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 49 days 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 78 days 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...

Tuesday Apr 01, 2008

published 108 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 4

Paddy's Corner

Called to the Bar in Galway Some of the biggest names in Irish, English, European, and American poker turned up in the west of Ireland in January to attend a celebration of being alive, cleverly disguised as the PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship. The locals kicked ass and sent the big names...

Saturday Mar 01, 2008

published 139 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 3

Paddy's Corner

Looking After Business In snooker, they often say that the balls don't forgive you. I think they mean that if you haven't been giving it 100 percent, don't expect the luck to go your way when you finally decide to do things right. There's a similar theory in poker. Some think that...

Friday Feb 01, 2008

published 168 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 2

Paddy's Corner

If You Build It, Will They Come? Not so long ago, if you wanted to meet and appreciate great characters, the poker room was a good place to look for them. These days, with the exception of Ireland, if you venture into most poker rooms, you'll find that if you take away the stiffs hiding in...

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