AIM POKER NIGHTS

AIM Poker Nights: Union Tournament

2009-03-05T04:02:00.003+08:00

The AIM Poker Nights in cooperation with Pavaanjeet and Sameer of MBA Cohort 3 proudly brings you the UNION Tournament this Saturday, March 7. The Tournament will be a gathering of poker enthusiasts, united by a common interest... POKER!!

The Tournament shall start at 10pm. The buy-in for this tournament will be 300 pesos.
There will be a bar at the event venue (poolside) care of the Drunken Ducks.

For those who are interested to join you can immediately sign up with Pavaanjeet and Sameer who will be heading this event. This special tournament is part of their Walkabout Project and the Poker Boys are more than willing to help their fellow students.

So boys and girls see you this Saturday!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Poker Night Wednesday

2009-03-03T21:20:00.005+08:00

The AIM Poker Nights are doing an experimental schedule where this week's regular Thursday game will be held tomorrow Wednesday (March 4)

This time there will be new good-looking tandem who will be managing tomorrow's event. They are Umesh Kandpal and Abhishek Kumar of Cohort 3.

The table will be open from 10pm at the pool side.

see ya there

PS: Post your comments on how good the new dealers are from Cohort 3

XOXO
Poker Girl

Poke Boy Ken Starts Own Blog

2009-02-28T16:48:00.003+08:00

Poker Boy Ken decided to start his own blog. He says it feels almost therapeutic writing your thoughts, goals, adventures and misadventures. He wished he could have done it sooner.

Visit his blog at www.kenreyeslao.blogspot.com

Find out more about Ken and how thinks

XOXO
Poker Girl

Rankings February 19, 2009

2009-02-28T16:22:00.004+08:00

Sorry guys if I haven't updated the blog since the February Tournament... the Valentine hangover took longer to wear off than I expected. Any ways it seems that everyone has kept themselves busy playing the game that we all love.

There is something different in this particular ranking because I heard from Poker boy Mark that he wanted to reward the winners of the poker tournament. He granted them bonus points equivalent to double their monetary winnings.

That's why Sid in this particular ranking is up the positive zone.

I feel that this is an incentive for everyone to perform well in the tournaments.
I think there's another one coming up but its currently in the wood work

XOXO
Poker Girl

Photos: Queen of Hearts Poker Tournament

2009-02-18T01:31:00.003+08:00

Queen Of Hearts: Valentines Day Poker Tournament

Setting the mood for a romantic game of Poker

Poker Boy Ken's showmanship is unparalleled
on the day of hearts

Ken and Pierre Francis Tan
Lover Boys

Poker Tournament Table 2

Poker Tournament Table 1

Cohort 2 President Franco Ongkingco visits
AIM Poker Nights after a romantic dinner with his girlfriend Nikki

WE HEART Poker!

The Top 3 winners of the 1st ever Poker Tournament
3rd: Rohit
2nd: Ken
1st: Sid

Congratulations and Thank you everyone who supported the event.
hope to see you again in the next one.

On this day of hearts,

maybe Love is like Luck. You have to go all-in to find it.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Valentine Day Poker Tournament Results

2009-02-18T00:37:00.005+08:00

Siddhartha Banerjee (aka Le Chiffre) wins the Queen Of Hearts Poker Tournament with a Queen trips on the river. A fitting ending to Aim Poker Nights 1st Poker Tournament on the day of hearts.

The AIM Poker Nights' first official tournament is very well attended. The V-day Poker Tourney featured 16 players from different cohorts and programs of the Asian Institute of Management and a lone visitor in Pierre Francis Tan who has been a long time friend of Poker Boy Ken. To accommodate all the players the poker boys opened a second table.

Only nine players reached the final table: Table 1 (Ashu, Chris, Ashish, Ken, and Rahul) Table 2 (Siddhartha, Rohit, Pavaan, and Pierre). Sid started the final table with the lowest chip count but miraculously ended the night with a bang.

When it came down to the final two players (Sid and Ken) they both went all-in before the flop. Sid got Queen High and Ken got a King High. On the flop both a King and a Queen appeared giving Ken the advantage of a King pair over Sid's Queen pair. On the Turn came a numbered card and it seemed that Ken was about to win the tournament. Cupid must have been watching this V-day Poker Tournament and the Queen of Hearts appeared on the River. Poker boy Ken had to settle for a second place finish because no one could have written a better ending to a very exciting tournament.

Congratulations Sid, you are now the official King of Hearts of AIM Poker Nights.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Queen of Hearts: A Valentine Day Tournament

2009-02-13T03:42:00.001+08:00

This is an open invite to all lonely boys out there who will be sitting out their saturday night because they don't have a date for V-Day. Don't worry Poker Girl will accompany you.

As the Knights in the middle ages so gallantly fought for the affection of their fair maiden so must you showcase your poker skills to win the affection of the Queen of Hearts. This is the first Valentines Day Tournament and the first official AIM Poker Nights Tourney.

Ground rules for the lonely boys... The buy-in is at 300 pesos. You can only buy in once. Once your chips runs out you are eliminated from the game.

I need to know how many people will participate in our official tournament so email us your names and program at aimpokernights@gmail.com
PRE-REGISTRATION is Required.

See ya there!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Balut Challenge

2009-02-10T20:56:00.004+08:00

The Ultimate Philippine Fear Factor

by the Food Club

Exhibit 1: Duck Eggs or "Balut" to Filipinos

Balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly developed embryo inside
It is a Southeast Asian delicacy which is popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac.

it looks like no one is really scared of it...
hahaha

TODA is the man.

Cohort 3 accepts the Balut Challenge

Poker Boys with the 2 of the makers of the Balut Challenge
Carmie and Clarence
(C2)

This picture says it all.

I, personally, am not fond of eating half developed embryo
but I'm an expert in cracking eggs...

XOXO
Poker Girl

Guess Who Wasn't Suited Up??

2009-02-09T22:34:00.002+08:00

This is really hilarious!! The school was conducting its annual marketing campaign by taking pictures of its students in their "natural habitat" (the case room) and it seemed that someone didn't read their mail to wear their business suits to class.

All three poker boys ( Dindo, Ken, Mark) located at the front row, wore their casual wear while everybody was in their Sunday's best.

It will be incredibly easy to identify which guys will be "photoshoped" out of this picture.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Rankings February 7 2009

2009-02-09T03:04:00.002+08:00

Somebody send Arora a message cuz it looks like he was bumped off the proverbial poker pedestal in our AIM Poker Nights Rankings. Mr.Cynical with his wit and banter manages to
outmatch his fellow poker players to grab top honors.

Another noteworthy achievement is the string of stellar performance of Chris "The Godfather" China to break his way out of the bottom cellar and into 27th place. People around the table has noticed a different style of play... more calculated, more ruthless. Going up against the Godfather requires a lot of guts and a high chip count because you'll definitely need it.

AIM Poker Nights welcome our new players from Butan... Sangye and Pema. They were very quick learners and very animated during the game. Maybe because of the beer hahaha but seriously hope to see you guys more in poker nights.

XOXO
Poker Girl

AIM Poker Nights Fund Raiser

2009-02-08T19:16:00.004+08:00

The Poker Boys were approached by their Marketing Professor (Prof Richard Cruz) and pitched the idea of holding a fund raiser for another Professor who currently has cancer.

The boys will come up with various fund raisers to help Professor Quintos-Gonzales with her ongoing battle against Cancer.

For those of you who don't know her she is a core faculty of the W. SyCip Graduate School of Business (WSGSB). She served as the director of the FAMCOR program since 1998. The FAMCOR program is geared towards understanding and managing the Family Corporation.

Updates on the fund raising activities to follow.

Hope that everyone will show their support in their own way.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Special Poker Night Friday

2009-02-07T21:17:00.002+08:00

It was a sad day on last Thursday night when the poker boys had to cancel poker nights because of their academic commitments. But the Poker boys made up for it when they gave up their Friday evening for a special round of Poker at the Asian Institute of Management.

AIM Poker Nights was so in demand that the students of the Institute wanted a special poker night to replace the one that they sorely missed last Thursday.

According to Poker Boy Mark, "it was one of the best nights we ever had in terms of showcasing poker skills". The night showcased old and new players having a blast with the music of the cohort 3 party as their background.

POKER NIGHTS CANCELED

2009-02-05T02:15:00.002+08:00

Poker Nights for February 05, 2009 is canceled due to the Poker Boys preparation for their
Strategic Negotiations Class the next day. The boys are really into this subject and are currently trying to outdo the other in terms of class performance. I heard from the boys that this simulation class being conducted by prof. Confessor and prof. DeVera is one of their best electives by far.

Regular Poker Night will resume on Saturday.

Unless of course someone from Cohort 3 takes the their place for one night.
will someone step up or we'll just wait for the Poker Boys on Saturday?
your call.

XOXO
Poker Girl

AIM Pokernights Logo Prototype

2009-02-01T16:30:00.003+08:00

Hey guys, the Poker Boys were thinking of what kind of logo AIM Poker Nights should have and would really like to hear some of your ideas and suggestions.

Here is a prototype logo that Fiddy Ganzon did for the AIM Poker Nights. She said I was the inspiration for her logo. I was very flattered... thanks girl! So What do you guys think?
We really need everyone's input before the poker boys officially launch the logo.

If you like it, hate it or have something different in mind, comment on this post
to show us your own version of what you think the logo should be, send it to our
email add: aimpokernights@gmail.com

If your logo is chosen we will send you the first tshirt memorabilia of AIM Poker Nights
for free.

it would be nice if you also keep me in mind when you the logo hahaha
Vote on the Poll

XOXO
Poker Girl

METRO CARD CLUB

2009-01-31T23:00:00.006+08:00

Poker Boys Ken and Mark visited the Metro Card Club in MetroWalk in Ortigas. Ken used to play at the old venue with some of his friends and this was the first time he entered the new venue which featured a huge floor area that has numerous poker table and.... a lone billiard table( hmmm maybe for this is for the guys who cant get a seat yet).

The guys met the manager (Brian) of the Metro Card Club and did a little chat about trying to hold an event in this very fine poker establishment... I wonder what the Poker Boys are cooking up.

To find out more about the METRO CARD CLUB please check out their site. And for those of you who play poker in METRO CARD CLUB please let us know how you feel about this place so that our readers will have an idea.

Good Luck at the Tables!

XOXO

Poker Girl

Chinese New Year Sights at Manila China Town (Part 2)

2009-01-28T23:26:00.009+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

DRAGON DANCE

Poker Boys Mark and Ken with...

Chris, Rohit, Jacob, Anna, Rachna, Grace

JADED Charms

Lucky fruits!

Ken vs. Golden Buddah

Luck for sale

Anna all smiles at ongpin

Rohit, Rachna and Poker Boy Ken

Poker Boy Mark vs. Makati Foodie Jacob

at Presidents Restaurant in China town

Chinese Food

China town @ Night

Toda Wants to be AIM's Next Poker Boy

2009-01-27T19:19:00.003+08:00

Toda wants to be the AIM's Next Poker Boy. He is a graduate of Industrial Engineering from the De La Salle University in Manila Philippines. He is currently in Cohort 3 of the MBA Program of the Asian Institute of Managment.

Find out more about Toda in AIM's Next Poker Boy

Poker Boys Drops on Manila China town Part 1

2009-01-26T13:36:00.002+08:00

The Poker Boys took the initiative and invited some AIM Students from different courses to visit Manila China Town. The China town is located in Binondo, Manila just across the Pasig River.

Prior to Makati, Binondo was the center of the financial and business district in the Philippines. Personally I think that the place has lost its sparkle compared to Makati but it still has this rich history which many still find very intriguing to this day.

The Poker Boys, along with a small AIM delegation, left the campus grounds a little after 2:00pm on the day before the Chinese New Year Celebration. And they soon found themselves in the heart of a very busy China town street called Ongpin. Anna Laczynska (ISEP student) from Poland, is the epitome of child-like excitement, taking pictures and trying out local food like there was no tomorrow.

to be continued...

Rankings on January 24, 2009

2009-01-25T23:27:00.002+08:00

It was a night of firsts in AIM Poker Nights... Mr.Bond raked in 6,000 points which is the highest ever in one night. He has caught idle players by surprise and is now in the number 2 spot in our poker rankings. He is poised to take on Arora's number 1 spot by force.

Mr.Cynical also won big, especially after finishing off Mystery in the last deal of the night (6 am in the morning to be exact). He raked in Mystery's chips with a diamond A and K Flush.

Watch out for more as our players get better and better

XOXO
Poker Girl

The Search For the AIM's NEXT POKER BOY

2009-01-24T19:38:00.004+08:00

The Poker Boys are looking to take the AIM Poker Nights to the next level and they need your help. We are in search for AIM's Next Poker Boy!!

AIM Poker Nights is expanding to new activities, like AIM Poker Tours, and the AIM Poker Invitationals, and we would like you to be part of these elite group of young men. We are looking for individuals who will be able to lead the AIM Poker Community and hopefully some of you will rise up to the challenge.

What does it take to be the AIM's Next Poker Boy?

He should possess creative leadership, an entrepreneurial spirit, a great sense of humor, and of course a passion for POKER. (Exceptional Poker skills is NOT a Requirement)

If you feel you are the one, then we will be glad to hear from you.
Send us a simple email answering the following questions

1. Name
2. Nationality
3. What is the craziest thing you will ever do for AIM Poker Nights
4. Contact/ Cell Number
5. Email

Send this to aimpokernights@gmail.com

Try out now .... Because the "BIG BOYS Go ALL In"

XOXO
Poker Girl

Photos of January 22, 2009

2009-01-24T16:16:00.004+08:00

The First AIM Poker Tutorials was very well attended

Eager to Learn the ways of Poker

Poker Boy Dindo Explains the Blinds

Neeraj a.k.a Mystery steps in as mock dealer for AIM Poker Tutorials

Diverse Group of Players

Show Cards

Anticipation....

Emil "3rdRocSun" Tan sits beside Poker Boy Dindo

Arlene Salvador of MM drops by to visit the Poker Boys

Maverick intensely looking at the outcome

Poker Boys Comes Home Defeated but Full

2009-01-24T15:42:00.005+08:00

Immortalized in the Burger Avenue Hall of Fame
Jacob "Makati Foodie" Tharian and Emil
with them are our very own
Poker boys Mark and Ken

Poker Boy Ken: "It was just too BIG"

Jacob the MAKATI Foodie triumphs over Poker Boys Mark and Ken when they met up at Burger Avenue for their RIDICULOUS BURGER CHALLENGE! It was a hard fought battle but in the end the true food critique won. (watch out for jacob's post on his blog www.makatifoodie.blogspot.com )

The boys had good fun stuffing their faces with that 1 pound Burger. It takes great skill and determination to really swallow that Ridiculous Burger in 5 minutes. Poker Boy Mark was few seconds away from being part of the Hall of Fame. Poker boy Ken said (with a mischievous glint in his eye) "Mark should practice how to swallow."

Hats off again to the competition. If there are anymore food challenge from our dear friend Jacob the poker boys will be always up for the challenge.

Till the next challenge

XOXO
Poker Girl

Rankings on January 22, 2009

2009-01-24T14:03:00.003+08:00

Poker Rookies joined the AIM PokerNight Veterans last Jan 22. They wanted to try out what they have learned from the Poker Tutorials and it seemed some of them actually learned something.

But the biggest news was there were big movers from the bottom half of the rankings. Le chiffre moved from previous rank of 26 to 22. And Mystery who was down -2800 points gained more points than anyone leaving him now at -1675 points (however he made minimal movement in the rankings.)

PimpAss Paradise continues his winning ways and still has a solid lock on number 2 spot. Semi-newbie Maverick (formerly known as KK) has moved from 17th place to 7th... impressive wins on a couple hands makes a big difference.

Press on poker players. wishing you luck on the tables.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Poker Boys Ken Looks Good in Chocolate

2009-01-23T03:37:00.006+08:00

Poker Boy Ken celebrates his 26th birthday with the AIM Poker Nights community. Just to show his dedication and passion to this community, he conducted the POKER tutorial on his birthday.

But true to the ASIAN INSTITUTE of MANAGEMENT Birthday Tradition, Poker Boy was presented a birthday cake, got a birthday song (ISEP student Anna sang the Polish version) and a Cake in the Face.

For the longest time it has seemed that the "cake in the face" ceremonies here at the institute has been around since the dawn of AIM time.

And to be honest, Poker boy Ken, you look good in chocolate!
Brings a whole new meaning to sweetening the pot!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Poker Boys will answer the RIDICULOUS CHALLENGE

2009-01-22T14:17:00.003+08:00

Hey boys and girls, here's some breaking news! The Poker Boys will have to face one of the most RIDICULOUS CHALLENGE in their MBA careers and that is to eat the RIDICULOUS BURGER at Burger Avenue.

They will hook up with Jake the MAKATI FOODIE (view his funny insights on food and restos in his blog www.makatifoodie.blogspot.com) this Saturday. They will go on a RIDICULOUS Burger Showdown at high noon!

WHO WILL WIN??? will it be our very own poker boys or will it be the makati foodie? Or will all of them succumb to the three big, thick, juicy patties of Burger Avenue's RIDICULOUS BURGER!

Find out this Saturday who will be the last man (or burger) standing!

Rankings January 17, 2009

2009-01-21T12:12:00.004+08:00

The biggest mover from the Poker Night held in Tagaytay was Mr.Cynical finishing off his opponents like a madman. He was on fire that night that all his competitors dropped from their previous rankings.

Maybe a change in scenery does alter ones game and strategy. Watch out for the AIM Poker Tour.

Poker Boys to hold 1st official turorials on POKER

2009-01-20T16:28:00.003+08:00

Due to public demand the Poker Boys will be conducting its First ever Poker Tutorial on Thursday, January 22 '09 at 10pm at the pool side of the Asian Institute Management Campus.

Poker boys will conduct a structured course on Poker so that students who participate will hopefully get a better understanding and appreciation of the sport.

As of this blog there are 10 students of MBA Cohort 3 who are willing and eager to learn Poker. For the other poker virgins out there who are interested please drop by the pool side and discover the sport through AIM Poker Nights and the ever lovable poker boys.

* Poker Tutorials will be headed by Poker Boys Dindo and Ken
* AIM Poker Nights is still on regular schedule (Thurs 9:30pm and Sat 9:30pm)

Let's go all in this Thursday!!

XOXO
Poker Girl

3rdRocSon Banned From Poker Nights This Week

2009-01-20T13:51:00.003+08:00

AIM Poker Player Emil "3rdRocSon" Tan is banned from playing in this week's poker nights. The Poker Boys has banned Emil Tan this week for reasons that is very close to our hearts...

Emil, an MM 2009 (Masters of Management) student has to concentrate on his school work more this week as their deadlines are coming up next week. He will try to finish off some work on his MRR or thesis. He is currently writing on a feasibility study of a food business.

The Poker Boys, first and foremost, support academic activities before anything else. This bi-weekly Poker gathering is more of a relaxing escape from the pressures of the caseroom. A venue where everyone just be themselves. But the AIM Poker Nights should never get in the way of each student's responsibility to study and learn.

well boys and girls, seems like the poker boys is putting their foot down in this issue.
we will just have to play hard and study harder...

XOXO
Poker Girl

AIM Poker Girl part of Community of Pokerblogs Worldwide

2009-01-20T02:25:00.004+08:00

Hey boys and girls, I have good news and even greater news...

The good news is that I discovered that there is this whole community of Poker bloggers in POKERWEBLOGS.com and the GREAT news is that, yours truly is now part of that growing community with AIM POKER NIGHTS as my official poker blog shown in the community.

PokerWeblogs hosts different poker bloggers worldwide, most coming from the United States and Europe. So far I haven't seen or read anyone coming from ASIA.

Keep on reading the blogs cuz i'll surely keep you on the edge of your seat.
visit me sometimes on my http://aimpokergirl.pokerweblogs.com/

XOXO
Poker Girl

First AIM Poker Nights held off campus

2009-01-18T23:03:00.003+08:00

If everyone was wondering why there was no poker night last Saturday that's because the Poker boys took a trip to Tagaytay with Cohort 2. They went on a boat ride, visited the Taal Volcano, enjoyed the scenery, ate Buko (Coconut) Pie, and of course played POKER!

This will be one of many AIM Poker Nights that will be held off campus.

Poker Boy Ken said that they were testing it out to see if an off campus game was logistically feasible. I guess nothing is impossible with these guys...

XOXO
Poker Girl

Happy Birthday To Poker Boy Dindo

2009-01-18T22:26:00.003+08:00

AIM Poker Nights Community would like to greet Poker Boy Dindo a Happy Birthday. Girlfriend of Poker Boy Dindo, Fiddy Ganzon, visits AIM Poker Nights and her MAN (you go girl!)

Trivia:
Fiddy's mom graduated from AIM Masters of Entrepreneurship. She's thinking of studying at the institute as well.

Photos of January 15,2009

2009-01-18T21:53:00.002+08:00

Seems like the Poker Boys are at it again
Starts off January in Style.

Peeps from Cohort 2 teaches ISEP student Anna
about Poker.

Cohort 2 Class President Franco Ongkingco
inaugurates Brand New Poker Table.

Franco: "This is just like playing poker in Facebook!"

Sandy was all smiles when he saw the new poker table.
It was like opening a big present

Looks very professional boys. Nice touch.

Watch out for more surprises...
XOXO
Poker Girl

Poker Boys Kicks off 2009 with a SURPRISE

2009-01-18T21:40:00.005+08:00

The Poker Boys surprises avid followers of AIM Poker Nights with something big... hard... long and feels really good! Its a brand new Poker Table Top. This has definitely brought a smiles to everyone's faces.

This is to show everyone that the Poker Boys are serious about giving the students of this institute quality Poker entertainment.

Keep Up the Good Work boys...

XOXO
Poker Girl

Photos of December 15,2008

2009-01-18T21:10:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the late post boys and girls...
These are the year-end photos of
AIM Poker Nights for 2008

Cohort 3 came in full force...
But Toda came in style!
scores points for being the best dressed
poker playa of the year!

The Rose among the thorns, Ms. KT of Cohort 3,
watches intently as the game comes to an exciting conclusion
on the River
'hey girl im still waiting for you to come out and play with us'

Aldie (in green) contemplates on strategy because Pao (in White)
was raking everything in.
This was Pao's debut in AIM Poker Nights

Thanks for the support everyone!
Hope to see more of you in 2009!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Rankings January 15 2009

2009-01-17T09:31:00.007+08:00

AIM PokerNight Rankings are back. Let's see who gets to be on top!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Back to School; Back to PokerNights

2009-01-15T15:10:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year future managers, welcome back to the institute. Glad to see familiar faces once again. Hope that holiday break didn't slow you down because the Poker Boys will keep you on your toes this year and it's going to be great.

We bid farewell to Batch 1 who graduated last December 2008. We will be retiring their CodeNames in the new section of the blog Poker Player Archives.
We also bid a temporary farewell to our cohorts from Batch 2 that took part in the ISEP Program; make us proud. But we would like to welcome with open arms the ISEP exchange student who will be hanging out with us in the Asian Institute of Management for a couple of months (Anna, John, Eddy, and Thomas and Tom).

Heard that some of you have been practicing during the Holidays... well it is time to show off those poker faces and skills.

AIM Poker Nights 9:30 pm at pool side.

see ya there!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Poker Boys Dance in Christmas Party

2008-12-15T19:26:00.002+08:00

The Asian Institute of Management held its annual Christmas Party last December 10, 2008.
It was headed and organized by the MM batch of 2009. Hosted by our very lovely Arlene Salvador and the dashing Emil Tan.

Since 'tis the season for giving the Poker Boys (Mark, Ken, and Dindo) along with MBA Cohort 2 Class President Franco Ongkingco decided to perform for the whole AIM community. They danced to the medley of jingle bell rock and Mommy's kissing Santa Clause.

well to sum it all up. They stole the show.

this gets me thinking what else can these poker boys do...
we'll soon find out

XOXO
Poker Girl

Photos from December 7, 2008 Poker Nights

2008-12-15T18:39:00.006+08:00

Neeraj aka "Mr.Mystery" and Sachin aka the "Tipping Point"
smiles for the camera even though their almost down to their last poker chip

"P" can't seem to get enough of the Poker Boys
Poses with Poker Boy Dindo Ofrecio aka "PimpAss Paradise"

"P" poses with the Poker twins Kenneth and Mark
its like there's a two for one xmas promo with these two around

Arlene brought her Boyfriend Banjo to AIM Poker Nights
with them is Dindo (left) and Emil "3rdRockSon" Tan

Gino Romero visits his long time buddies in AIM Poker nights
with him are P & C and Bok "Cereal Gigolo" Lamayan

HoHoHo Santa's got a new poker player in Chris Chan from the MDM program

Poker boy Ken aka "Scarlet Spyder" strikes a pose with the "Cereal Gigolo"
to model their hats

Omesh aka Mr.Bond contemplates his next move

Anton "Little LT" plays a little poker while waiting for his wife.

Guess which LOB Professor this Accounting wiz kid was named after??
uhuh u guessed right!

Rankings December 7, 2008

2008-12-15T18:15:00.003+08:00

sorry for the late posting... was busy doing some holiday shopping but now its back to poker night mode.

Arora is still leading the AIM pack for the second night in a row. Jitesh (AIM visitor) was just dropping by but eventually played his cards right to grab some points off the poker regulars.

Gear up to break into the top 5 boys and girls
you never know what santa is going to bring you when your playing good in poker

XOXO
Poker Girl

The PimpASS Paradise Challenge

2008-12-08T12:56:00.001+08:00

this just in: Rumor has it that pimpass paradise is challenging the top 5 players of the poker night club to showdown texas holdem 500peso buy-in tourney with no re-buy. money doesn't drive pimpass rankings it's all about pride and glory.

will let you bad boys decide on the date and the place. good luck, drink up and make the poker boys proud!!!!

xoxo
Poker Girl

Photos From December 5, 2008 Poker Night

2008-12-06T11:22:00.004+08:00

Arlene Salvador of MM 2009 takes center stage
as she steps in as the 1st Poker Night Guest Dealer

Arlene poses with Poker Boys Dindo Ofrecio and Kenneth Reyes-Lao

Spotted: KT (in pink jacket) one of the class presidents of MBA batch3
she has been spotted twice already in poker nights,
the guys are wondering when will she come out to play??

Edwin "The MBA Degree Holder" Del Valle of MBA Batch 1
brings out his lucky charms for Poker Nights

Ann-Sophie Bauwens, our Belgian Exchange Student, and her boyfriend Ludovig Cox
drops by Poker Nights and poses with Poker Boy Mark Uy

Professor Ortigas (right most) starting to rake in the chips
to the sounds of Rock of old.
Arora (center) taking the role of Poker Professor
teaching the game

Who says MBA students don't know how to Multi-Task??
TODA is a prime example of the AIM student
Poker chips in one hand and a highlighted case in another.

John "The Canadian" Lim (in black shirt) of MBA Batch 3 shocks the
Poker Fashion world by forgetting to wear his trademark Poker Sunglasses
beside him are Infinite Justice and Sampoerno

OMG!!! spotted: "P" and "C" gracing the Poker boys with their presence
I couldn't believe they found the time in their busy schedule
of taking YOGA, Shopping, and Relaxing to come to play.
thanks "P&C"
mwah!

XOXO
Poker Girl

The New Entrants

2008-12-05T23:35:00.002+08:00

Well well, it seems AIM Poker Night is gaining some traction from the other classes. Here are the New Entrants (in alphabetical order)

Arora
CHUCK
DON
Don Ramon
Infinite Justice
MBA Degree Holder
Middle Blind
"P"
PimpAss Paradise
Sampoerno
The Canadian

The Poker Boys welcomes them to Poker Nights.

Stay tuned for more gossips about these fabulous players

Remember Boys and Girls if you're not being talked about then your not famous.

XOXO
Poker Girl

New Entrants Steal Show; Arora Leads the Pack

2008-12-05T22:56:00.005+08:00

I heard that AIM Poker Nights has increased its total player base to 21 players. The new entrants seemed to be holding very well on their own as they did very well in the December 5 outing. Guess the new kids on the block want to show they can play with the big boys.

Arora, playing with a lot of guts and a lot of luck, leads all players with 2220 points. 3rdRocSun performed very well after his dismal performance last Sunday grabbing the second spot of the rankings. PimpAss Paradise started the games with his aggressive tactics and continued to rake in the chips to secure the third spot. PimpAss Paradise is followed closely by Pythogoras and the ever lovable "P".

Our previous leader, Le Chiffre, drops down to the number 6th spot and Mystery takes a dive from being the previous number 2 spot to 12th spot. I guess this just wasn't their night.

The boys of MBA batch 3 seemed to be a little distracted... is it because of Poker Boys' Guest Dealer?? Well next time boys keep your eye on the prize. I know The Canadian will come back with a vengence (or with his sunglasses) and represent the MBA batch 3.

till next time,

XOXO

Poker Girl

Rankings December 5, 2008

2008-12-05T22:28:00.005+08:00

It seemed like there were a lot casualties this time around.

For those at the bottom cellar. don't worry there's nowhere else to go but up!

XOXO
Poker Girl

Professors Ortigas and Bernardo Visits AIM Poker Nights

2008-12-05T21:10:00.006+08:00

Spotted: Professor Titos Ortigas and Professor Jay Bernardo drops by AIM Poker Nights.

Professor Ortigas took time out from his busy schedule checking MRRs to play poker with some of the students from MBA batch 1,2,3 and the MM batch.

Congratulations Professor Jay Bernardo for the first place finish in the rival poker night event. But I guess the poker boys made their poker night more interesting for him to take a peek at the REAL thing.

I hear Professor Ortigas showed the guys a thing or two about poker taking some of them back to school. It seemed to be a relaxing break from the series of MRRs especially when the poker boys played rock music of his "time". Don't worry Professor, the only thing that's important is that we stay young at heart.

XOXO

Poker Girl

Arlene Salvador Steps in As Guest Dealer

2008-12-05T01:31:00.003+08:00

The lovely Arlene Salvador, a student of Masters of Management '09(MM), steps in as the first of a series of Guest Dealers of AIM Poker Nights!

Watch out boys, this girl is a fighter, she rocks the the caseroom as hard as she partys.

Catch Arlene around campus next week as she hosts the AIM annual Christmas Party on December 10 Wednesday!

Thanks for the early Christmas present Arlene

XOXO

Poker Girl

Card Slingin'

2008-12-03T18:57:00.006+08:00

This just in... I hear THE Poker Boys got some unwanted competition.

Didn't expect poker nights to be really big this soon but guess what? we

have "the other poker night" competing with our poker boys. You know

what they say, imitation is the biggest form of flattery.

But I'm sure this news is not sitting very well with our poker boys.

All's fair in love and war.

In this case, poker wars.

What will our poker boys do? guess wil have to wait and see.

XOXO

Poker Girl

Le Chiffre Sweeps Off With First Night Winnings

2008-12-01T21:24:00.001+08:00

Mr. Cynical was the 1st one taken out but re-buys for P100, followed by his partner in crime Scarlet Spyder. Till the end of the game the following players taken out in order:
Blue Chip
Mr. Cynical
3rd RocSon

Mystery took an early chip lead. Le Chiffre catches up and starts to wittle down his opponents by “sweetening the pot”, a little trick he learned from Baguio.
Pythogoras cashes out just as Mothership takes a seat and before the bets got too sweet

Le Chiffre ends up as 1st place for 12/1 poker night showing everyone how he got his handle. Mystery had a very good start but didn’t have the endurance for the long haul. Tsk tsk, you know what girls say about that Mr. Mystery.

Mothership shows that you don’t have to be a man to rise to the top of the world, a girl after my own heart. Seems Mothership and I have something in common, we both want to be on top. At the bottom is Mr. Cynical, I guess he still has a lot to be cynical about.

XOXO

Poker Girl

Rankings December 1, 2008

2008-12-01T20:33:00.002+08:00

Hey boys and girls, rankings out and hopefully this will satisfy our competitive urges.

Player Previous Points Point Change Current Points

1740 = Le Chiffre
180 = Mystery
180 =Kits
90 =Mothership
-190 =Pythogoras
-400 =3rdRocSun
-400 =Scarlet Spyder
-400 =Blue Chip
-800 =Mr. Cynical

Looks like Le Chiffre knows what he's doing. Who can challenge the current leader?
We'll soon find out.

XOXO
Poker Girl

The First Movers

2008-12-01T12:42:00.003+08:00

It has finally begun. New players have enlisted and gave their poker handles to our beloved poker boys and started raking up the points.

Here is the list of New Players as of December 02, 2008
(in Alphabetical Order)

- Blue Chip
- Kits
- Le Chiffre
- Mothership
- Mr. Cynical
- Mystery
- Pythogoras
- Scarlet Spyder
- 3rdRocSun

Meet the players in our weekly poker nights.
if you feel you have that great poker handle that you really want, let the poker boys know
by sending them an email : aimpokernights@gmail.com

Send your Full Name / Program (MBA,MM,MDM) / Batch / Poker Handle

or you could do it the old fashion way by showing up at poker nights

XOXO
Poker Girl

Photos from Soft Opening of POKER NIGHTS

2008-11-30T14:41:00.000+08:00

AIM POKER NIGHTS Soft Opening was a success.
The guys of Poker were very glad to teach
this game to those interested to learn.

Guess Who Got Spotted willing to bet his shirt for a game of poker.

Johanson 'BOK' Lamayan

The SA Chairman himself graced us with his presence
and some of students from Cohort 3 taking time out
from their Marketing Projects to check out the Poker Action

Spotted: Dan 'the China Man' Li
looking on the action
wondering "are there mahjong nights?"

Class President KT
scoping out the competition
Players beware, she has won Millions
in Facebook Poker

More Action to Come

XOXO
Poker Girl

Arts and Crafts

2008-11-30T12:24:00.000+08:00

The people responsible for Poker Nights at the Asian Institute of Management has surprised us once again, this time showing us their incredible talent in arts and crafts.

Guess what an illustration board and felt paper put together can turn into when put in these guys' magic hands?? Yup , you guessed right! POKER TABLES!

This puts a whole new meaning in LOW COST.

Advice to the guys: Don't quit your day jobs.

XOXO
Poker Girl

The Chips Has Arrived

2008-11-28T21:49:00.001+08:00

Many thanks to the lovable Emil Tan of the MM batch, who is kind enough to let us borrow his poker set. This will be part of his legacy for the quest of that elusive AIM Poker Nights.

JM Patino of MBA Batch/Cohort 2 will provide us with another poker set for our soft opening.
I'm expecting you guys to be there.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Soft Opening

2008-11-27T21:20:00.000+08:00

AIM Poker Nights Soft Opening this Saturday November 29, 2008.

Personally I like it Hard at the get go but we'll let the poker boys strut their stuff
this Saturday night. They probably want to sort out the kinks in their operations.

I hear the guys in Cohort 2 have WAC#9 and I hear the guys in Cohort 3 have an OM
exam. well good luck to all, but don't use all your luck on those tests guys, let them spill
over to the poker tables.

Too bad for MM guys who have to go to Batangas... We'll miss them.
We'll keep their poker seats warm for them.

XOXO
Poker Girl

Know When To QUIT

2008-11-26T22:47:00.000+08:00

You know what they say 'Winners never quit and Quitters never win' but here at AIM Poker Nights they value your time. Players are not obligated to stay the whole time because we know you got cases to read and CAN Group meetings to go to.

So just drop by whenever you got the time and have a little break from those thick case readings.

Rules To Exit

1 ROUND Notification:

You know when you're going, so please notify the dealer that you will be leaving 1 round before you actually need to go.

Pay-up

If you really need to go cuz your groupmate is calling you, just add a small and a big blind to sweeten the pot.

if you don't have to leave then by all means stay and enjoy the company of your friends.
And I know that the best guys are the ones that never leaves a girl hanging.

XOXO
Poker Girl

RANKINGS

2008-11-26T13:27:00.000+08:00

Personally the only ranking that I am interested in is the top 100 sexiest guys in the world but to make poker nights more interesting there will be a ranking system for our poker players.
Everyone who plays will be automatically part of the ranking system.

How does it work??

it will be a point system based on the amount of chips you win or lose.
Points awarded each night will be the difference between total chips cashed out and total chip
bought

EX: Buy-in = 400 chips
Cash out = 550 chips
Points = Cash out - Buy in
= 550 - 400
= 150 points

so rack up the points guys because everyone knows bigger is better.

XOXO
Poker Girl

POKER HANDLES

2008-11-26T12:34:00.000+08:00

Everyone who wants to play at the AIM Poker Nights will get his or her own Poker Handle. A Codename of sorts. Players get to choose only once so better be sure it has a nice ring to it.

This is the most exciting thing that ever happened since Tom Cruise played Maverick in Top GUN. For all those too young to remember... rent the DVD!

So think of the coolest codename you can think of.
I already have mine...do you have yours??

XOXO
Poker Girl

Show Me the MONEY

2008-11-25T19:49:00.000+08:00

It really turns me on when guys drive in their hot cars and spend insanely huge amount of money on yours truly. But I know most of you, young MBA soon-to-be graduates, are down roughly 1.2million in student loans. Don't fret I know you can earn it back once we get out of the institute.

For the meantime the poker night guys offers an INITIAL Buy In of 100 php and a minimum additional buy in of 50 php so that everyone can join the fun.

CHIP CONVERSION

The poker night guys have decided to give 4x for the chip conversion.
which means that for your 100 php, you get 400 worth of chips.

CASHING OUT

My favorite part of the night... winners cashing out.
All chips will be acounted for and will be converted back to pesos.
10% will go to the HOUSE

For Poker Nights to become a staple in our student life we need to give back to these guys.

XOXO
Poker Girl

BEST HANDS

2008-11-25T17:28:00.000+08:00

I really like it when a guy is good with his hands. So you better learn the ropes quickly if you want to play with me... here are the best moves that you can do to make me happy.

Poker Hands (In order from best to worst):
Hand	Definition	Example

Royal Flush	A, K, Q, J and a 10 all from the same suit	A, K, Q, J and a 10 of spades

Straight Flush	A straight of the same suit	2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of hearts

4 of a Kind	4 of the same type of card (one from each suit)	A of hearts, A of spades, A of diamonds, A of clubs

Full House	Three of a kind and a pair	3 Ks and 2 Qs

Flush	Five cards of the same suit	2, 5, 7, J and A of spades

Straight	Five cards in rank order, but not from the same suit	2 of hearts, 3 of spades, 4 of diamonds, 5 and 6 of clubs

3 of Kind	3 cards of the same face or number	3 Ks

2 Pair	Two different pairs	A pair of 4s and a pair of Ks

1 Pair	A pair of cards	Two Js

High Card	The highest single card of all the hands	A 3 4 8 9 (The Ace is the high card)

XOXO
Poker Girl

TEXAS HOLD 'EM

2008-11-25T17:15:00.000+08:00

Howdy cowboys and cowgirls, we're playin Texas Hold 'Em at AIM Poker Nights!!
For the poker virgins out there, here's how to play...

At the beginning of every game, each player is dealt 2 pocket cards face-down with 5 community cards dealt face-up. The strategy is to obtain the best hand using any 5 of the 7 dealt cards, whether the combination is a player's 2 down cards and 3 table cards, 1 pocket card and 4 table cards, or all 5 table cards. Any 5-card poker combination out of 7 is accepted. High hand wins.

sounds easy? good! so bring your cowbells and come on over to the party. you don't want to be the one left out.

XOXO
Poker Girl

POKER BASICS

2008-11-25T17:09:00.000+08:00

For all the poker virgins out there here is a little poker 101 for you so you wont be left out.

poker basics:

All poker games in the AIM POKER NIGHTS use a standard pack of 52 playing cards ranked in the following order: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Typically, each game begins with an ante. Texas Hold 'Em starts off with two players to the left of the dealer as the blinds. There is a small blind and big blind that are there to build the pot. Afterwards, the betting options are as follows:

Option 1- Call- Betting enough to match the rate of the current or last bet on the table.
Option 2- Raise- Betting more chips than the rate of the current bet.
Option 3- Check- Checking means to pass on your option to bet. You are not out of the hand, but you have chosen not to put any money in the middle.
Option 4- Fold- Dropping out of the current game. Typically, you do this when you don't think that your hand has a reasonable chance of winning. In this way, you can conserve your chips for better hands that you will have later on.

Once all the bets have been called, the players remaining in the game show their cards. The best hand wins the pot.

If you can't understand it by reading it, then your reading too many cases for far too long.
just come and join the table, I'm sure the boys will be more than eager to help.

XOXO
Poker Girl

POKER NIGHTS

2008-11-25T17:05:00.000+08:00

Welcome to AIM POKER NIGHTS!

Hello AIM students. We've had a horrible month. Tests, cases, and papers, all work and no play makes for a dull mba student. It's getting to be a little boring here at the institute, thankfully someone decided to spice things up. Cards, chips, and booze and we got ourselves a stress relieving recipe for poker nights. Be ready for it next week. I hear it's going to be long and wild, just the way I like it.

XOXO

Poker Girl