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The New Yorker: James McManus on Barak Obama the poker player

January 30, 2008

Poker author James McManus has an article in the upcoming edition of The New Yorker that focuses on the poker-playing side of Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama. McManus, best known to may players as the author of the excellent Positively Fifth Street, does a quick writeup on Obama’s card-playing history and then wraps it up with a few presidential poker nuggets.

Excerpt:

Obama never played for high stakes. Only on a very bad night could a player drop two hundred dollars in these games, typical wins and losses being closer to twenty-five bucks. Link describes Obama as a “calculating” cardplayer, avoiding long-shot draws and patiently waiting for strong starting hands. “When Barack stayed in, you pretty much figured he’s got a good hand,” former Senator Larry Walsh once told a reporter, neglecting to note that maintaining that sort of rock-solid image made it easier for Obama to bluff.

Whole thing here.

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