Put knitting and card games to good use.

The hand Lucky You deals out is intense but ultimately too preoccupied with the game it plays.

James McManus has written the same column for LA Times Magazine, Card Player Magazine and one of his books. It’s about the history and culture of poker, and for each medium it’s a little different. The book has footnotes, the articles don’t. The LA Times readers need common card terms explained to them, whereas the [...]