“What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.”

“Patience's design flaw became obvious for the first time in my life: the outcome is decided not during the course of play but when the cards are shuffled, before the game even begins. How pointless is that?”

“After my modest victory I played patience (the card game, not the virtue, never that) in the lounge, something I had not done since my ill-starred Tintagel honeymoon with Madame X.”

“We cut a pack of cards called historical context- our generation, Sixsmith, cut tens, jacks and queens. Adrian's cut threes, fours, and fives. That's all.”

“Men invented money Women invented mutual aid”

“Politicians and sports coaches both need to be smart enough to master the game, but dumb enough to think it matters.”

“Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.”