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Mr. Lucky's Favorite Poker Games

by Steve Maricic

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A playful collection of poker variants with an imaginative host

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A playful collection of poker variants with an imaginative host

Mr. Lucky’s Favorite Poker Games presents poker as a social game of invention, collecting unusual variations with rules built around predictions, shared cards, changing wild cards, and other twists. The book frames these games through the tall tales of Mr. Lucky, a teddy bear said to have learned them from figures across history and around the world. That comic premise sits alongside game concepts such as Nostradamus, Share Your Hole, Myron, and Yanqui Baseball, giving the collection a deliberately offbeat identity. The emphasis is on fresh table-game ideas and the stories attached to them, not on standard poker strategy or tournament play.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Poker players seeking casual, inventive game variations
  • Game-night groups interested in alternative card-game rules
  • Fans of humorous framing around tabletop games

Themes

Poker variantsSocial playGame rulesHumorous storytellingHistorical fantasy

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Book overview

My friend Mr. Lucky journeyed around the world and through the tunnels of time learning countless poker variations from many fascinating characters. He learned Spit in the Ocean on a freighter in World War II, and Stalin taught him Ruin Your Neighbor in the depths of the Kremlin. Did I mention that Lucky is a tough teddy bear from Bayonne?

I predict you'll love Nostradamus, where a player who guesses the suit of his neighbor's next card takes it from him, and Share Your Hole, where each player picks one of his hole cards to be a mutual card. Then there's Myron, where the pot has a hand, and Yanqui Baseball, where the last hall of fame number to show up is wild.

Mr. Lucky tells lots of funny stories--like how Darwin taught him Man or Mouse, Caligula taught him Butcher Boy, and his hero Babe Ruth taught him about Baseball and life.

This book is for people who play poker for fun! It's a bible for poker moms and required reading for college kids. It's already a cult classic! OK, so it's a small cult. You can join!

"Best poker book I ever read."-Redfew Tomes, 3rd grade

"Best teddy bear book I ever read."-Ima Lyre, Trussme, Mississippi

"Painfully funny."-Lord Howard Hurtz

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