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David Hench

David Hench aka "Dave Cinch" is a gaming humorist in the mold and tradition of Mark Twain. "Well not really, but I have gambled on the Mississippi River," he says. "Old Man River… the great teacher" he muses. "It's busted me more than once, but I picked up a nugget or two of wisdom along the way…"

One of those nuggets is that a sense of humor is a friend to a poker player. You can laugh yourself to sleep at night without a quarter in the world. "I should know, I've done it," says Cinch.

Cinch's pieces have appeared in the Churchill Downs racing programs, Las VegaN magazine, Gaming Today, and Poker Digest. His "Joker Journal" is an entertaining look at some of the unforgettable characters that belly-up in our beloved poker games.

For Amusement Only.

Articles by David Hench:

• High Times and Misdemeaners - The Marvelous Marv Story (05/20/03)
  
• Cat Doctor (04/21/03)
  
• Marijuana Slim (03/17/03)
  

• No, You Can't Be A Professional Poker Player (02/17/03)
  

• Dewey, Louie, and Huey (01/20/03)
  

• Checking it Once (12/16/02)
  

• Poker Rest Home (11/18/02)
  

• "You've Probably Got the Same Hand" (10/21/02)
  

• The Million-to-One Kidney Stone Attack (And Some Poker Wisdom Too) (09/16/02)
  

• Last Train to Cinch-inatti (08/19/02)
  

• Checkers Anyone (07/15/02)
  

• I'm Too Full to Play (06/17/02)
  

• The Magic Token (05/20/02)
  

• A House Man and a Half (04/15/02)
  

• A Road Shot Across My Bow (03/18/02)
  

• "Play Misty for Me" (02/18/02)
  

• Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Cinch (01/23/02)
  

• The Worst Poker Players on Earth.com (12/17/01)
  

• Mr. Fudge Sickle (11/19/01)
  

• The Mademoiselle's Got Game (10/15/01)
  

• Notorious D.U.G. (09/20/01)
  

• You Play a Great Game of Poker, Fat Man... (08/23/01)
  

• Pigeons, Pioneers and Pancakes (07/19/01)
  

• Who Comes Through Ten Times Out of Ten? (02/23/01)
  

• You're a Fine One, Mr. Cinch (12/25/00)
  

• Richard the Lion Hearted (12/23/00)
  

• Shark Attack (12/02/00)
  

• Dirty Harry and the Rope Job (10/19/00)
  

• Road Show (08/30/00)
  

• The Lollipop Man (07/18/00)