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Article: America's game? Try poker
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Although the latest edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary
doesn't include the terms "flop," "hold 'em," or "Omaha," poker, by
most accounts, has become one of America's favorite games. Invented
200 years ago in New Orleans, James McManus explains that what began
as "The Cheating Game" embodies our fascination with "risk,
initiative, and democratic opportunity." "Poker thinking" extends
into law, military and diplomatic strategy, business, the Internet,
and artificial intelligence.
A sequel of sorts to "Positively Fifth Street," McManus' account
of his fifth place finish in The World Series of Poker, "Cowboys
Full" is a deal-me-in delight. Starting with a sweeping survey of
the ...