This is the official site of the Tuesday Night Poker club of NYC.  Here we will store news, commentary, photos, and the general history of our madcap escapades each and every Tuesday night. This site will be a virtual scrapbook and permanent online documentary of our adventures in gambling arguing and drunkeness.

Complete Player List.  

Current Regulars:

Alternates:

	David,  aka Doc G
	Jay,  aka Senor Jay, Jay-Pots, Swifty, Swift-Exit
	Seth,  aka San Fran Seth
	George,  aka Lord Lansbury, Gorg
	Ted,  aka Ted-o

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Ode To The Alternates, (by Koneo)

Almost every week one or more of the Tuesday Night regular players will fail to meet to their sacred poker commitment and miss the game. Excuses for this dereliction of duty have generally been pathetic. They have fallen anywhere between the mundane: “it was my anniversary” through the bizarre: “my masseuse wanted me to meet her family”. Luckily, we have always maintained a highly motivated core of reserve poker veterans ready to heed the call to poker and fill the empty chairs left by these shameless shirkers.

Upon entering the new millennium it seems an opportune moment to pause and pay tribute to these devoted understudies.  These are the players who have served selflessly to preserve a weekly ritual lasting now over thirteen years. The following profiles men of courage. Poker commandos who, on a moment’s notice will appear at your door with a six pack and a weeks pay ready to brave near certain chipectomy. Often in times of great personal turmoil, they’ll sometimes risk their marriage, financial security and good standing in their communities for a chance to win both ways and to heed the holy oath to which they have sworn “THE GAME MUST GO ON.”

The time and commitment these fine cadets have devoted to Tuesday night poker exemplifies the type of community spirit our new President GW Bush has called upon for all Americans to follow. They represent the finest examples of the new breed of ponless, compassionate drinkers and gamblers spreading across this great land. Poker on Yentlmen. Poker on!

THE HONOR ROLL

  Doctor G

Some refer to this man of letters as “Number One Fish”. But this understates the magnitude of his contribution to Tuesday Night Poker. His first foray into the game began as a young intern at the psych ward at Rikers Island. After having been casually lured into a few hands by inmates, Dr. Gee began regularly losing two to three packs of cigarettes a day. When prescription medicines later took the place of cigarettes as chips,, prison authorities moved in to close that game down. However, the potent taste of poker stayed strong on the young doctors tongue and when the opportunity arose he jumped at the chance to sub-in at one of New York’s most established games.” The personalities and feel of your game wasn’t all that different from what I was used to at Rikers, so I felt pretty comfortable with you guys. I don’t mind having to do the extra shift at the E.R. to cover my loses either.“ He’s confident his luck will pick up this year but will he have the patients to continue? We’re betting he will.

Becoming an M.D. took him eight years; winning at poker may take him longer. But anyone who’s sat on the other side of the felt from this man can sense his determination and knows one proud day his moment will come to jump from his chair and scream “I AM A WIENER!”

Player profile: Acts confused because he is confused.

Señor Jay

Eeeeeesh! Is this sound the mating call of some exotic tropical bird? Doubtful, especially if heard on a Tuesday Night in New York. It is more likely a moan of intense deliberation uttered by Senor Jay faced with a 25-cent raise. Even among players predominantly of the Jewish faith, Senor Jay’s parsimonious ways are legendary. As the innovator of the ‘Jay Sized Pot ‘(which still bears his namesake) and the 9:30 $20 cut/loss exit strategy, the Senor has, to this day, remained the only player never to have been sung the $50 loser song. Some say that as long as he can stay under his two-vodka/cranberry limit he may well hold that distinction for a lifetime.

 Player profile: Will try to intimidate an opponent with cry of “don’t fight me mommy.”

San Francisco Seth

Don’t let that crunchy California exterior fool you, this man wants your money. As calculating as Bill Gates, count on ‘San Francisco’ Seth Tager to ante up at Tuesday night poker whenever he’s in town. He’ll use that mainframe he parks in his skull to clean you out and be back on a plane to the Golden State before you can pull your pants up. Think that Hombolt County kind bud he just passed you is an act of generosity? Guess again, he’s just anesthetized you for the chipectomy your about to receive.

After his last big win during the Jewish holidays,  S.F Seth was overheard boasting “The only things better than fleecing you east coast pansies out of your money is a slice of Mimi’s Pizza and the combination I find irresistable. ”As the good fortune of so many in Silicon Valley has fallen over this past year so may the fortunes of S.F Seth. Rest assured when his luck finally does runs out, there will be no shortage of players wanting to exact harsh revenge on this infamous grifter.

Player Profile: Liberal use of double reverse bluff. Obsessive chip counting and stacking.

Lord Lansbury:

 As one of the founding members of Tuesday night poker and a ten-year veteran, this man, our only true gentleman player, needs no further introduction. After fathering our poker game back in 1987 Lord Lansbury has taken extended family leave to parent two lovely daughters. “ I love Elizabeth and Baby Georgette but sometimes I wish I had at least one son so that he might serve as the first legacy player for Tuesday night poker. Maybe one of you numb nuts could give it a shot sometime!”

Fortunately, Lord Lansbury has found time on occasion to sub-in back at the old card game where his venerable presents is most appreciated. A staunch defender of the early poker etiquette, Lord Lansbury insists on fatty meats being served at every game and has even hinted at bringing back Treetavern frozen pizzas, if anyone could find one. Traditional, some might say antiquated, games like Baseball is all he will deal and he’s an adamant supporter of keeping the 3^rd Ace rule in place for Iron Cross. As his girls grow older and he one day finds himself living in an apartment with three women we know he’s going to need his regular spot back. Until then, we are happy to let Hank keep his seat warm.

Player Profile: Shifty eyed. Can fall victim to his own A-weed.

Ted O

It is always a blessed and lucrative occasion when Actv’s Ted O is able to sit in at our little gathering. A relatively new reserve player, Ted O was first invited to sit in by Edict, as a sympathetic gesture, after hearing about a recent traumatic event in Ted’s life.                 

Following two years of repeated visits after work, to the Blarney Stone saloon Ted O was finally informed by a fellow bar patron that the “Free beer tomorrow” posting on their wall was merely a novelty sign and that the complimentary brew was never really coming. “It was always manana! manana! with those people down there. I was getting pretty sick of waiting. When I finally realized I had been duped I called my lawyer. When he told me I didn’t have a case I nearly had a breakdown.” Ted found solace at Tuesday poker. “Two drinks with every 25 cent ante. I thought excellent! This is the best deal in town. You guys are excellent”.

Ted O is no slouch when it comes to playing cards. During one game he won over five dollars. Now that the workload over at Actv’s investor relations has quieted down to a crawl, we hope to see his rosy face at the game more often.

Player Profile: Keeps emergency token in shoe to get home after game.

Past Players:

	David Lansbury
	Brian Lansbury (Brain)
	Neal Chalfin
	Stan Adams
	David Chalfin