Jews and Poker (Part 2)
In a previous post about Jews and Poker I wondered whether there was a link between Judaism and the disproportionate number of Jews who are quite good professional poker players. I just read that the Torah prohibits gambling if it’s done as a profession or out of greed. This would count against [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2007 by Suber | Filed Under Culture, Jews, Poker, Religion, Tournaments
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Poker and Philosophy: “Jewish Philosophy Wins the Pot: How Stu Ungar and Emmanuel Levinas Corralled the Texans”
Last month I received a collection of essays edited by Eric Bronson called “Poker and Philosophy: Pocket Rockets and Philosoper Kings.” I requested the book from the publisher Open Court and promised that I would give a review of it on this site. Here is the first entry of this review. There should be many [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2006 by Suber | Filed Under Philosophy, Poker, Religion
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Yoga & Poker
[Editor's Note: Ryan is the author of YogaWisdom and was asked to write a guest blog post for our "Poker & Religion" series]
Poker is many things. It can be big business, a raging addiction, the making of a millionaire, or the breaking of a family to name a few. Poker is [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2006 by gaunilo | Filed Under Culture, Poker, Religion
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