I had always kind of sucked at poker, but never like I did last Thursday. I sat at the table with the regular gang of guys. Ken was winning the night. He was a big guy, easily over six and a half feet tall. Played college football back in the day. Vishni was from, I think, Pakistan. He was Asian/Indian, dark, inky black hair, a quiet type who was a computer programmer whiz of some sort. Wayne was just a short, fat, trash talking guy who drove a construction supply delivery truck. Tim was currently out of work, skinny guy who looked like he was always figuring out the best angle for himself on everything. And why not? Except it looked like if he had to fuck you on the deal, it wouldn't bother him much. Jeff was the oldest of the poker night crew, probably about sixty or so. Didn't talk much and concentrated on the game.
The evening had reached a point where it was clear Ken was going to walk away with most of the money unless we played until some ridiculous hour. As usual, I was the one who slowed things down and got everyone another round of drinks, followed by another round of drinks and when Tim took out his stash, I was the one most into packing the bong bowl and passing it around. Tim's weed was pretty intense and it wasn't long before no one was really that motivated to deal the next hand.
"Ken's got all the fucking money, anyway," said Jeff. When the game slowed down, he opened up a bit and chatted.
"Yeah," said Tim, "and he's going home to that hot friggin' wife. Man, those hummers must be nice, eh, Ken?" Typical guy talk, but Ken's wife was really put together. Ken smiled and slowly exhaled the bong hit he had been holding in his lungs. "Uhm, like I'd know, after the first year of marriage any kind of that action went god knows where," he said. Everyone laughed.
"Well," said Tim to Ken, "how about we go one more hand. Loser has to suck your dick. At least then you'd be reminded what it was like." Ken smiled, his eyes chinesed almost closed. "Sure as shit, Tim, but if I lose the hand, I get to just take my money and go home, right?"
"If you lose," said Tim, seeing a chance, "you split your money around the table."
This whole thing was being looked at as nothing more than a stoned goof the whole way around the table. I was probably the only one who was weirded out by it because, unknown to any of these guys, I sucked cock now and then on the down low. Don't know why I got into it and decided it wasn't worth trying to figure it out. But when I got an urge, I could and would suck a dick like a champ. Ken always the happy go luckier joker, said, "I'm in."
"Me too," said Tim. I suspect that Vishni had done an analysis of the odds or some super brainy thing and he nodded and said, "count me in," very quietly. You'd could always count on Wayne to be irrationally, if not belligerently, optimistic. "Fuck yes, I'm in," he said. Jeff shrugged his shoulders and confirmed that it was his turn to deal the cards. At that point it seemed like everyone was looking at me.