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Texas Tango Hold ‘Em Mixer–Friday 6:00-8:00pm

  • Texas-Hold-'Em140x140You will receive one playing card when you arrive.
  • Various rules for matching you with a partner are shown below and will be posted on the DJ table for each two-song tanda.
  • Every fourth tanda will be a Speed Shuffle in which four songs are played in succession and after each song everyone changes partners and playing card with the person nearest to them.
  • 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:
    • Free Pass to 2018 Louisville Tango Festival (Compliments of the organizer, Christy Myers)

    • Free Pass to 2018 Tucson Tango Festival (Compliments of the organizer, James Baker)

    • Free Pass to 2018 McCloud BurningTango Festival (Compliments of your’s truly, Clay Nelson)

    • Free Pass to 2018 New Orleans Tango Festival (Compliments of the organizer Lorena Dumas-Guntner)

    • Free Pass to 2018 ValenTango® Festival (Compliments of your’s truly, Clay Nelson)

THE FOLLOWING RULES (PLUS OTHERS) WILL BE USED TO MATCH PARTNERS

  1. Opposite color suit
  2. Same color suit
  3. Same Suit
  4. Speed Shuffle
  5. Spades & Hearts together and Diamonds & Clubs together
  6. Diamonds & Spades together Clubs & Hearts together
  7. Spades & clubs together and Diamonds & Hearts together
  8. Speed Shuffle
  9. Odd numbers dance with even numbers
  10. Prime numbers dance with non-primes
  11. Same value card (ignoring suit)
  12. Speed Shuffle

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