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When you sit down at a poker table, you want the game to be clean. The poker industry is, justifiably, a bit obsessed with shedding its historical image of disreputability, because players want a fair shot at winning.
But when you sit down to read a poker book or watch a poker movie, let's face it: You want the exact opposite. The grand tradition of cheating at poker is great stuff, story-wise. As an audience, you probably want as much disreputability as the writer can give you, with people risking life and limb if they get caught, and probably a Mafioso or two in there somewhere.
Read the rest at Casino City Times.
But when you sit down to read a poker book or watch a poker movie, let's face it: You want the exact opposite. The grand tradition of cheating at poker is great stuff, story-wise. As an audience, you probably want as much disreputability as the writer can give you, with people risking life and limb if they get caught, and probably a Mafioso or two in there somewhere.
Read the rest at Casino City Times.