Poker and philosophy
Subtitle: pocket rockets and philosopher kings
By: edited by Eric Bronson
Contributors: Bronson, Eric, 1971-
Series: Popular culture and philosophy -- v. 20
Publisher: Open Court; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill; [Berkeley]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Chance; Poker; Philosophy
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Seven lessons in philosophy you already learned playing Texas hold'em / Michael Ventimiglia; title: Karl Marx meets Texas dolly / Raymond Angelo Belliotti; title: Knowing the unknowable: Aristotle, Sklansky, and the humility of wisdom / Willie Young; title: Poker and the game of life / Steven M. Sanders; title: The existential gambler: Dostoevsky and the gambler's high / Peter J. Vernezze; title: Thinking about thinking about thinking about thinking (about poker) / Jonathan Ellis; title: Don't play on tilt! Avoiding seven costly critical thinking errors in poker / Gregory Bassham and Marc C. Marchese; title: Probability as a guide to poker / Don Fallis; title: The irrational game: why there's no perfect system / Robert Northcott; title: "I should have known it!": Gilbert Ryle and poker knowledge / Kenneth G. Lucey; title: Bluffing, lying, and bullshitting / Brian Huss; title: Poker lies: keep your friends close and your ethicists closer / Anne Barnhill and Susan Solomon; title: Online poker: is it bluffing when no one sees you blink? / David R. Koepsell; title: Power poker: Machiavelli and Brunson's super system / David Hahn; title: Why my daughter plays poker (and how I learned to deal) / Mark J. Hamilton; title: Jewish philosophy wins the pot: how Stu Ungar and Emmanuel Levinas coralled the Texans / Philip Lindholm; title: Civilization amidst wilderness: Hobbes, poker, and classic westerns / Kevin L. Stoehr; title: Annie Duke takes on Hollywood: girl power at the poker table / Rebecca Housel; title: "The cheating game": poker's culture of violence / Wendy C. Hamblet