It is folk tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years as, way back when, men could be fined if a marriage proposal was refused by the man. This made some men nervous (particularly as the fines included a kiss, £1 or some silk breeches) and thus the tradition was restricted to leap days.
For those males who still feel a tightening in the gut upon hearing anything beginning with ‘Will you *…..’, there is the option to retreat to an Austrian bolt-hole and spend this leap day skulking in the CAPT Bregenz Open.
The games began on Feb 24 at Casinos Austria and some players are richer, some are poorer. So far there are 3 players happy to have and to hold their cheques for 1st place.
Horst Riedlinger cut the cake by winning the opening event, a €200 NL rebuy, and danced away with €26,160. Swiss Rino Mathias was proved to be best man by winning €34,740 on day two and Eddy Scharf had his big day by catching a beautiful €28,560.
Today sees the Pot Limit players crashing the party and hoping their €200 buy in will eventually lead to a toast.
However, Saturday sees the start of an event that could make this week’s earlier winners feel like bridesmaids. Players are cordially invited to a €2,000 buy-in NL freeze-out. Plenty are expected and it’s the talk of the town. It’s also a better way to experience a ‘cards on the table’ moment.
*Successful poker players and long term commitment phobes both share this trait. Thus, The Eyebrows School of Popular Science validates the wisdom of another piece of barroom wisdom- ‘lucky at cards, unlucky at love.’
For those males who still feel a tightening in the gut upon hearing anything beginning with ‘Will you *…..’, there is the option to retreat to an Austrian bolt-hole and spend this leap day skulking in the CAPT Bregenz Open.
The games began on Feb 24 at Casinos Austria and some players are richer, some are poorer. So far there are 3 players happy to have and to hold their cheques for 1st place.
Horst Riedlinger cut the cake by winning the opening event, a €200 NL rebuy, and danced away with €26,160. Swiss Rino Mathias was proved to be best man by winning €34,740 on day two and Eddy Scharf had his big day by catching a beautiful €28,560.
Today sees the Pot Limit players crashing the party and hoping their €200 buy in will eventually lead to a toast.
However, Saturday sees the start of an event that could make this week’s earlier winners feel like bridesmaids. Players are cordially invited to a €2,000 buy-in NL freeze-out. Plenty are expected and it’s the talk of the town. It’s also a better way to experience a ‘cards on the table’ moment.
*Successful poker players and long term commitment phobes both share this trait. Thus, The Eyebrows School of Popular Science validates the wisdom of another piece of barroom wisdom- ‘lucky at cards, unlucky at love.’
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