diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py b/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
index 417c00f9..a07da55b 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from collections import deque
 import concurrent.futures as futures
 from datetime import datetime
 import errno
-import heapq
+from functools import partial
 import os
 import operator
 import socket
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ class TConn():
         self.parser = None
 
         # set the socket to non blocking
-        #self.sock.setblocking(False)
+        self.sock.setblocking(False)
 
 
-    def maybe_init(self):
+    def init(self):
         if self.parser is None:
             # wrap the socket if needed
             if self.cfg.is_ssl:
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class TConn():
 
             # initialize the parser
             self.parser = http.RequestParser(self.cfg, self.sock)
+            return True
+        return False
 
     def set_timeout(self):
         # set the timeout
@@ -78,18 +80,17 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(ThreadWorker, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.worker_connections = self.cfg.worker_connections
-        self.idle_workers = 0
 
         # initialise the pool
         self.tpool = None
         self.poller = None
-        self.futures = set()
+        self.futures = deque()
         self._keep = deque()
 
 
     def _wrap_future(self, fs, conn):
         fs.conn = conn
-        self.futures.add(fs)
+        self.futures.append(fs)
         fs.add_done_callback(self.finish_request)
 
     def init_process(self):
@@ -97,28 +98,26 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
         self.poller = selectors.DefaultSelector()
         super(ThreadWorker, self).init_process()
 
-
-    def accept(self, listener, *args):
+    def accept(self, listener):
         try:
             client, addr = listener.accept()
             conn = TConn(self.cfg, listener, client, addr)
 
             # wait for the read event to handle the connection
             self.poller.register(client, selectors.EVENT_READ,
-                    (self.handle_client, (conn,)))
+                    partial(self.handle_client, conn))
 
         except socket.error as e:
             if e.args[0] not in (errno.EAGAIN,
                     errno.ECONNABORTED, errno.EWOULDBLOCK):
                 raise
 
-    def handle_client(self, client, conn):
+    def handle_client(self, conn, client):
         # unregister the client from the poller
         self.poller.unregister(client)
 
         # submit the connection to a worker
         fs = self.tpool.submit(self.handle, conn)
-        self.idle_workers += 1
         self._wrap_future(fs, conn)
 
 
@@ -145,8 +144,7 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
         # init listeners, add them to the event loop
         for s in self.sockets:
             s.setblocking(False)
-            self.poller.register(s, selectors.EVENT_READ,
-                    (self.accept,()))
+            self.poller.register(s, selectors.EVENT_READ, self.accept)
 
         while self.alive:
             # If our parent changed then we shut down.
@@ -157,17 +155,17 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
             # notify the arbiter we are alive
             self.notify()
 
-            events = self.poller.select(1.0)
+            events = self.poller.select(0.01)
             for key, mask in events:
-                (callback, args) = key.data
-                callback(key.fileobj, *args)
+                callback = key.data
+                callback(key.fileobj)
 
             # hanle keepalive timeouts
             self.murder_keepalived()
 
             # if we more connections than the max number of connections
             # accepted on a worker, wait until some complete or exit.
-            if self.idle_workers >= self.worker_connections:
+            if len(self.futures) >= self.worker_connections:
                 futures.wait(self.futures, timeout=self.cfg.timeout)
                 if not res:
                     self.log.info("max requests achieved")
@@ -207,25 +205,27 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
 
                 # add the socket to the event loop
                 self.poller.register(conn.sock, selectors.EVENT_READ,
-                        (self.handle_client, (conn,)))
+                        partial(self.handle_client, conn))
             else:
-                util.close(fs.conn.sock)
+                util.close(conn.sock)
         except:
             # an exception happened, make sure to close the
             # socket.
             util.close(fs.conn.sock)
         finally:
             # remove the future from our list
-            self.futures.remove(fs)
-            self.idle_workers -= 1
+            try:
+                self.futures.remove(fs)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
 
     def handle(self, conn):
-        try:
-            self._keep.remove(conn)
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-
-        conn.maybe_init()
+        if not conn.init():
+            # connection kept alive
+            try:
+                self._keep.remove(conn)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
 
         keepalive = False
         req = None