I was in the middle of a lavish gambling party hosted by a friend, and after eating, I found myself in the company of two (male) gamblers who were talking about "Star Poker", it was an event obviously. I was so curious because the words Star Poker were mentioned every other sentence, from BOTH persons. I know of an online site, where "Star Poker" is part of the name, but it was not that they were conversing about. It turned out that the conversation piece was the 2nd yearly PartyPoker Sports Stars Challenge that happened not too long ago. I learned that a lot of gambling folks simply refer to that event as the Star Poker "thing". This particular event is the exclusive province of sports icons, but when I say "sports", I am usiI was in the middle of a lavish gambling party hosted by a friend, and after eating, I found myself in the company of two (male) gamblers who were talking about "Star Poker", it was an event obviously. I was so curious because the words Star Poker were mentioned every other sentence, from BOTH persons. I know of an online site, where "Star Poker" is part of the name, but it was not that they were conversing about. It turned out that the conversation piece was the 2nd yearly PartyPoker Sports Stars Challenge that happened not too long ago. I learned that a lot of gambling folks simply refer to that event as the Star Poker "thing". This particular event is the exclusive province of sports icons, but when I say "sports", I am using it in the biggest perspective. In this STAR Poker, who attended: snooker icon Steve Davis, and representig other fields were Raymond Barneveld, Tony Cascarino, Norman Whiteside, just to mention a few. Being a chess buff, I asked in my deadpan expression, "Was Garry K there?"- to which one of the duo answered- GARRYKAYWWHHOOO? Being a great fan of this chess genius, I excused myself and left them, before I succumbed to the temptation of bringing down the big ashtray (in front of us) on that idiot's head.

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