Writer James McManus has an excellent career in the literary world. The Chicagoan is known for two groundbreaking works regarding the game of poker (more on those in a moment), but what is one to do when people like their information in shorter, more concise bursts? You take your subject to TED-Ed, an offshoot of… Read more »
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The Literary Giants – The Best Writers in the Poker Genre
The game of poker has been around for a few hundred years, and writing about the game has been active for just about as long. R. F. Foster first penned the rules of the game in his 1837 treatise Foster’s Complete Hoyle, noting that the game had similarities to the Persian game as nas. From… Read more »
“He Played for His Wife and Other Stories” Witty and Entertaining
The world of poker is one that is rife for storytelling. Whether based in truth or the legend of “tall tales,” poker stories seem to capture all the idiosyncrasies of life – the highs, lows and every point in between. But there has never been a collection of these stories ever put on the printed… Read more »