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Steve O'Dwyer Wins 2020 WPT Online Championships
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Steve O'Dwyer, one of the most successful poker players in the world, has managed to land another great victor. This time, he won in the 2020 World Poker Tour Online Championships, where he managed to win a total of $135,000.
The event required a $3,200 buy-in and attracted a total of 166 players. They managed to create the prize pool, which was just above $500,000, and O'Dwyer grabbed the lion's share of the prize.
Right now, O'Dwyer has more than $31.2 million in poker earnings and currently sits at the 10th place of the all-time money list.
This was a no-limit hold 'em heads-up championship, meaning always played head-to-head, and the tournament followed a simple knock-out format in its last stage.
After reaching the quarter-finals, Steve O'Dwyer had to face a player from Germany called Niko Koop. In the last hand, Koop tried to pull out a multi-street bluff, but O'Dwyer was able to see through it and won the duel with two pairs. After Koop was out of the game, it was time for O'Dwyer to face Allan Berger.
Berger didn't manage to last long either, and the last hand the two of them played was rather interesting. Berger started the hand with a pair of eights, but O'Dwyer had a pair of red queens in his pocket. That's why the Irish player decided to play aggressively.
The flop was a brick for both players, but the turn showed another eight, giving Berger an opportunity to get a lot of chips back. However, the luck was on O'Dwyer's side as he managed to river another queen, creating a stronger three-of-a-kind. The main betting actually took place on the river, when Berger was sure that he was going to win, so he shoved, and O'Dwyer immediately called to see him hit the rail.
Artem Akhmetvaleyev managed to win in other semi-finals against Jorma Nuutinen and became the final opponent to Steve O'Dwyer.
The Heads-up Action and Final Results
O'Dwyer, being the more experienced one, immediately applied pressure against his opponent, getting a 2:1 chip lead in the first couple of minutes. The two dueled for a while, but O'Dwyer prevailed eventually.
In the last hand, O'Dwyer had ace-king suited in his hand, as opposed to unsuited seven and eight in Akhmetvaleyev's hand. Therefore, the Irish player immediately started playing aggressively, despite bricking a flop. His opponent managed to improve on the flop with another eight, but O'Dwyer had a top pair when another king landed on the turn.
A four landed on the river, which didn't help either player improve. That's when O'Dwyer decided to go all-in, almost certain of his victory. After a couple of seconds and a lot of consideration, Akhmetvaleyev decided to call O'Dwyer's bet but lost to a top pair.
That's why Akhmetvaleyev had to settle for the consolation prize of $75,000 as the second-place finisher.
Nuutinen and Berger shared the third-place prize of $40,000, and four quarter-finalists all received the prize of $17,500. The top 32 players received prizes in this tournament.
O'Dwyer proved once again why he is one of the best players in the world. Moreover, he proved that playing heads-up games against him means playing against the best head-to-head player. Apart from being 10th on the all-time money list, he is currently ranked #1 on the all-time Colorado money list, Colorado being his current home. Needless to say, he is the most successful poker player from Ireland, and he is currently ranked #8 according to the Global Poker Index.
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By Adam Levick on October 29, 2012 • ( 11 Comments )
An apparatchik named Seumas Milne, who worked for the decidedly pro-Stalinist magazine called Straight Left, and who's currently serving as the Guardian's Associate Editor, has written a book.
I don't intend on reading it because, well, life is short, my personal list of 'books to read' grows larger by the day and I never really did fancy the political musings of unrepentant communists – even during my turbulent college years when I was most receptive to the mindless clichés of the delusional left.
So, I am indebted to Owen Hatherley for having penned a Guardian review of the book, 'The Revenge of History', a collection of Milne's essays in the Guardian over the last 10 years.
Relevant to those who follow this blog, Hatherley's literary criticism takes a brief detour to lash out at those believed to be Milne's critics.
"Although slandered by the usual internet suspects as an "antisemite", he's been one of the few to expose this polite, Council of Europe-sanctioned form of Holocaust revisionism." [emphasis added]
Intrigued by the suggestion that Milne – who has praised the anti-imperialist "resistance movements" in Kabul, Baghdad, and Gaza City, and parroted the lie of the Jenin "massacre" – may have been a closet philo-Semite all along, I did a bit of research in an attempt to learn more about the heroic defender of Holocaust memory.
The only thing even remotely related to Hatherley's characterization I could find was an essay at 'Comment is Free' by Milne in 2009 titled "This rewriting of history is spreading Europe's poison'.
Writes Milne:
"…across eastern Europe, the Baltic republics and the Ukraine, the drive to rewrite history is being used to relativise Nazi crimes and rehabilitate collaborators. At the official level, it has focused on a campaign to turn August 23 – the anniversary of the non-aggression pact – into a day of commemoration for the victims of communism and nazism.
In July that was backed by the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, following a similar vote in the European parliament and a declaration signed by Vaclav Havel and others branding "communism and nazism as a common legacy" of Europe that should be jointly commemorated because of "substantial similarities".
That east Europeans should want to remember the deportations and killings of "class enemies" by the Soviet Union during and after the war is entirely understandable. So is their pressure on Russia to account, say, for the killing of Polish officers at Katyn – even if Soviet and Russian acknowledgment of Stalin's crimes already goes far beyond, for example, any such apologies by Britain or France for the crimes of colonialism.
But the pretence that Soviet repression reached anything like the scale or depths of Nazi savagery – or that the postwar "enslavement" of eastern Europe can be equated with wartime Nazi genocide – is a mendacity that tips towards Holocaust denial."
To those still under the illusion that Soviet repression wasn't indeed as murderous as Nazism, I'd recommend the book "The Black Book of Communism" – a thorough account of the mass murder committed in every Communist country — the Soviet Union, the East European countries, China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Cuba, Mongolia – which quantifies the death toll of Marx's little theory at no less than 100 million.
More importantly, while reasonable people can debate the relative crimes of the Soviet Union and German Nazism, it certainly isn't antisemitic, nor an offense to Holocaust memory, to unapologetically condemn the atrocities of Josef Stalin – whose purges, forced collectivization, starvation, and ethnic cleansing of 'counter-revolutionaries' arguably extinguished 20 million souls.
Milne wasn't condemning Holocaust revisionism. He was merely defending Stalinist revisionism.
Those of us among "the usual internet suspects" need not offer an ounce of gratitude to those who cynically champion the cause of dead Jews but seemingly remain indifferent to the aspirations of living Jews.
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Geary says:
Shameless Milne. Not the "Revenge of" but "The Revision of History". Rewriting the past is what Marxist-Leninist-Trotskist do best.
OyVaGoy says:
Adam Levick says:
I certainly enjoyed writing that sentence 😉
sackcloth and ashes says:
Owen Hatherley, the reviewer, is a sympathiser of the so-called Socialist Workers Party. He can be guaranteed to provide tame reviews for far-left screeds in the Gruan and the Indie.
Andy Gill says:
Unrepentant Stalinists like Milne are the Nazis of the left. The only reason they didn't have their own holocaust was because the Nazis got there first.
pretzelberg says:
More importantly, while reasonable people can debate the relative crimes of the Soviet Union and German Nazism, it certainly isn't antisemitic, nor an offense to Holocaust memory, to unapologetically condemn the atrocities of Josef Stalin
But do Milne or Hatherley actually suggest that it is?
Fritz Wunderlich says:
Normally the Soviet historiographie always included the victims of the antisemitic massacres of the NS inside the Sovietunion in the general number of overall murder of Soviet citizens. It never differentiated and distinguished the specific antisemitc annihilation, but took a general approach of validating the mass murder as Anti-Communism mixed up with racial hatred of Slavs..
Which is not false, but hides the central piece of NS ideology.
And due the Anti-semitic turn in late 1948, the Sovietunion deliberately diminished the role of Jews and the Holocaust.
Therefore it is not astonishing that communist and left extemists belittled and belittle the Holocaust, and primarily adress the communist victims, the communist resistance and so on.
For them, and I had some discussions concerning this, also at Opendemocracy where some left extremists are hiding, the Jews are just one group of victims besides others, even for Jewish left extremists, and it is more or less a dirty trick that they got some much attention in the last twenty years.
I couldn`t figure out if it was a Jewish or a bourgeois dirty trick to them because I was quickly banned.
I know what you mean about Stalin apologists being selective with the figures.
But my question was actually: do Milne or Hatherley suggest – as claimed by CiFWatch – that unapologetically condemning the atrocities of Stalin is antisemitic and /or an offense to Holocaust memory??
I don't think they do, do they?
Frtz wunderlich says:
Well, in totalitarian minds all things are equal.
Soviet mass murder concerned mostly Soviet citizens, the belittling of mass murder as "repression" is one side of this apology, the other side is that Eastern Europe countries tend to equate their victims, the national tragedy with the Holocaust, but this is not a Holocaust denial, and due to the double role of these countries.
It is an false argument of monsterous minds I must say.
German revisionists for example try since decades to come up with the German victims of ethnic cleansing or of the bombings to balance the horror of German atrocities, but they do not deny the Holocaust.
Yes. Milne was a member of the 'Straight Left' faction of the CPGB, which arose from the split between the 'tankies' and the 'Eurocommunists' after the Prague Spring. 'Straight Left' was one of the former.
Milne is also on record minimising the enormity of Stalinist crimes against humanity:
http://standpointmag.co.uk/overrated-september-11-seumas-milne-michael-mosbacher-guardian-china-communism-lenin-stalin
Zizek, Ranciére and Badiou are working on the rehabilitation of communism, bypassing and explaining Stalinism as just one aberration which led into desaster and mass murder.
But not only that, even belittling by evoking a bigger picture (the other) the Lacanian Zizek is working on an excuse and a legitimation, in my opinion.
And this works as reassurance for these scoundrels.
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Before we get started, please understand that although I have a lot of experience using smartphones, and kind of class myself as a bit of a techno-geek as I was selling mobile phones at age 15 (23 years ago), I will only be focusing this entire article on the dual lens camera and it's performance, and I'll leave the phone part of analysis to the pros from the techno-blogs. On that note, I will mention that I have been very disappointed with the lack of understanding from many of the big blogs, and feel that there is some politics going on in regards to the ratings being given to the P9, mostly unfair. This may have something to do with the fact they have existing relationships with other manufacturers and don't want to ruffle too many feathers by giving the P9 the high rating it deserves. Either way, I'll be sharing my experience with the P9 honestly.
Behind the Scenes of my Lighting Masterclass in Bangkok, taken with the dedicated Monochrome camera.
Before I start this review I want you all to know that it was 'I' who approached Huawei. Like many other iPhone users, I was sceptical when I first heard about this product, especially when Leica announced their involvement, and the P9's ability to re-create the Leica signature look. Leica is a top-tier camera and optics manufacturer, arguably the best in pure image quality, and here they are teaming up with a relatively new player in the smartphone game, and announcing a long-term partnership - so of course, I was intrigued. After doing some research I found out that Huawei are huge in telecommunications and technology. I won't go into detail, but they are no.3 globally and no.1 nationally in China in smartphone sales. They also manufacturer networks and technologies that work with and run them – quite amazing.
But my interest really started when my friend/student in Thailand (shout out to Pong), told me he was given a P9 before release, and that I just had to check it out because (in his words), 'it was really amazing'. I got to Bangkok a week later, and after 10 minutes with the P9, I was sold. I had to get my hands on one! I quickly arranged a meeting with Huawei through a friendly referral by my friends at Leica Australia, and we partnered up. All of this came about because of my belief in the product, and also my disappointment on some of the unfair reviews and ratings the P9 was being given by tech blogs. So without further adieu, lets get started!
The P9 is only 6.18mm thin, and housed in a solid metal unibody with diamond-cut edges. It feels great in the hand as it's not too sharp and not too rounded. For those of you iPhone fans, it's kind of like combining the iPhone 5 and 6 together. In the hand, it feels secure but not exactly grippy. This is the result of using luxurious materials and finishes, so you really can't have it both ways.
The LCD is one of the best features of the P9's design. The 5.2inch full HD display with a pixel density of 443 ppi is crisp with accurate colours and viewable at any angle, even in bright daylight. Now when I say accurate colours, I mean accurate to my Apple Macbook Pro. Considering that Apple computers are the most commonly used computers, it's good to see them match up, even if unintentional.
The other standout feature of the design is the fingerprint reader, featuring 4 levels of security technology. This results in accurate, high speed access to your phone, even with somewhat sweaty hands. Compared to my previous phones, this works at least 5 times faster, and without the need to press a button to wake it up. Simply place your finger (in any position) over the reader, and the phone turns on instantly, without any delay whatsoever.
When it came to the camera, Huawei went straight to the top because they believe that Leica shares the same vision in photography. For those unfamiliar with the Leica name, it's important to note that the German camera and optics manufacturer is responsible for the creation of the 35mm camera format, and have been the leaders in photographic and microscopic optics for the past 102 years.
In regards to Leica's specific input, I can clearly say that Leica did not manufacturer the camera components or optics at their German manufacture in Wetzlar – it would have been uneconomical if they did. Their input is focused solely on the design and engineering of the rear dual camera system (not the front facing camera), and worked on the development and optimisation of the camera/lens, controls, and graphic user interface (menu system). Their goal was to provide consumers with the best picture quality achievable in a smartphone by reproducing the 'Leica look' as best possible.
Leica have lent their famous Summarit lens design to the P9. The name 'Summarit' refers to the speed of the lens, having a focal length equivalent to 27mm in 35mm format (let's call it 28mm), and a maximum aperture of f/2.2. While technically, each lens has a maximum aperture of f/2.2, they combine to gather more light, and effectively resulting in light gathering equivalent to approximately f/1.8, making it ideal in low light situations.
The purpose of having a dual camera module is two-fold. Firstly, there are two cameras using the same Summarit lenses, each with their own dedicated sensors. The left camera is for Monochrome recording only, meaning that the color filter that usually sits on the sensor has been withdrawn. This results in a much higher level of detail and a pure recording of tonal range in black and white/monocrhome format. This camera is operated by selecting it in the mode menu.
The second camera works together with the monochrome camera/sensor to combine images to capture more detail and more information, allowing the user to move the focus point after the shot is taken, as well as changing the look of the depth of field, which is also software driven using Huawei's IMAGEsmart 5.0 technology - more on this later.
In regards to the sensor, the new Sony sensor does have a slight advantage in size over the iPhone 6s. The slightly larger sensor size, combined with having two sensors ensures that more light is being captured and therefor producing cleaner images at higher ISO's in lower light. In general, a larger sensor is more important to the quality of the image than the amount of megapixels the sensor records - think quality over quantity.
I've been using the Huawei P9 for the past 4 months now, just prior to it's global launch, and still feel as exited now as I did when I first tried it. During this time, I've taken it on a variety of shoots and used it for a lot of personal use on a daily basis. In every situation, it's always a joy to use and a pleasure to see the results this 'phone' is able to achieve.
The menu system of GUI (graphic user interface) is derived from Leica's T system, so users of the Leica T will feel right at home, and new users will find the P9 very easy to use without the need to pull out the instruction manual. Everything is driven through a touch screen system, with all the universal genstures you're probably accustomed to, including swiping, tapping, pinch zooming, etc. See the 'operational' video below for more detail.
The P9 uses laser focus technology for high accuracy and super fast focus speeds, and works either through face detection, or finger focus with single, continuous and manual focus options. In practise its very fast and works with high accuracy too, even in low light. Auto focusing also works for the 8MP front camera too.
The dual lens module has capabilities that give us a glimpse into what will be possible with next-generation photography, right now. Using their IMAGEsmart 5.0 technology, Huawei and Leica have found a way to create the Leica signature look by mimicking the way the aperture is controlled from f/0.95 to f/16, with a field of view equivalent to approximately 28mm. Even in 35mm terms, the fastest current lens in the Leica lineup at 28mm is the Summilux-M 28mm/1.4 ASPH, which I reviewed on my blog.
This depth of field control can be operated before or after the shot is taken. From my field testing, I found it was better to shoot at smaller apertures of f/5.6-f/16, and then control the depth of field after the picture is taken. This way the two cameras ensure more information is recorded at the time of exposure, instead of limiting depth of field. In use, it's very easy to operate, but keep in mind what you're seeing here and in my promotional video will change with the new version of Android which is set to release fairly soon. I'm currently testing it, and the camera mode will look a little different.
To use this mode effectively though, you need to understand a little about how it works. This mode relies on the marriage of the dual camera module and some sophisticated software. The role of the camera is to record more detail between the focused area and the background/foreground, and the role of the IMAGEsmart technology is to determine the edges of the area of which is in focus. So ultimately, the software is guessing where the depth of field should start and stop based on your chosen point of focus, whether it be before or after the exposure is taken. Then, based on your chosen aperture, it adds or subtracts focus in a very smooth manner that mimics the depth of field changes that we are more used to seeing on professional cameras.
Now while this technology works amazingly well, it isn't perfect. Firstly, the battery does get a little hot when using this mode for more than a few minutes at a time, but it's not anything to be concerned about. It's just the processor working hard to process the data from the dual cameras, and this is common with most devices. Also, this mode will deplete you battery faster too, so keep this in mind.
Secondly, like an auto exposure system, it can't always be 100% sure and correct, as it is guessing. There will be times where it won't quite work out, but in my experience it works quite accurately around 85% of the time, and considering this technology is still very new, and there's nothing like it in the marketplace, I'd say it's a job very well done - no other product can currently do this.
Well as they say on direct TV, "but wait, there's more!" I did allude to it earlier, but yes, the dual camera module and software allow you to refocus 'after' the image is taken. Again, just like the depth of field control, this feature relies on the software to get it right, but like I said previously, if you shoot with a smaller aperture of f/5.6-f/16, you have a better chance of achieving focus where you want it. It also helps to get the focus right at the time of the exposure, instead of hoping to move it after the shot is taken. Also keep in mind that shooting at any aperture does NOT have any affect on the exposure. You are merely telling the P9 how much depth of field you desire.
I can't emphasise enough, the excitement and enjoyment that comes with having this capability in your pocket. I already have a professional camera in my Leica SL, so having similar capabilities in my pocket is a bonus, especially in social situations where I feel the need to do something a little more than just take a snap shot.
Having the ability to mimic that Leica signature look with your phone gives you a feeling of confidence, as well as convenience. On so many social occasions I've taken out the P9 and blown people away with my simple snap shots, because no one is expecting to see these kinds of abilities coming from a smartphone, and it's honestly something cool to gloat about.
New technologies aside, there is one feature required by serious photographers, regardless of the type of camera they're using – and that's control over exposure. Pro mode enables you to control shutter speed (Tv), with the aperture selected by the camera. You also have control over metering zones, ISO, EV, AF mode and white balance.
In Pro mode there is no depth of field control, as that is only available in auto mode. While many of you are wondering why there is no control over aperture, the answer is pretty simple. Firstly, without using the dual cameras and IMAGEsmart 5.0, it's impossible to show large aperture shifts and achieve shallow depth of field with such a small sensor (unless at macro distances). Secondly, there is depth of field control in auto mode, which does work surprisingly well using the dual cameras as demonstrated above. Lastly, from my experience as a professional photographer, it's the 'shutter speed' that's more important than the aperture, when it comes to 'getting the shot'. Blurring out backgrounds is a nice creative effect, but is often overused by photographers, where often, it's more important to see background detail and focus more on light and composition, than defocused backgrounds, or 'bokeh' as it's often referred to.
What would have been great is the ability to control exposure manually, by inputting both shutter and aperture. Luckily, there is the ability to shift exposure, and then lock exposure by long pressing on the EV icon, once you are happy with the way the exposure looks. Professionally, I always work in manual exposure to have more control over the light, as well as achieving more consistent results when the ambient light isn't changing. This would be especially handy for videographers too, and I hope Huawei adds this feature into a future firmware update.
Yes, the P9 does allow you to shoot in RAW, recording in DNG file format, but only in Pro mode, shooting in colour. For those a little new to the (serious photography) game, a RAW file not only records in a higher quality, but allows you to make changes to the file with a zero to minimal loss of quality, as compared to regular JPEG files, which are highly compressed. All serious cameras come with RAW image recording, so it's great to see Huawei and Leica including it on the P9. Other manufacturers who also claim their phones are serious about photography often exclude this feature, so the inclusion on the P9 is not to be taken for granted.
The images in RAW mode did capture a little more dynamic range, compared to the JPEGs in Auto mode, but the difference in detail and sharpness is barely noticeable. This is not to say the DNG files aren't of a high quality, because they are – I'm just saying that the JPEG's are so detailed that you really couldn't tell the difference between them and the RAW files. The difference comes when you're needing to make changes to the files in Lightroom, where the extra information recorded in the DNG allows you to change exposure, white balance and other parameters with minimal loss of quality. That being said, if you achieve a great picture in auto mode in JPEG format, there will be no need to make changes and you'll really appreciate the quality of the files from the P9. Also, I shot most of my images in JPEG because the two most exciting modes only shoot in JPEG, and I never found myself wishing for more quality - the files are really that good! One thing to note is that while the P9 accepts Micro SD cards, the DNG files can only be recorded to the phone's memory. Only JPEG files can be saved to the Micro SD card.
The P9 deliver colours colours with high accuracy, straight out of camera, and I rarely found myself needing to make changes, even to white balance. They actually remind me of the same colour palettes used by current Leica cameras like the T, M and SL series of cameras, so I'd happily shoot the P9 alongside my SL without worrying about the images looking too different in colour. Of course, if we are talking about ultimate file quality, a small sensor from a phone cannot match that from a full frame professional format camera.


Young man, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, ever.
@Anon Think you're being harsh. Ed has been decisive in a lot of things, but his image is an issue. Not sure why eveyone reckons David would be so great - remember the banana.


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Huh? I have a blog?
We made it back from California in one piece. We had a wonderful time. Since our return I've been engrossed in online drama and also Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (which, OMG, fascinating! I am quite literally on the edge of my seat every time I open the book).
There is much about which to update (My little baby is 4.5 months old now! My biggest baby is starting the second grade on Friday! My middle baby…..well, he's off in his own little world, as usual!) but it is now 11:36 and I should be getting to bed. Yes, it is still early for the Incorrigible Night Owl but the Incorrigible Baby is not what you'd call a good sleeper so I'm having to cut my nights a bit shorter these days if I want to continue to function.
I promise to post several new items in the next couple of days. Also I may turn my comments back on and see if the spammers have given up on me yet. One can only hope.
Do I count as spam? Spam, spam, spam spam, wonderful spam, lovely spam. Glad your comments are back!


I've decided to compile a list of things that customer service representatives should not say and include the alternatives that they should say. I'm working on this list with several other customer service bloggers and authors and it will be available as a free PDF download on Service Untitled.
If you phrases that you think customer service representatives should not say (as well as alternative things they should say) – feel free to post a comment or email me with your suggestions. All contributors will be given a link to their blog or web site and appropriate credit in the PDF.
This one at QaQNA (and comments).
This article at Customer Service Point.
This is a good list to compile, because it is easy enough for representatives to remember. Following the fairly simple guidelines of "say this instead of this" is not complicated at all and can make a difference. The list will be fairly short (goal is one page) and can be put right in a customer service training book or manual.
Eventually, there will be a few of these quick one page, cheat sheets on customer service available for free download to anyone who is interested. If you have any suggestions for good topics to cover, post a comment or send an email.
By the way, I'm using Windows Live Writer to write this post – hopefully it will work well.
GA is really user-friendly but it does not provide a lot.


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La tabernera del puerto és una sarsuela en 3 actes amb llibret de Federico Romero Sarachaga i Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde, i música de Pablo Sorozábal. Va ser estrenada al Teatre Tívoli de Barcelona el 6 d'abril del 1936. El llibret havia estat ofert inicialment a Jesús Guridi; però el compositor basc estava fent una sarsuela d'ambient similar, Mari-Eli, i hagué de declinar l'oferiment. La Tabernera... de Sorozábal té ressons de la música de Guridi, especialment de la peça Euzko Irudiak.

Argument
L'acció transcorre en els anys 30 del , en una ciutat portuària imaginària del nord d'Espanya que s'anomena Cantabreda.

En el cafè de Ripalda, l'amo i el mariner Verdier parlen de la taverna de Marola. Ningú sap d'on vingué fa dos mesos, i únicament se sap que la taverna va ser pagada pel bandoler Juan de Eguía, que la gent fa per marit de la tavernera. Verdier, Simpson i el bandoler Juan de Eguía, que en altres temps navegaren junts, parlen de la necessitat de convèncer Leandro, un pescador, perquè els passi droga de contraban. Mariola i Leandro s'enamoren un de l'altre. Abel, un adolescent acordeonista, també es declara a la tavernera, però aquesta el rebutja.

Un grup de dones del poble retreuen a Marola que tingui els seus homes distrets, i ella es defensa dient que són elles que no en tenen prou cura. Per tallar la discussió, Juan de Eguía maltracta Marola davant la impotència d'Abel. L'endemà aquest explica la feta, i els clients de la taverna busquen l'Eguía perquè es justifiqui; en Leandro el troba, i s'assabenta que la Marola és filla del bandoler. El mariner parla aleshores amb la tavernera i la convenç per escapar-se junts.

De Eguía torna a aparèixer, i promet la mà de Marola al seu enamorat a canvi que introdueixi un farcell de cocaïna a la ciutat. Aquest accepta, i poc després la parella d'enamorats entra amb una petita barca a una cova accessible únicament pel mar; esclata una tempesta i Leandro i Marola desapareixen entre les onades.

Abel canta a la desapareguda Marola, mentre Juan de Eguía confessa als presents la seva paternitat. Poc després apareix el mariner Simpson que els dona la bona notícia que Marola i Leandro són vius, però que els carrabiners els han agafat i els duen a port. Juan confessa el seu paper i el detenen, mentre Leandro i Marola són alliberats.

Números musicals
 Acte I
 En la taberna del puerto (Abel)
 ¡Ay que me muero! (Marola)
 Salve Marinera (cor)
 Hace días que te esperaba (Juan de Eguía, Verdier i Simpson)
 Ven aquí camastrón (Chinchorro i Antigua)
 Todos lo saben (Leandro i Marola)
 Aquí está la culpable (cor de dones i Marola)
 Acte II
 Eres blanca y hermosa (cor de mariners)
 En un país de fábula (Marola)
 La mujer de los quince a los veinte (Juan de Eguía)
 Despierta negro (Simpson)
 No puede ser (Leandro)
 (Recitat sobre música) (Marola)
 Marola resuena en el oído (Marola, Abel, Ripalda)
 Padre, yo no te comprendo (Marola, Juan de Eguía, Leandro, mariners, Abel, Simpson)
 Acte III
 ¿No escuchas un grito? (Marola, Leandro)
 Música instrumental
 Ay, que me muero (Abel)
 ¡No te acerques! (Jaun de Eguía)
 ¿Son ellos? ¡Era verdad! (Marola, Leandro, Juan de Eguía, Simpson, cor)

Enllaços externs
 Canta Plácido Domingo
 Canta Alfredo Kraus

Sarsueles
Composicions musicals del 1936

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