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Official Announcement! Gameface Poker Resurrection -- Saturday Apr. 23rd @7pm

To add to what GF said, "table talk" is a poker term for people who aren't in a hand and alter the play by either tipping someone off or by talking to someone in a hand. Personally, the latter annoys me as long as it does not impede the pace of play. If we are having a conversation before the hand then why stop in the middle of a hand?

Also, I really don't care if you want to discuss a hand that I'm in. We aren't playing Phil Ivey or Tom Dwan (the two best poker players on the planet). If a player wants to take advice about what I have then I will find a way to use it against you. Back in my semi-pro days I did this a ton since I knew pretty much everyone's game and they thought they knew mine. That's why pretending to have pocket aces made me plenty of money. Siro, look into that strat.
 
A little late, but here are some pics of the final few players.

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Gameface said:
So, the origin of the mystery beers...

Last year I served as a steward at the Beehive Brew Off. When the competition has been judged they basically open up the the refrigerated trailer full of beer and tell the judges and stewards to please take it all off their hands so they don't have to deal with it. There was easily 500 beers in there. I'm not sure exactly how many there really were, but 500 is a very conservative estimate. about 8 of us went in and loaded up. A few who were more experienced than me knew what they were looking for. I took about 48 beers total and stopped because I didn't want to take too much, but honestly I could have taken 100 beers or more and no one would have batted an eye.

You don't have to have anything to do with homebrewing to be a steward at the Beehive Brew Off. I plan on doing it again this year. If anyone wants to come with just let me know. At the competition stewards organize the beers and provide them to the judges. They pour what they need to judge the beer and there is usually about 4oz left over per bottle. As a steward you are free to sample and compare notes with the judges. They'll usually tell you if there is one you should try. In fact, when they have a really good one they tell the event organizers to check it out.

It's pretty laid back. It's a good way to learn about the beer competition process. Both the owner of Salt City Brew Supply and Beer Nut are there and several local homebrewers turned pro-brewers too. Great way to meet the people involved in Utah's local beer industry. Many of the judges were employees of the local breweries.

Oh, and they provide breakfast and lunch. It all happens at the Bayou, and the Bayou makes the lunch.

Seriously, hit me up for details. I'll be there and they can usually use a few extra stewards.
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Isnt this coming up soon? Some day next month? Any chance they still need volunteers. I would still love to help out at it or be apart of it in anyway.
 
Broncster said:
Isnt this coming up soon? Some day next month? Any chance they still need volunteers. I would still love to help out at it or be apart of it in anyway.
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Yes, judging takes place on the 20th and 21st of Aug.
 
Broncster said:
Should I do something to volunteer with them? I saw they had some contact form thing to volunteer.
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I think it's pretty informal, but you could register at the beehive brew off site and indicate you're available to steward. But really, if you show up at the Bayou at 9am on the 20th and say you're there to steward they'll put you to work.
 
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