Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Bodensee Poker Championships


We at Eyebrows can’t help but think that the winner of Saturday’s Bodensee Poker Championship, Michael Keiner, made the right decision to quit medicine and become a professional card player.


He is just a little too comfortable taking risks and we’re not sure that is a desirable character trait for a plastic surgeon.

Creativity and inventiveness have their place but arguably not in the head of a mask-wearing man wielding a scalpel who is about to restructure someone’s face.

It’s just not cricket.

Before he became a pro, Michael was a hugely successful trader on the stock market but, one day along swam a black swan (complicated economic metaphor for ‘shit happens’) and it pecked away millions from his portfolio.

Not a man to let such trifles keep him down, it wasn’t too much longer before he became a pro and now has five WSOP cashes, including one bracelet.

His triumph over eighty-three opponents in the €1,500 NL tournament at Casino Bregenz netted him €35,910 and he did it without spilling any blood.

It takes certain people a while to find themselves but we feel it is generally better that wanderers on the road less travelled do not have daily access to anaesthetised bodies.

Bodensee Poker Championship – Casino Bregenz 1,500 NL

1. Michael Keiner – €35,910
2. Peter Hohenleitner – €26,330
3. Danny Ehrenberger – €19,150
4. Vito Branchivorte – €13,170
5. Stefan Rotach – €9,580
6. Max Eibel – €7,180
7. Jurgen Paoletti – €4,790
8. Guyla Forqacs – €3,590

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