Patrick Posted July 14, 2005 Report Posted July 14, 2005 From the moment this man stepped on board the ship I knew that he was a gambler just by his looks. Although the ferry journey between England and Ireland does not take long, the casino on board shall long remember him. In the first twenty minutes he won nearly five thousand pounds, playing poker. “A glass of water please!” – he asked after winning a particularly large bet. “I’m sorry sir, but we don’t serve water at the bar. If you want water you’ll have to go to the other bar at the other end of the ship.” The man, who was very polite, and I just noticed had a moon shaped scar on his right wrist looked at me with a puzzled face. “You don’t have water? Well, well. I’ll give you one hundred pounds if you go to the other bar and bring me water.” That was a lot of money. I decided to go and get him his water. I just wondered why he had sat at the bar labelled “alcoholic drinks only” if he wanted to drink water. “Here’s your water sir.” “Thank you, my lad. Why the little flag inside the slice of lemon?” “It’s a custom of this bar. With every drink we give a flag with our company logo.” “I see. Here’s your one hundred pounds.” He handed me the money and then proceeded to win twelve thousand more before we reached Ireland.
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