Today's cigar girls Article
Poker and Cigars - Together Forever?

At one time those who sat at a poker table considered cigars and poker as part of the same package. They freely puffed on their cigars as they rolled their hands over their piles of poker chips. Men skilled at the game of Texas Hold'em were usually equally skilled at the art of lighting and maintaining a smoking cigar. The cigar enthusiasts at BuyDominicanCigars.com mourn the day in age when this scene was easy to find. Many of us think this pastime may become a thing of the past unless the current trend is reversed.

At the dawn of the last century, and for a period that lasted until well into that century, all manner of gambling establishments were populated by cigar smokers. Blackjack tables, as well as poker tables had rings of cigar smoke floating above them.

A host at a poker game or at a game of blackjack might be called on to provide an implement for the cutting of one or more cigars. Such hosts needed to furnish guests with more than poker chips and a pack of cards. They also had to provide their guests with plenty of cigar ashtrays. Preparations for a long poker or blackjack game demanded more than just the accumulation of drink and snack foods. Such preparations also included the purchase of extra butane lighters.

Now however at the start of the 21st century things have changed. Now the city and state rules and regulations have called for a ban on the use of cigars at a game of Texas Hold'em. In fact, if one now walks into a gambling casino one cannot find a single soul puffing on a cigar. There may be cigar smokers at such establishments, but they no longer feel free to smoke while they play poker. A visit to Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA uncovers the confined area into which the cigar and cigarette smokers have been moved. It is a small room in the corner of a larger room. It usually contains several small chairs and one large chair. That large chair has the ability to provide someone with a message.

Customers just slip a quarter into the arm of the chair and then sit back for five minutes. Then the frustrations that those same customers might have felt at not being able to smoke a cigar while playing poker are apt to disappear. And of course one is free to smoke a cigar or a cigarette is this same room. Because the smokers are unable to busy themselves with the playing of poker or blackjack, these rooms frequently have on the walls some interesting posters. Since Inglewood is located close to the Filmmaking capital of the world, most of the posters focus on early Hollywood and the early entertainers.

Even if one has no interest in smoking a cigar, and even if one has no desire to get a message, still it is fun to examine those posters. A close examination might allow one to find the picture of Kirk Douglas when he was just a young man. One could look at that picture and appreciate why he became such a star. One might also wonder what he would say now regarding the current rules, rules that prohibit the once accepted combination of cigars and poker.

About the Author

Jeff Hudson is the owner and creator of BuyDominicanCigars.com, a site that offers a wide range of premium cigars from the Dominican Republic and other fine cigar producing countries.

Thoughts about cigar girls

Arturo Fuente Double Chateau Maduro

Arturo Fuente is more that just the finest smoking enjoyment a cigar lover can experience, it represents Four Generations of family tradition, that include love, pride, and personal sacrifices. Blended with the finest 'Fuente Tobaccos' internationally recognized for their superiority, the Gran Reserva is then skillfully rolled with African Cameroon, Connecticut Shade or the most recent addition to the Gran Reserva line, Ecuadorian Sun Grown, these wrapper tobaccos are the most expensive and sought after wrapper tobacco in the world. A Fuente cigars are then aged in Spanish Cedar vaults to a peak of perfection to create a marriage of the blends producing an excellent 'individualistic' heavyweight cigar to be counted among the worlds finest.

Price: 118.99

Recommended cigar girls Items
Rudman's Cigar Buying Guide: Selecting & Savoring the Perfect Cigar for Any Occasion

Rudman's Cigar Buying Guide: Selecting & Savoring the Perfect Cigar for Any Occasion

Cigar Asphyxianado

Cigar Asphyxianado
It might almost be argued that the cigar lifestyle magazines that Eric Spitznagel so perfectly parodies are already beyond a joke, but Cigar Asphyxianado manages to get a lot of laughs out of a very bad habit. Describing itself as "Not the best magazine on cigars, but certainly the most pretentious," this book touches every base--from the cigar-toting celebrity cover-shot (Fidel Castro) to the ads that promise that "Size Does Matter." And for the tobacco tyro, there are even instructions on how to light your favorite stogie:

Angle the cigar 25 degrees below horizontal and hold the flame exactly 1/3" below the foot. Rotate the cigar under the flame, alternating between clockwise and couterclockwise, allowing 23 seconds for the clockwise rotations and 29 seconds for the counterclockwise, while puffing the cigar every two to four minutes (depending on the room temperature). Continue this process for 43 minutes.

This book will probably prevent Eric Spitznagel from ever visiting Cuba, and people who actually buy magazines about cigars may not get the joke, but for everyone else, Cigar Asphyxianado is a lot of fun. --Simon Leake

The Cigar Companion: A Conoisseur's Guide

News about cigar girls
Baseball could help Kanawha Valley rebound - Daily Mail - Charleston

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:31:05 GMT

Baseball could help Kanawha Valley rebound
Daily Mail - Charleston, WV - 23 hours ago
by Jack Bogaczyk AS the high school athletic year in West Virginia wraps this week at Appalachian Power Park, call it a "close, but no cigar" season for ...

Cleaning up after the fight

Fri, 23 May 2008 23:28:02 GMT
IF, AS THE NOVELIST JOYCE CAROL Oates once wrote, "boxing has become America's tragic theatre", then one might cast Mike Tyson - " the former world heavyweight champion and self-professed "baddest man on the ...

Insegnante elementare australiana licenziata perchè ha posato nuda “Lynn Tziolas “

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:26:08 -0700
CHE BIGOTTI … E’ stata licenziata dalla sua scuola, la Narraweena Public School di Sydney, per aver posato nuda, con il marito, per la rivista Cleo, in un servizio sulla vita sessuale di dieci coppie “normali”. Il licenziamento però ha scatenato un moto di opposizione tra genitori e giovanissimi alunni, culminato con una petizione per la riammissione che ha raccolto 300 firme. Fonte: News.com.au

coupe cigare