I visited my Alma mater Sam Houston State last weekend for my fraternity annual Big Bamboo Bash Party. The party was on Friday night and had planned a poker tournament fundraiser for Saturday. The best time would be in the late afternoon but we had to reschedule around the NFL Draft that was going to [...]
TKE House Fundraiser
I put together a small tourney for my fraternity to help raise money for the new house. The best time to do it was the day of the fraternity’s Bid Day Party (last Sat) at around 3pm. I figured everyone would be drinking but I put the tables off to the side and tried to [...]
East Texas Poker
I was invited to east Texas (Groves) by a fraternity brother of mine, Chavo, for a poker tournamnet. I helped him set it up as far as blinds and chips. I also told him I would deal and play so that we could use a full size table and keep everything moving along. The structure [...]
Bombs Over BYA’A
Here is an article about one of my TKE Fraternity Brothers fighting in Iraq… Fighting bombs with bombs Servicemembers find explosives-laden city is better handled by air By Sean Kimmons, Stars and Stripes Sean Kimmons/S & S Capt. Michael Martin, commander of Palehorse Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, looks over the targets of [...]
TKE UFC and Poker
My Fraternity Alumni Association hosted a party on Saturday that included the UFC fight and a poker tourney. The fight was in London so the time over here was an odd 2pm. There was a bout 15-20 people there and after the fight we had a 6pm poker tourney scheduled. The fights ended at about [...]
