Week 9 finished, Week 10 starting

Congratulations to our largest winner EVER, Garrett Post, taking down the pot of 2,480 with a record of 12-1.

On to Week 10!  It’s due in three days so get cracking.  I do not expect this pot to be anywhere near the size of this last one, but I have been wrong before.  My guess is 1,380.  Let’s see how close I get.

You’ll notice a nice little note on the new pick sheet.  Call it a not-so-subtle reminder of how we run things around here.  I leave town early Friday morning and will be working on the West Coast all weekend so my cell phone will be turned to “alarm only” and email will only be checked late night.  If you must turn one in late and you’re willing to pay the posted late fee, you will have to email me and I’ll call you late that night (between 1am and 2am) and I will instruct you on where to go that late night to turn in your sheet.  To make life easier on all of us, pay attention to the deadline this time!

My next two weeks are packed with work and social events.  Week 11 will be due on Friday.  I will be in town Saturday the 21st but come midnight I hope to be hanging out with some of you; the 22nd is my birthday and I typed on my birthday last year like a loser.  Call it a learning experience.  I’ll be going out with people that night, then it will be football, wine, and trivia at my place Sunday, followed by an 8 day paid vacation where I get to see a bunch of friends and stay up in the mountains.  :)  How does that affect you?  Well, one person was nice enough to step up to volunteer their time for the pool over Thanksgiving but based on previous years and smaller pots combined with working on this during the holidays, I think we will just skip Thanksgiving week altogether.  Todd has a family, I will not have time to punch things into the sheet, and we’re all traveling, eating, and/or shopping that week.  If you absolutely cannot live without the pool that week, please email me to let me know what you’re willing to do to help that week and we’ll make something work.  I will let you know more over the next few weeks but that is how we stand as of now.

I know there are some issues over by Paddy Mac’s / Cigar Store… we want everyone to play and if those places need to lay low for awhile we have 50+ people working over at Waterway Cafe at an assortment of waterfront bars that would love to have your business, at least temporarily.  Waterway is all of two and a half miles down the road from Paddy Mac’s.  Just a thought.

I will be going to Waterway and Paddy Mac’s (just in case) Thursday night after work between 11pm and midnight.  If you need to drop them off, I’m at Capital Grille 6pm to close Tue, Wed, and Thurs this week and Waterway is always a good place to drop them.  Barry will do his spreadsheet, Gil will email me, JJ and Dehn will deliver and my email people will keep doing their thing.  Any questions on delivery, email me by Wednesday night.  Emailing me at 2:41am on Friday would not be all that smart. 

OK, go get to it!  By my watch they are due in less than 64 hours!

Garrett, I’ll call you tomorrow afternoon on my way into work around 5pm and I hope to meet with you tomorrow night!  Congrats again!

- Steve Pogo