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One Tuesday night in the mid-eighties, I drove to Hanlon’s corner in Dublin to check out The Eccentric’s Club. I could tell you it was because it was where the first no limit hold’em tournaments to be held in Europe took place when, a few years earlier, Terry Rogers had imported them from the World Series Of Poker in Binions, Las Vegas. Or I could tell you I wanted to meet Donnacha O’Dea and Colette Doherty, legends I’d read about in the newspaper. But really , I just had to see the joint that had a name like that. It didn’t disappoint. I was early so Terry opened the door himself. Terry had a reputation for being gruff, but on this occasion he was friendly and told me new members were very welcome. He wasn’t kidding. The only other person there was Colette. Terry asked her to show me around. She looked liked she’d rather cut off her toes but, to be fair, she got on with it. After a shaky start, it was the start of a friendship that .

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