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An edition of Poker and philosophy (2006)

Poker and philosophy

pocket rockets and philosopher kings

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Does God play cards with the universe? Do women have better poker faces than men? What s the most existential poker movie ever made? Is life more meaningful when you go all-in? Is online poker really still poker? Poker and Philosophy ponders these questions and more, pitting young lions against old masters as the brashness of Phil Hellmuth meets the arrogance of Socrates, the recklessness of Doyle Brunson challenges the desperation of Dostoyevsky, and the coolness of Chris Moneymaker takes on the American tradition of capitalist ingenuity. This witty collection of essays demonstrates what serious card sharks have long known: winning big takes more than a good hand and a straight face. Stacking the metaphorical deck with a serious grounding in philosophy is the key to raking it in, because as Machiavelli proved long ago, it s a lot better to be feared than loved, and lying is not the same as cheating.

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Open Court, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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English
Pages
234

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Chance, Philosophy, Poker
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Table of Contents

Seven lessons in philosophy you already learned playing Texas hold'em / Michael Ventimiglia
Karl Marx meets Texas dolly / Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Knowing the unknowable: Aristotle, Sklansky, and the humility of wisdom / Willie Young
Poker and the game of life / Steven M. Sanders
The existential gambler: Dostoevsky and the gambler's high / Peter J. Vernezze
Thinking about thinking about thinking about thinking (about poker) / Jonathan Ellis
Don't play on tilt! Avoiding seven costly critical thinking errors in poker / Gregory Bassham and Marc C. Marchese
Probability as a guide to poker / Don Fallis
The irrational game: why there's no perfect system / Robert Northcott
"I should have known it!": Gilbert Ryle and poker knowledge / Kenneth G. Lucey
Bluffing, lying, and bullshitting / Brian Huss
Poker lies: keep your friends close and your ethicists closer / Anne Barnhill and Susan Solomon
Online poker: is it bluffing when no one sees you blink? / David R. Koepsell
Power poker: Machiavelli and Brunson's super system / David Hahn
Why my daughter plays poker (and how I learned to deal) / Mark J. Hamilton
Jewish philosophy wins the pot: how Stu Ungar and Emmanuel Levinas coralled the Texans / Philip Lindholm
Civilization amidst wilderness: Hobbes, poker, and classic westerns / Kevin L. Stoehr
Annie Duke takes on Hollywood: girl power at the poker table / Rebecca Housel
"The cheating game": poker's culture of violence / Wendy C. Hamblet

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Chicago, Ill, [Berkeley]
Series
Popular culture and philosophy -- v. 20

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Library of Congress
BD595 .P65 2006, BD595.P65 2006

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Pagination
xvi, 234 p. ;
Number of pages
234

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17198405M
ISBN 10
0812695941
LCCN
2006002141
OCLC/WorldCat
63178943
LibraryThing
2299106
Goodreads
31944

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OL18205623W

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