It's been roughly two years since I learned how to play poker. Through the games at Carolina, I've only viewed one person as my poker equal, and that's Terrence. We have the most divergent playing styles one could imagine: I'm loose and talkative while Terrence prefers the stoic, tight style.

This past semester, Terrence and I combined for a total of five 1st place finishes in the twelve Stacy Poker Tour games. That's a pretty solid showing, given the fact that our average number of people per week was roughly 18. Terrence and I have made strong showings in our Thursday games as well ... and now we finally get our heads-up game.

Tonight, Terrence and I will battle heads-up in what is, to me, the most important poker game of the year. There is money and pride on the line, but in the end, I really don't think it'll matter since we have both consistently proven our skills throughout the past two years.

We have decided on a freezeout format with $20,000 in chips with blinds at $100/$200 (100xBB, deep stacks!). We'll progress blinds up every 20 minutes, and at the end, we will have one winner who can forever claim that he beat the other player heads-up.

Shufle up and deal!