was fierce with a strong showing from the Anzais and Teradas, but John outmaneuvered them all. This year's tournament including trash talking, high stakes, and even a bloodied toe (which we won't go into too many details here). Here's John in the final showdown with Marti:


We hear that the Kentucky Posthauers have issued a Throwdown, and claim that this year's tournament didn't have quite the same luster as it has had in past years due to their absence. Hmmm... we'll see next year when we will introduce the winner's trophy!
p.s.-- note the traditional Koyama poker playing libations (well for those over 21 years old, anyways)-- nothing says "serious poker player" like tiny glasses of Bailey's!

2 comments:

heatherp said...

The Kentucky Posthauers are officially issuing a throwdown for 2009 - get ready!

Jasmine said...

Yes, that's my husband!! Tiny glasses of Bailey's...delicious. I was standing small by the stove speculating why the caramel sauce I was making for the bread pudding became magic disappearing caramel sauce. It wasn't the best of times for desserts created by Jasmine.

KY crew...get ready for a showdown.