Paddy's Corner

Penalties for Better or for Worse The first time I witnessed a penalty in a poker game was in Trinity College, Dublin, in the late 1970s. I was pretty naïve at the time, and when, for weeks on end, a particular player in a draw poker game had three aces on his own deal, time after time, I...

Tuesday Sep 02, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 9

Paddy's Corner

Stu, Doyle, Johnny, Dan, Phil … and Billy There's a new champion every day now; some great, some good, and some who would send you back to buying lottery tickets with new fire in your belly. That's why there is a game. Over time, you can work out which is which. Some guys get lucky...

Friday Aug 01, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 8

Paddy's Corner

Treacherous Kickers I made my first mistake of this year's World Series of Poker about a month before we came to Las Vegas. I booked our flight on American Airlines rather than Air France. I like American Airlines, but confidence is what this game is all about, and Air France inspires a lot...

Tuesday Jul 01, 2008

published 3 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 7

Paddy's Corner

How many times have you heard otherwise sensible poker players say that they much prefer playing against good players than against what they refer to nowadays as donkeys? Even I know that doesn't make any sense as a career move. But it didn't stop me from looking forward to the World...

Friday May 30, 2008

published 4 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 6

Paddy's Corner

History Repeats Itself In the carnival that was the Irish Open, you were liable to meet just about anybody connected to Irish poker. You didn't have to be playing this great event to join the party. I bumped into former Dublin Gaelic football star Joe McNally in the bar and we had a laugh...

Thursday May 01, 2008

published 5 months ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 5

Paddy's Corner

Champ Gets Pinged Golfers dream of playing a round at St. Andrews. Footballers dream of Wembley. For Guinness drinkers, the ultimate stage is O'Connor's pub in Doolin, County Clare, deep in the West of Ireland. I got to perform in the theatre of dreams in early January when I stopped off...

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