So, at the EPT Polish Open we wave a fond farewell to Day 1a and look forward to Day 1b. (It’s an interesting philosophical conundrum: remember those posters from the sixties that stated ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life’ – well, what if today is Day 1a of the rest of your life? Get your spaced out brains around that one, hep-cats)
One player who could probably comprehend metaphysics is Polish rock star Michel Wisniewski. With a dyed red bob, pale skin and dark sunglasses, he appears to be the offspring of Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton and Chia Chia, the giant panda. A colourful character, with an appreciation of the finer points of both poker and vodka, he is one of Poland’s highest selling musicians.
He was also happy to serve his country in the Eurovision Song Contest, which is a bit like a poker tournament but the wailing is a tad more tuneful. Sadly he has some pain to process as his set of aces was busted by a straight on the river and left him short stacked.
Although his outro lingered a bit longer, by the end of the day we had waved ‘bye, bye, baby, goodbye’ to 112 players, leaving only 78 left to contest Day 2. With another 200 players expected to begin their challenge today at the Hyatt Regency Warsaw, it is shaping into an exciting tournament, one that will require a balancing act of fear and greed – too much or too little of either can kill you. Maybe Michel Wisniewski could write a song about that.
One player who could probably comprehend metaphysics is Polish rock star Michel Wisniewski. With a dyed red bob, pale skin and dark sunglasses, he appears to be the offspring of Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton and Chia Chia, the giant panda. A colourful character, with an appreciation of the finer points of both poker and vodka, he is one of Poland’s highest selling musicians.
He was also happy to serve his country in the Eurovision Song Contest, which is a bit like a poker tournament but the wailing is a tad more tuneful. Sadly he has some pain to process as his set of aces was busted by a straight on the river and left him short stacked.
Although his outro lingered a bit longer, by the end of the day we had waved ‘bye, bye, baby, goodbye’ to 112 players, leaving only 78 left to contest Day 2. With another 200 players expected to begin their challenge today at the Hyatt Regency Warsaw, it is shaping into an exciting tournament, one that will require a balancing act of fear and greed – too much or too little of either can kill you. Maybe Michel Wisniewski could write a song about that.
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