The inspector’s theory was that he’d been feeding dandruff to the fish in order to develop tougher scales for an unspecified use in the electronics industry.He suddenly rose and stabbed the dagger into the table “Good grief!” he shouted. Suspects include Colin Swillsby, who collects dandruff; Vlad, the work-experience boy who is having an affair with Colin’s wife, Petronella; Kevin, who has fallen in love over the Internet while trying to contact aliens; and Lucretia, the most beautiful barmaid in the world. The constitutional court has now closed that legal loophole, bringing an end to their impunity.. An interactive Bathside soap, based entirely on readers’ contributions. The plot so far: In the otherwise peaceful village of Clinton Eastwood, near Bath, George the pig has been killed and his carcass stolen from the graveyard. a good day for:

Extra-terrestrials, who, according to the Italian theologian Father Piero Coda, may, if free and intelligent, qualify for the benefits of religious salvation.
a bad day for:The Aids Gang, a trio of Italians who have been robbing Turin banks, unmasked and in broad daylight, taking advantage of a 1993 law that prohibits the imprisonment of the terminally ill.

The house tax on the 10-20 and 20-40- guilders limit-raise games is being cut from 5 per cent to a more reasonable 3 per cent, with a cap of 50 guilders a hand In poker matters, our Dutch friends are showing the way.. Many kitchen-table poker players who feel intimidated by the size of pot-limit games may be ready to join a limit-raise game. Unfortunately, unlike like bridge clubs, card rooms may not advertise their wares.Good news from the Holland Casino, Amsterdam, where the Master Classics of Poker tournament from 6-11 November is sure to attract an enthusiastic landing force of Britons. The two London clubs’ idea in introducing limit-raise games is to attract new players. If the pros in Las Vegas choose to play this way (albeit up to limits of $300 and $600 per card!) you can be sure it is a tough game.

The odds, which may offer over 20-1 for your money, nearly always justify calling an extra bet to hit a straight or a flush at the end Whereas in pot-limit, going for such outdraws is too costly. Three raises of 10 possible.Flop: 5 to bet, three raises of 5 possible.4th and 5th cards: 10 on each, three raises of 10 possible.Players can see straight away, therefore, what their downside risk on any hand is likely to be But don’t suppose that limit poker is a soft option. Limit-raise games are more like target shooting: you are trying to make, or defend, one more hit at each turn, in the form of an extra bet.
So in 5-and-10 limit Hold ‘em, the raises are fixed at pounds 5 and pounds 10 around the flop, with a cap of three raises per card A typical betting structure is:Antes: 2-2-5 and 5 to play. Pot-limit is like playing with high explosives: the idea is to blast your opponents to smithereens, while running the risk of being busted yourself. The Barracuda in Baker Street and the Victoria in Edgware Road each introduced limit-raise games, on the Vegas model. The idea is to test players’ readiness to try low-stake, low-pressure poker, as opposed to the traditional do-or-die style of pot-limit betting.

‘Behind the Masque’: 17- 19 Nov, Barbican Hall, London EC2; 0171-638 8891. A new and potentially important development was launched in London this week. If you start to cater for various palates, you end up not being truly centred.” I remember Edith Sitwell’s famous dictum: “To be eccentric you first have to find the circle.”"A judicious mixture for the acoustic of the theatre,” the director says.”It reflects our production,” the choreographer says with satisfaction.n ‘The Fairy Queen’: in rep to 23 Nov, ENO, Coliseum, London WC2; booking: 0171-632 8300. But there are baroque trumpets…”"And a couple of funny lutes,” adds Sacks “In a funny kind of way we’ve stuck to the music.

If it says ‘Monkey Dance’ or ‘Dance of the Fairies’, that’s what we’ve done, in our own way. “We don’t have any agenda to be purist about anything,” agrees Pountney “The orchestra’s a compromise, playing at modern pitch It’s the ENO strings playing in baroque style. If you want museum pieces dusted off, fine, but one doesn’t expect to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Shakespearian costume or go to the National and see Chekhov in Russian.” Time and place count for everything. “It’s absolutely luxurious to have Thomas Randle prancing about.”The text has been largely jettisoned, the narration given to music and movement; does the choreographer feel herself the last repository of authenticity? “We are living in 1995,” she replies a trifle sharply “I feel like an interpreter Purcell is a great artist. We’ve developed a language in which singers and dancers are integrated, the dancers from various techniques.” But how have the singers taken to more movement than they may be used to, even on the Coliseum’s music-theatre- oriented stage? They show great aptitude. In certain sections, David would chip in with an idea, I’d chip in with another.