Ron Fanelli: from loveable poker rogue to murderer

Guardian writer Victoria Cohen was friends with Ron Fanelli when he was doing the rounds on the London poker circuit. He was a larger than life character who went by the moniker, the Mad Yank. Beats ‘Fanny Boy’, I suppose. Turns out he was pretty mad, though; so mad he killed a Thai girl and chopped up her body.

Won’t be long before the anti-gambling lobby tries to convince us that playing poker turns us all into crazed murderers next. Read more.

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