General Concept:
- You will receive one playing card when you arrive.
- Various rules and games will be used to match you with a partner as shown below and posted next to the DJ table.
- At the end of the milonga, random groups of five will be created to form various poker hands. Five minutes will be allowed for each group to try and improve their hand by trading cards with other groups. Each member of the group with the best “standard” poker hand will win one of the following:
Prizes:
- Free Passes to 2020 Chicago Windy City Tango Festival (Compliments of the organizer, Rod Relucio)
- Free Pass to May 2021 Los Angeles Endless Summer Tango Marathon (Compliments of the organizer, Ilona Glinarsky)
- Free Pass to 2021 Louisville Tango Festival (Compliments of the organizer, Christy Byers)
- Full Pass to Feb 2022 ValenTango® Festival (Compliments of yours truly, Clay Nelson)
- Free Pass to 2021 Phoenix Tango Marathon (Compliments of the organizer, James Baker)
The following tandas & techniques will be used to match partners and shuffle the cards:
- Same color suit
- Opposite color suit
- Same Suit
- Speed Shuffle
- Spades & Hearts together and Diamonds & Clubs together
- Diamonds & Spades together Clubs & Hearts together
- Roulette Shuffle
- Odd numbers dance with even numbers
- Prime numbers dance with non-primes
- Same value card (ignoring suit)
- Waterfall Shuffle
- Same color suit
- Opposite color suit
- Same Suit
- Speed Shuffle