Poker @ Anakals

Update:
Few corrections.. This is one reason, why I should not be writing these emails when on a conf call :) …
Arrivals: Satish & Familia came before Anil… One more reason, why the Kannada flag did not get to flutter !
Kids: Anaga played with Satya (not Aditi..).. Mallik, Sorry for getting the names wrong!
Poker:
Andy won back his money. He yelled at me for missing out on that, as its been a while since he has won, and I missed to notice that ;)… Yella's lost 5 and Vikram made 15 (not 20)..
I guess, I was too busy counting my own money and forgot much about what others made..
Still waiting for pictures from Mallik.

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Thank you all for coming to the party and for your wishes. We really enjoyed hosting it.
Minutes of Friday's get together:
Arrivals: People started to come in at 9'O. The Prasad's were the first to arrive. Padakis came right behind them.. Sunil who came along with Anil, stopped us from flying the Kannada flag… Devaraju's, Vikram and Ajoy soon followed. Yella's, Lanka's and Meenakshisundaram's trickled in.. By around 9:45 everyone that were expected were there… ( Why did I even bother to write this! )
Kids: Aditi and Satya got off to a good start and cliqued well together.. They holed up in Rithvi's toy room and played there.. Siddarth started to enjoy the spidey tent and then the girls encroached it. Rithvi was busy smooth talking the dads with girls (Anand, Anil and Mallik). And when they were busy looking away, he sneaked towards the beer bottles.
The Ladies: I really don’t know what the girls were talking about.. As long as Haritha doesn't get any new ideas on clothes & jewelry, I don’t really bother much about it.
The Men: After popping the champagne, it was same as usual… beer, smokes & juvenile chat…
The POKER Game: ( Deliberations in the order of the seating)===================================
Yash (+55) : The most I ever won! Got some real good cards..
Sridhar (-20): Sridhar was busy thinking about the "Presentation" training schedule.. Forgot to play poker.
Ajoy (-20) : 20 down but not out.. Still up when counting the last few weeks of winning..
Vikram(+20) : Started with $10. Got some good cards.. But when Vikram played, others didn’t.. If he played past the first round, everyone were throwing away their cards… He had to win quite a few rounds to make the $20.
Andy (-20) : Won couple of rounds.. Ended up loosing.
Lanka's (-20) : Luck was not on his side.. Anand was ;) !!!
Lavanya (-20) : Sitting next to Sudhakar did not help..
Sameera (+25): Sridhar lost and Sameera won.. I noticed that Sameera sitting far away from Sridhar.. And then heard someone saying "When Sridhar helps, Sameera loses".
Sunil : Enjoyed the show and Vikram's one liners...
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Good luck for the next one..
Thanks
Yash