The Fabulous History of Los Pelayos... the wheel and on the Internet!

Madrid. Early 90s. The family Pelayo, quickly dubbed, with no benevolent complicity " Los Pelayos "by all the Spanish press, and soon all over Spain, blew the Bank of Torrelodones Casino on the outskirts of Madrid. The news spread like wildfire in the media but also among aficionados of roulettein the casino environment, and well beyond. The story is all the more amazing because it is not cheating, simply a method devised by Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo, the brains of a team formed only by members of his family, terribly well-organized.Los Pelayos will make headlines for nearly a decade, foaming casinos in Spain and later to Europe and earning substantial amounts (more than 250 million pesetas, more than 12 million francs at the time). They are quickly becoming, for the media about a chronic incessant flaming all over each other and, for the Spaniards in general, the hero of one of the most incredible adventures of modern times (see "Press Release") . An adventure that takes a fresh start in 2006 with the launch of an online poker school and a book "Learn to play poker online with Los Pelayos .

The origin of this epic, a simple idea.

"Assuming that in life nothing is perfect, not even a Swiss watch, and bewilderment, not even the space shuttle from NASA, I am told that the wheels should not be, either . An imperfection, however slight, between two numbers that can push the ball more often to stay on some issues than others. " With his theory in hand, Gonzalo will haunt of roulette tables casino Torrelodones tirelessly compiling thousands of winning numbers released by the wheels, night after night, to check the validity of his theory.

"I quickly found that, on each table identified, the numbers came out more often than others. " His friend Diego Pradera, professor of statistics, will confirm these trends by conducting research in probability. "If this trend has any value demonstration, it should identify at least 5000 shots through ball caster. " A titanic work that will carry with Gonzalo several members of his family, his son, his daughter and several grandchildren, all aged about twenty years, watching the roulette tables noon each day, with all rotations six hours.
After statistical analysis, no possible doubt. The results are then conclusive. There is time to take action.

1992. Barcelona Olympics.

"The day we watched the Olympics, the evening we played at the casino. And we won! " says Gonzalo smile.Several Spanish casinos begin to bear the brunt of this "winning method" which is extremely effective and extremely lucrative for the clan Pelayos. The replica of casinos is first graduated from simple bullying through harassment. But soon about "the chance insolent " for some and losses more and more important for other casinos will simply deny them entry to their premises.

"They harassed us, we put the pressure when we were in the room. One day, they began to evict us by force of arms, in flagrant disregard of our rights - and our dignity. However, we do not trichions. At the casino, you can lose indefinitely without being disturbed. But when you win too much, you become undesirable. "

(Editor's Note: After a trial that lasted nearly 10 years, the Supreme Court dismissed the Madrid Casino Torrelodones and reinstalled Los Pelayos their rights to have access to the casino)

Not to worry, since Spain shuts their doors to its casinos, others in Europe are still open ... at least for now, the casinos of France, Sweden, Austria, the United Kingdom, but also those of Las Vegas do not yet know what to expect.

The adventure will continue for some years, but before so tired of bullying, clan members, disillusioned, will gradually return to their previous occupations. Writing the book "The Fabulous History of Los Pelayos ", initiated by Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo and Ivan, will give them a taste for adventure. This book marks the return ofPelayos in the Spanish media. Released in 2003 to 20,000 copies the first edition sold out in just a few months.
The television, radio, print media are passionate about this extraordinary family. The book's success even caught the film: a great Spanish film company has acquired the rights to the book and would consider bringing "The Fabulous Story of Pelayos "on the screen.

(Editor's note: It is rumored that Antonio Banderas would read the script. In any case, the draft of a film on the epic Pelayos is still in the agenda!)

From roulette poker

Indefatigable observer of the gaming world, Gonzalo puts his wheel to the locker room and decided to tackle the poker which he is a fan forever. His obsession is also designing a winning method. Texas Hold'em is still in its infancy in Spain, but he already sees an attractive alternative that will have great success ... the internet will prove him right.

As in the past to the wheel, Gonzalo as a clan, but this time not only with members of his family. It is surrounded by a bunch of "fans" of poker that is found in great secrecy - poker is banned in Spain - in the back room of a small bar in Madrid. It was in this little bar that will be born this winning method, result of hundreds of sleepless nights spent to test strategic theories, theories that Gonzalo will inform the largest number by creating the first school-room poker online Spanish: Los Pelayos Poker . Also from this back room Gonzalo teach his theories to the young bartender strategic Ecuador will become a few years later, Double World Champion. His name: Juan Carlos Mortensen.

Biography of Juan Carlos Mortensen