Author: Max Votolato
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136719
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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"Poker capital of the world"--Page [4] of cover.

Author: Jessica Mary Goodheart
Publisher:
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Category : Gambling industry
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Author: California. Department of Justice
Publisher:
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Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: Joseph Fischer
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595391230
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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A first-hand look at casino poker in the San Francisco Bay area. A unique insider's experience of the culture, personalities and behavior of players, dealers and casino management. A fascinating view of the realities around 3/6 and 6/12 limit Texas Holdem.

Author: David Evans and Associates
Publisher:
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Category : Casinos
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Martin Harris
Publisher: D&B Publishing
ISBN: 191286200X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 706

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Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker’s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions. First came the hands, then came the stories – some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker’s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including: Poker on the Mississippi Poker in the Movies Poker in the Old West Poker on the Newsstand Poker in the Civil War Poker in Literature Poker on the Bookshelf Poker in Music Poker in the White House Poker on Television Poker During Wartime Poker on the Computer From Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game’s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker’s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.

Author: Ted Ramos
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439669414
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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From the time San Jose was founded by the Spanish in 1777 as California's first civilian settlement, the city has had its share of risk-taking in one way or another. San Jose began as a small settlement of farmers who produced food for the presidios in San Francisco and Monterey. In their free time, the farmers enjoyed a few games of cards despite the strict rules of the Spanish military. Present-day San Jose has become filled with high-tech engineers risking everything to develop the next successful start-up company. San Jose had a lot of gambling between these times--from the illegal speakeasy-type clubs that featured games such as dice, fan-tan, roulette, Chinese lotteries, and, of course, slot machines to the small legal card clubs consisting of one to ten tables filled with people playing games such as pan, lowball, and poker, that would eventually become two of Northern California's largest cardrooms, which generate millions of dollars every year.

Author: Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
Publisher:
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Category : Clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: George O. Bosma
Publisher: B&G Publishers
ISBN: 9780974785417
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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