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A series of lighthearted, philosophical essays on the growing popularity of poker ponders such questions as whether God plays cards with the universe, the superior ability of women to master poker faces, and the existential qualities of poker movies. Original.
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You got to know when to hold them, know when to develop their coherent system of hermeneutics and determine their phenomenology. According to this collection of 19 poker-faced but nevertheless witty essays, a firm grounding philosophy can be handier than an ace up your sleeve in the poker game that is life. General notions on the table include poker's life lessons, thinking, lying, bluffing, "friendly" pummeling, and the big three of a kind: Texas, Vegas and Hollywood. Players, that is, contributors, deal in poker's philosophical lessons, Marx's meeting Texas Dolly, the humility of wisdom, existential Dostoevsky and the gambler's high, critical thinking, probability, the irrational idea of a perfect system, keeping your friends close and your ethicists closer, bluffing online, Machiavelli (need we say more), Jewish philosophy winning the pot, the contributions of Hobbes and poker to classic Westerns, women victorious and the ever-present gun on the table. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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