Poker: An American Metaphor
NOVEMBER 4, 2009 WEDNESDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
Playing poker was a key networking tool in Barack Obama's early political career. Bill Gates collected many of his business strategies and a sizable fund to start Microsoft from his all-night poker games. Eisenhower and JFK used poker tactics to resolve crises with China and the Soviet Union. How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers?

Guest
  • James McManus, author of Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
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