Derek Kelly
During a trip to Ireland in 1993, (the purpose of which was to view a number of amusement arcades fronted by a fella called Peter de Rosa), I met, what can only be described as, a trio of shady type characters. The meeting in question took place above a redundant bingo hall in Moore Street in central Dublin. The Bingo previously operated on these premises was not the ‘glitzy’ affair normally associated with the chains across the UK but rather the electronic type that requires the use of coin operated slots and plastic shutters over multiple neon lit numbered windows. A no armed bandit for the numerate is how best to describe the vice.
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Ollie Franks
'Manhunter' the first movie in the Hannibal Lecter series is a great film. Will Graham, the hero of the story, is a detective who empathises with murderers in order to catch them. He "thinks their thoughts" to such an extent, that in his back story he suffered from a nervous breakdown shortly after catching Dr. Lecter. Hannibal’s deranged mind, having been the complex maze it was, pushed our hero over the edge. It's the empath’s equivalent of a sick downswing.
Read Heads Up With Hannibal LecterSimon Galloway
An-nothing's-gowna-change-the-way-we-live Cos'-we-can-always-take-but-ne-ver-give… Ah, not the Virtual Insanity I was thinking of but for a lot of poker players that particular cap does fit quite nicely!
Read VIRTUAL INSANITYJohn Carlisle, MA, NCC
It is a pretty well accepted stereotype that men tend to not talk about emotions. Well, those of us in the realm of psychology know that this stereotype seems to hold true most of the time. Other than to occasionally admit to some anger and tilt, poker players are especially unlikely to take a deeper look into the realm of emotionality. After all, we poker guys tend to be a rather macho bunch which is more likely to talk about bad bluffs than bad feelings.
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Scott Crousillac
I’ve heard it said, and I know it must be true. Omaha is game of a million different hand possibilities….and none of them win. What a game. Every time I play it, I’m reminded of why whenever I go into a casino card room, Pot Limit Omaha is the biggest game going. If you like to gamble, then this is your game. It’s hard to find a good Pot Limit Omaha game in Baton Rouge because most players are a understandably intimidated by a game in which the best possible starting hand is only slightly better than the worst possible starting hand.
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