Corporate · New York, NY

First event of the year, at a casino resort

Name: First event of the year, at a casino resort
Start: 2026-04-28
Location: New York, NY

A casino resort in New York, the boxes open on the table under the lights. Bredy, of La Rosa Negra Cigar, brought him in.

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First event of the year, at a casino resort — April 28, 2026

1 of ~28rollers cleared for the Opus XCigar Journal, 2016

6 minone cigar, in front of youHis own words

150+events workedFranklin’s own count

Kicking off 2026 in style with my first event of the year at a beautiful casino resort in New York. A…

Franklin PichardoPosted April 28, 2026

1 of ~28 Opus X rollers—Arturo Fuente since 1995—Official roller · F1 Miami—Published in Cigar Journal—A quarter century at the table—Rolled for Hublot—

The man at that table

Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.

How he got there