Euro Weekly News | David Dancey
I GOT a bit nostalgic remembering and talking about Edward G Robinson playing the part of Lancey Howard ‘The Man’ in the Cincinnati Kid.
IT is without doubt the game of poker was invented by a galloping group of nutcases in order to drive all sane and sensible people straight to emergency ward 10 of the local funny farm.
THE seventh edition of the Marbella Classic poker series was won last weekend by a visitor from the beautiful Emerald Isle, Mr Thomas O’Shea.
I WAS playing in a local game last week when I witnessed what, to me, can only be described as a ‘miracle’. An amazing set of cards were to show themselves and the chances of what happened, “happening” were astronomical.
WITH the disappointing cancellation of the Full Tilt Series España last weekend, which was going to be held at Casino Torrequebrada, an excellent effort was made to fill the calendar with a substitute game for a €550 buy-in, run by the casino itself, and 110 players gladly stumped up the…
Television has opened up the world of poker to the masses. Whoever came up with the idea of putting cameras under the table was a genius. It is indeed a great spectator sport with the introduction of the card cam.
IT has been said that the game of ‘Roulette’ was invented by a mad monk who ultimately sold his sole to the devil in return for the secret of how to beat the system and win. Indeed we can wonder as to the merit of this tale, but how strange…
IT’S that time of year again when we all start moaning because it’s too hot and we can’t find a parking space for love nor money anywhere. We actually make moaning a full time hobby, especially around the poker table.
I HAVE been talking about some very interesting hands that I have witnessed lately and trying to keep an open mind.
The 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Presented at the Rio-All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, broke all records even in the face of the Full Tilt and Pokerstars fiasco, following the indictments brought by the F.B.I and Department of Justice, when poker enthusiasts from more than 100…
I WITNESSED a poker hand the other day that really played on my mind and took me back to the age old question: ”Is poker a game of luck or skill”?
WITH one eye firmly fixed on the updates and results from Las Vegas, eagerly looking for friend’s names so that I can report some big wins for our boys, I can report that we have had some success but not quite hit the jackpot. Our very own Marbella Mob’s Gary Collins…
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