Nice clubbing friend you’ve got there, Mr Law Commissioner and Mr MCST chairman
Here’s the man with whom the Law Commissioner and the chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Technology went clubbing through the early hours of Sunday morning.
He’s at a poker tournament and clearly suffering from the mother of all hideous hangovers: hood, dark glasses, and sunken head.
Either that, or he thinks it’s a good way of covering his emotions when playing poker (it isn’t – the mouth is always the biggest giveaway).
What a lovely club-buddy for the man reforming Malta’s constitution.
And guess who one of his chums is, teasing him on Facebook about that picture? BRIAN IL-BABY, best friends with the L-Isnobby girls.
My, my – the Law Commissioner and the MCST chairman are really mixing with The High Society. The dregs, more like. No wonder they’re respected wherever they go. Could it be otherwise?
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The dark glasses and hood are standard wear for professional poker players.
[Daphne – Professional poker players control their facial expressions so they don’t need dark glasses and hoods. That’s where the expression ‘poker face’ comes from, as you doubtless know.]
Joseph Muscat has abandoned the poker face in favour of the croquet furrow.
Just to be a bit pedantic. There is far more to professional poker than keeping a good poker face. Odds, calculation of equity, player psychology, table image, etc.
You’ll get plenty of pros who are not so good at hiding emotions nowadays, especially considering that a lot of serious poker action happens online.
There’s one famous pro who wears a hoodie and sunglasses, Phil Laak, though the guy is full of energy and often tries to distract his opponents with his antics – something which somehow I don’t see Mark doing, unless perhaps at Serkin?
I guess now we all know how this Society gets High.
A Law Commissioner and MCST chairman who go clubbing all night with a professional poker player. Interesting.
He’s at a poker championship. The people in this Facebook post are actually pretty well known Maltese poker players and they’re actually all round nice guys.
[Daphne – Check out Brian Il-Baby. A really nice guy.]
Nice guys who write ‘tejc’ instead of ‘tghidx’, ‘nizilekasel’ instead of ‘nizillek ghasel’, ‘waw’ instead of ‘wow’, and so on.
Are you sure that that’s Brian il-baby in the pic? Doesn’t look like him at all. As for his friendship with the snobby girls, I’m told its more of an agent-client relationship. But that’s besides the point.
That is a poker tournament , it’s organised by an Israeli operator, have a look at the Hebrew text above the photo.
Poker player.
Brian il-baby is very close with Antonella tal-Snobby on Facebook.
Perfect.
Brian il-Baby has a very ‘interesting’ bunch of friends, to say the least.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=577696785607917&set=t.100005840190448&type=1&theater
Then you’re surprised about “kif jitla’ l-Labour” !
“None of us WAS drunk” !! definitely not
Yeah those are poker chips. He still looks like an idiot though. And you could be forgiven for thinking he had a hangover. Also, please, someone take FB away from people who insist on writing Maltese in this way – it’s a travesty.
He used to work at Super One and with Saviour Balzan at ILLUM as a sports reporter.
IPC Tour Israeli Poker Championship
Here he is, Brian il-baby, protective of his girls or what?
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/ah-so-they-pole-dance-to-pay-their-electricity-bills-among-other-things/
Thanks to this MFA ‘official’, the match rigging scandal could well take on another slant.
What a mess, it’s one thing defending criminals, quite another being this close to the underworld.
I suppose it’s all Franco’s been left with.
You get a mixed bunch of people at poker tables nowadays. Some seem decent enough and some will be downright typical sleazy gamblers.
And yes, some see the pros on TV wearing hoodies and sunglasses so they do the same.
Mhux ta b’xejn Lawrence Gonzi ma hattarhomx ministri lil JPO u Debono – vera kien jaf x’qed jaghmel.
Nizilekasel.. Enough said.
But that pose is definitely what he thinks is a poker face. Hilarious!
Maybe his ears twitch uncontrollably when he is dealt a winning hand.
e could have worn glasses of the ‘spy’ kind, with little mirrors on the inside, which enable one to see what’s going on behind you. http://www.ebay.com/bhp/spy-glasses
Most do not know, but poker is not a form of degen gambling.
On the contrary, it is officially recognized as a skill and mind game by the IOC. It is also recognized as a profession in most EU contries and taxed like any other profession.
http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/poker-as-an-olympic-sport-8700/
Unfortunately, this poor mentality still roams in the minds of most Maltese citizens.
Need more proof on how back dated this country is? Take for example the casino laws in Malta – we’re the only EU country where the minimum age requirement for a local to be granted admission is 25+ (foreigners can enter from the age of 18+) … But you can drink / drive / etc when you’re 18. Makes perfect sense.
I heard the guy in the pic has never had aces in 7 years.
Dak huwa Mark Attard, PRO tal-Malta Football Association (MFA) – tal-misthija