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Ulster Poker Players Laugh all the Way to the Bank - 2004-01-05
Poker players in Northern Ireland have been named the best in the UK in an extensive study of the card game.

Ulster card players are making more money than any of their UK competitors when logging onto a gaming website, a study revealed yesterday.

For every £1,000 staked, gamblers in the Province win £19.30 more than the national average.

And Ulster's card sharps will particularly enjoy lining up against opponents from Yorkshire and Humberside, as the study showed they are the poorest players.
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Ex-brokerage worker to play pivotal role in Stewart trial - 2004-01-05
Faneuil studied political science and art at tiny Bennington College in Vermont and Vassar College in New York. He worked for four years at D.E. Shaw & Co., a Manhattan-based hedge fund, and joined Merrill in the spring of 2001, where he worked as the assistant to Peter Bacanovic.

Faneuil left Merrill after the Stewart scandal exploded. Today, he is still unemployed, but friends say he is gets occasional temp jobs.

Most of Faneuil’s friends in New York and elsewhere have closed ranks around him, declining to discuss even non-Stewart-related aspects of his personality.
But those who will talk about him describe him as fun-loving and gentle.

Friends describe him as an intense lover of competitive games — pingpong, tennis, air hockey, poker, any video game.
Read the full story at New Haven Register