A Sad Day I was very saddened by the recent news that one of the biggest names in Irish Poker, Donal MacAonghusa (wow 16 letters, now that’s impressive), retired from Poker Events. The letters, emails, telegrams and forum posts have been streaming in for all around the world since, thanking Donald for his hard work and wishing him well for the future. On hearing the news, speaking for his home in Paris, Padriag Parkinson, one the most renowned names in world poker, simple said “Jesus, how much did he steal?”. A beautiful sentiment that I feel we can all share in. But never fear, pokerevents spared no time or expense in finding an able replacement for Donal in the form of Ross “Mighty Mouse” O Boyle. MR F(intan) has decided to go with the Alex Ferguson methodology and rather then pay big money for outside talent, he has plucked his man from the relative obscurity of the pokerevents youth team and, one can only assume, will personally take him under his wing and groom he to be the next great midfield general. The difficulties with the suddenness of this appointment were very apparent this Wednesday night in the Westwood, as Ross wandered around the room looking a little dazed, wearing his sky blue confirmation shirt and his new black pants that desperately needed to be taken up and have the price tag removed from the arse. But give him time, I feel that if he could show just a little less regard for the players and their wishes he could be one of the greats. But seriously, best of luck Ross. Just two small pieces of advice for ya, buy a tie and never ever listen to a poker player about anything, if their lips are moving they are trying to pull a fast one or, worse, tell you a bad beat story.