Tag Archives: Poker

The Fatalists

By Lee Tyler Williams | Published: January 14, 2019
Police poker by wwarby on Flickr

Their duty, as they see it, is not only to serve and protect, but also to reveal the hidden vicissitudes of destiny.

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Used Book Review: Pocket Kings, by Ted Heller

By Matt Borondy | Published: September 13, 2013
Pocket Kings by Ted Heller

A middle-aged loser-ish writer struggling to shop his shockingly misanthropic third novel falls into a pit of literary despair but discovers that he has a natural talent for online poker.

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Interview: Michael Kimball, Author of Big Ray

By Matt Borondy | Published: December 12, 2012
Michael Kimball author photo

“I knew I felt released after writing the novel, but I could never quite articulate it. And I think it was that – the shame that many abused people have to face down – I had done it in writing the novel.”

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Binion’s Room 1016

By Matt Borondy | Published: November 30, 2005

The novelty of lodging in the Positively Fifth Street room is somewhat lost on me — it’s just like the last room I was in, only slightly more literary.

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The Literature of Poker

By Matt Borondy | Published: November 3, 2005

Anyone with an email account or a television is aware that the popularity of the game of poker is at an all-time high.

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Katy Lederer

By Matt Borondy | Published: February 12, 2005

“I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue.”

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