Hangover, Root Canals and Poker

So I went and saw the movie called Hangover. I went in thinking okay this is probably a waste of money. You know a lot of these movies tend to be pretty juvenile and that's about what I expected. Boy was I wrong. I laughed more in this movie than I can remember doing for quite awhile. The premise of the movie is 4 guys head to Las Vegas for the one guys bachelor party. One guy who is so scared of his girlfriend tells her they are going to the Napa valley for wine tasting as he wouldn't be allowed to go if he told her it was Vegas. The humour does tend to get a bit crude at times but not so that it would offend anyone. Having Las Vegas as the backdrop for the movie made it even more enjoyable for me. Some of the funniest scenes involve a baby and a tiger. So if you are in the need of a good laugh I would certainly recommend this movie. I can see why its been in the number one slot for a couple weeks now.

You go to the dentist for your six month cleaning and the dentist comes in after and takes a look at your teeth and says you need a root canal. Yikes. Words to bring fear to me. You see when I was a kid I developed a fear of dentists. I had one of those old school dentists who really didn't relate to kids much and I remember my trips to the dentist as some of the worst days of my childhood. It caused me in young adulthood to avoid the dentist at all costs.
Then several years ago my wife talked me into going back to the dentist and I was pleasantly surprised. It was painless. Boy had things changed. The staff were friendly, the hygienists were cute (yea it does help ha ha). The dentist was professional and it was just all so easy now.

I have had 2 root canals in my life and one was totally painless and one was very painful and my mouth was swollen after for days. So I have to admit I was a bit apprehensive yesterday when I went in for another one. Well it was nothing. I didn't feel a thing. You know us guys tend to be babies about pain and I am happy to report I felt none.

I still wonder about people who go into dentistry though. Imagine spending your whole working day looking in other people's mouths. I can't but I am certainly glad there are people in this world that can.

At my regular Tuesday night live game I was out fairly early. Early on I was dealt JQd . There was 2 limpers to the flop which came 6sAdKd. HMMMMMMM I have a four card nut flush draw and a royal flush draw but not liking the over cards on the board knowing one of the 2 limpers probably had hit an Ace or King. Well 1 guy checked , the other who had lost a big hand recently decided to push all in. I had him covered and knowing he probably had hit his Ace but figuring my odds were good and even if they were not you gotta at least take a chance on the royal flush. So I called. The other guy folded. Sure enough he hit his Ace. The turn was another King and the River was yet another King. That left me short stacked at our table so when a few hands later I got dealt A10s I decided to push. Everyone folded except the BB who said I am going to call you no matter what my cards are. He turned over 2,7 off suit. I was looking good. Even better when I hit another ace on the flop. He of course hit a 2 on the turn and the river brought a 7 and I was out. He apologized but I just laughed saying in his position I might called too as he had a lot of chips and really wasn't that many more to call me. Still hurts getting railed by the 2,7 though!!!