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Queer Luck: Poker Stories from the New York Sun

by David A. Curtis

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics14 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
14 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Five seasoned players engage in a high-stakes poker game in a secret New York club, where extraordinary luck and mounting tension blur the line between friendly contest and fierce rivalry. Every hand could turn the tide in this battle of nerves and skill.

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Contents

14 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02Why he Quit the Game THE EXCITEMENT OF A PHENOMENAL STRUGGLE TOOK HIM TO THE VERGE OF…
03Freeze-out for a Life AN OLD GAME UNDER NEW CIRCUMSTANCES
04A Gambler’s Pistol Play ENDING OF A POKER GAME IN FLOOD TIME IN ARKANSAS CITY
05Queer Runs of Luck VARIOUS YARNS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MAN AND THE OPAL
06Storms’s Straight Flush IT CAME NEAR COSTING HIS LIFE AND ANOTHER’S
07For a Senate Seat A POKER GAME IN MINNESOTA THAT HAD POLITICAL IMPORTANCE
08The Bill Went Through THE USE THE LOBBY USED TO MAKE OF POKER
09Poker for High Stakes A BOUT WITH CARD SHARPERS ON A MISSISSIPPI BOAT
10“Overland Jack” HOW A WESTERN CROOK HAD FUN WITH SOME SHARP NEW YORKERS
11His Last Sunday Game HE WAS BETTING ON A JACK-POT WHEN THE YACHT UPSET
12Foss Stopped the Game ONE OF THE DUTIES OF AN OLD-TIME MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET CAPTAIN

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