Comments on: Book Review: Cowboys Full by James McManus

By: foucault

foucault — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:47:48 +0000

In reply to bruechips. Yeah, I suppose he does overstate his case a bit. I found this particularly blatant in the latter chapters, though, so I guess I let him off the hook easy on the first couple.

By: foucault

foucault — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:42:44 +0000

In reply to Doug. Thanks, Doug. I generally agree about overload, but I felt like the more historic chapters were quite a departure from anything else I've read about poker and so a breath of fresh air in that way.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:45:58 +0000

I read this book and was disappointed. Of course now a days, I read so much about poker from books but mostly all the sites out there, so I have information overload on poker. I agree with Andrew’s review. The last few chapters can wear on you.

By: bruechips

bruechips — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:10:07 +0000

I read the first hundred or so pages of this book and didn’t continue. While he had done a lot of research on the origins and history of poker in America to be sure, I felt he exaggerated and repeated its role in American politics and culture so much that I just got annoyed. I half expected him to claim that there was an unpublished article of the Constitution that explained the rules of Texas Hold ‘Em.