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rather than relax and play texas hold <u+2018>em with his friends as they had a few cans after a recent night out, hardcore culchie noel kennelan desperatley attempted to explain the impenetrable rules of the card game <u+2019>25<u+2019>, which he claims is <u+2018>way better than poker, hi<u+2019>. 




25, also known as <u+2018>that culchie game<u+2019>, involves the dealing of 5 cards to each player and the reveal of a trump card, followed by at least 10 minutes of explaining how the 2 of spades can beat the 9 of diamonds if spades were lead with, and diamonds aren<u+2019>t trump. 




kennelan, 28, made great efforts to explain to the 6 other men around the table of his dublin flat the baffling rules of <u+2018>stealing<u+2019> and <u+2018>reneging<u+2019>, but in the end had to concede that the game was too complex and the players were too drunk to fully wrap their heads around it. 




<u+201c>after the nightclub, back to the house, few cans, the cards come out,<u+201d> said kennelan, dealing himself a solemn hand of patience. 




<u+201c>the lads all play poker, but 25 is where it<u+2019>s at. way more skill, you can win a hand with nothing if you play it right. but the lads just couldn<u+2019>t get to grips with the fingers<u+201d>. 




kennelan later went online to see if there were any culchies in the area who were looking to play 25, and is considering setting up a club or something where they can go and drink smithwicks and play cards and complain about dublin.
culchie tries to explain rules of 25 one more time
gerry mcbride