The Duel

Thursday night

My old friend Sam F. and I were the last players left in a game of Monopoly. Both of us had plenty of cash, but he owned Boardwalk and Park Place and had a hotel on one of them. I needed some luck as I was about to pass through that section of the board.

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I'll see Sam again soon when I travel up to VA to play in the first round of this year's poker tournament. He and I met in 3rd grade, in 1970.

Of course, one must build up houses and hotels equally on monopolies, so it wouldn't really be possible to have a hotel on just one of his properties.