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:
- Full Pass to ValenTango 2024
- Full Pass to the Pheonix July 4 TangoFest 2023
- Full Pass to LA Summer Tango Marathon 2023
- Full Pass to Tucson Tango Festival April 21-24 2023
- Full Milonga Pass to the Portland TangoFest Sept 29-Oct 1, 2023
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