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Roctober magazine editor JAKE AUSTEN presents a bushel of poker stories featuring members of the Roctober family and many others. (Full list of contributors) EXCERPT:
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A Friendly Game of Poker
52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game
Edited by Jake Austen, Foreword by Ira Glass
The essence of neighborhood poker in 52 original essays
"There's no such thing, of course, as a friendly game of poker, but this
motley school of fish, swinging dicks and hot chicks with decks do a
terrific job of making their home games well worth sitting in on. I call."
James McManus, author, Positively Fifth Street
Essays by a diverse group of writers capture the joys, regrets, friendships, philosophies, and adventures experienced through neighborhood poker. This collection of 52 original pieces features a section of practical and impractical tips for home poker games and a cornucopia of fascinating facts about poker paintings, poker movies, poker books, and other poker-themed masterpieces of popular culture. An interview with Edie Adams demonstrates Ernie Kovacs's poker obsession; Nick Tosches reveals Lester Bangs as a sucker; Chris Ware illustrates Bert Williams's "Darktown Poker Club"; Bill Zehme discusses Johnny Carson's celebrity poker game; and Neal Pollack discloses how his grandfather brutally introduced him to the game. With far more humor and clarity than a formal poker guide, these essays encapsulate the experience of spending a long evening drinking beer and playing pasteboards.