25/11/2009 - 14:30:18 One of two men accused of attempting to murder a trainee police recruit shot his gun as he came under fire from undercover officers, a court heard today. Full Article at BreakingNews.ie

Although the latest edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary doesn’t include the terms “flop,’’ “hold ’em,’’ or “Omaha,’’ poker, by most accounts, has become one of America’s favorite games. Full Article at Boston Globe

Author James McManus believes poker explains a lot about who we are as a culture. Full Article at NPR

By James McManus When Harry S. Truman was sworn in to office, his poker buddies from the previous war were afraid he might stop playing now that he had been "promoted." They need not have worried. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

How many books about poker would it take, flooding into the American marketplace, to prompt The New York Times to observe that "poker literature is assuming formidable proportions"? Full Article at The Seattle Times

I have long been a great admirer of James McManus, for the novels and poetry he wrote as he spent his days teaching at the School of the Art Institute and, on some of his nights at least, playing poker with pals. Full Article at Chicago Tribune