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The Sharks
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In a most poker games
you're either a shark or a small fry. The sharks install fear
in their opponents, while the small fry give confidence to
their opponents. In HighHander poker, your status is determined
by how many times you've won the Jacket. |
The
Small Fry
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So ordered by jackets won, I present to you Ladies and Gentlemen,
The HighHanders:
*Poker names are explained below
Editors note: This page is pretty
big with lots of pictures - if you feel it takes too long to load
can you tell me, and I'll split the
page up into a page-per-player. Then again I quite like it how it
is...
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Name: |
John Wynne-Jones |
| Poker Name: |
The Dirty Turk / Whinger |
| Jackets won: |
2004: 
x 1
2003:
x 13 |
| Inscription: |
JWJ |
| Style: |
Winging it |
| Game of choice: |
Fiery Cross |
| Quote: |
"The only one who could ever teach them,
was the son of a preacher man. Oh yes he was..." |
| Advice: |
If you are left facing me in a showdown,
briefly consider why everyone else has skipped town, and then
start running. |
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Name: |
Simon Lovat |
| Poker Name: |
Buzz / Don Simone |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 6 |
| Style: |
Unforgiving (read: bullying) |
| Game of choice: |
Texas of course |
| Quote: |
"Diplomacy is the art of letting other people get your way" |
| Advice: |
Always play the Kamikaze. |
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Name: |
Charly Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg |
| Poker Name: |
2 Kings |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 6 |
| Style: |
Bullish |
| Game of choice: |
Omaha Forever |
| Quote: |
"Poker is simple, the strong take from the weak, the smart
take from the strong, and I take from everyone" |
| Advice: |
If you cant spot the fool round the table it's probably
you... |
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Name: |
James Offord |
| Poker Name: |
Dumbo |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 1
2003:
x 5
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| Style: |
Tight |
| Game of choice: |
Omaha |
| Quote: |
"Watch me silence the lambs" |
| Advice: |
None worth listening to |
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Name: |
Daniel Ernst |
| Poker Name: |
The Portuguese Piranha |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 2
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| Style: |
Enigmatic |
| Game of choice: |
Texas |
| Quote: |
"The best form of defence is a re-raise"
Appropriated from Sun-Tzu, Art of War |
| Advice: |
Beware Sharks of the London Ring, the Portuguese Piranha
of Lusitania is ready to lash out |
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Name: |
James Nutting |
| Poker Name: |
Cinderella |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 1
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| Style: |
Disney character-esk |
| Game of choice: |
Texas |
| Quote: |
"Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be a pumpkin" |
| Advice: |
...I'll have you know I stay up well past
midnight normally... ...the poker naming is a dogmatic system...
...and another thing... ...this one time at band camp I stayed
up for 7569 hours... [edited for length] |
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Name: |
Jo Mullet... Sorry...
Mollet |
| Poker Name: |
Mona Lisa |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 1
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| Style: |
Like a snake in the grass |
| Game of choice: |
Irish Holdem |
| Quote: |
"Poker is not about Life, Life is about Poker" |
| Advice: |
Gentlemen, keep your eyes on your cards |
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Name: |
Peter Behrens |
| Poker Name: |
Les Noisettes |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 1
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| Style: |
Fast and loose |
| Game of choice: |
Something silly |
| Quote: |
"I raise you £50" |
| Advice: |
Never bluff a mug |
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Name: |
Mike Papadimitriou |
| Poker Name: |
Origami |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
x 1
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| Style: |
Erratic |
| Game of choice: |
The Burning Mike |
| Quote: |
"You can fool some people all of the time and all
of the people some of the time, but mostly you'll end up looking
a fool in front of of everyone almost every time" |
| Advice: |
Think nuts. If you don't have the nuts in your hand, you'd
better have a large pair in your pants. |
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Name: |
Paul Hansen |
| Poker Name: |
Friends Pauly |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003: 
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| Style: |
Volatile |
| Game of choice: |
Any "monkey game"
...Okay, you get 4 cards in your hand, 7 on
the table, and the wild cards are fours, whores, on-eyed knaves,
prime numbered reds... |
| Quote: |
"I refuse to have a battle of wits against an unarmed
opponent" |
| Advice: |
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your
opponent; happens at the poker table all the time |
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Name: |
Eduard Sebline |
| Poker Name: |
Eddie Spaghetti |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
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| Style: |
Insouciant |
| Game of choice: |
Omaha |
| Quote: |
"I will bury you" |
| Advice: |
I think about it |
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Name: |
Toby Collins |
| Poker Name: |
Kamikaze |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
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| Style: |
Unpredictable |
| Game of choice: |
4's and Whores |
| Quote: |
"Who's the fool? The fool, or the fool who plays
the Kamikaze?!" |
| Advice: |
None worth listening to |
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Name: |
Tristan Hoare |
| Poker Name: |
Iron Tris |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
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| Style: |
Sly |
| Game of choice: |
El Bueno, El Malo y El Bruto |
| Quote: |
"I'm gonna eat your children" |
| Advice: |
A journey of a thousand miles starts with but a single
step |
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Name: |
Tom Giles |
| Poker Name: |
Backgammon Tom |
| Jackets won: |
2004:
x 0
2003:
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| Style: |
Plays the odds |
| Game of choice: |
Nothing funny |
| Quote: |
"I might have lost, but I made the correct play" |
| Advice: |
Run out of cash? Not to worry, the St. Andrews' tournament is coming up shortly. |
Poker names:
Origami? Cinderella? Piranha? What's all this then? Well find out
below with the HighHander Glossary of Ontology.
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- John Wynne Jones: The Dirty Turk / Whinger
- Whinger by name, whinger by nature. Dirty Turk = A bit
like a "Dirty Sanchez", but where the woman does
it to the man.
- Simon Lovat: Buzz / Don Simone
- Simon has had an unfortunate habit of coming second in
tournaments. Commendable - just like how Buzz Aldrin was
the second man on the moon. D'oh! Don Simone = obvious
- Charly SWB: 2 Kings
- In a game against Cinderella and Tris, Charly won a final
hand of texas, with about £50 in the pot, with 2 kings
to Cinders' 2 Queens and Tris' Full House (Tris folded after
bullish play from Charly). Hilarity ensued. See a reference
to this here. Charly
has since had several close escapes (and won) thanks to
just 2 kings in the pocket - Great play really. Gets on
people's t!ts though aye?
- James Offord: Dumbo
- Allegedly remembers all the hands ever played. This amazing
power of cognition is sadly let down though by a style of
play similar to a drunk elephant with the horn.
- Daniel Ernst: The Portuguese Piranha
- The old nationality/opinion of ability mix. Anti-delusion
drugs are in the post.
- James Nutting: Cinderella
- One of the classic namings. Always leaves the table before
midnight. Even better was how he disputed that the naming
was unfair. Here
are the emails outlining his views.
- Jo Mollet: Mona Lisa
- That illusive smile - what is she thinking? Is her mind
on the cards or on the one who she's flirting with?
- Peter Behrens: Les noisettes
- Parlez vous francaise?
- Mike Paps: Origami
- Another classic. Picture the scene: 2 players are left
in the game, it's a showdown, and someone wins... then wailing
from the corner after having folded earlier - "Godammit!
I could have won that one, look I had the flush!"
Soooo... Origami - because he always folds. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa...
- Paul Hansen: Friends Pauly
- A player not afraid of monkey games, Pauly was dealing
a "burning mike" and as he turned over the cards
says: "and kings are out, but queens are your friends...".
Hardly Shakespeare, but you don't get to choose your names
in this game.
- Eduard Sebline: Eddie Spaghetti
- He starts games standing tall and inflexible, but is liable
to snap under pressure. Goes limp when he gets into hot
water.
- Toby Collins: Kamikaze
- Divine wind - refers to his gaseous emissions at the table
that cause other players to be momentarily stunned as he
plays another obvious bluff.
- Tristan Hoare: Iron Tris
- Similar to Iron Mike Tyson, except Tris prefers to gnaw
the ears of people metaphorically with dodgy banter and
dubious claims of poker skill.
- Tom Giles: Backgammon Tom
- Better at games with dice that only have a set number
of chips that no one can take away.
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If any HighHanders feel that the above is incorrect or needs adding
too - please banter about it to set the
record straight.
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