So I've known about President Truman's life long love of the game and his "poker cabinet", a group of regular players that he hosted while in the White House and after he left as well, for a long time. But only recently, thanks to PCF, did it dawn on me that his presidential poker chips were TRK.
The President preferred stud games and from all accounts was a calling station who hated to fold and would lose a bit more than he would win - but for him it was never about anything more than a great way to socialize and unwind with his friends. He was, I suppose, a fish. Nixon was a true shark who paid for his first campaign with poker winnings, but Nixon as far as we know didn't play while he was president and didn't have a sick set of TRK's like this
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The President preferred stud games and from all accounts was a calling station who hated to fold and would lose a bit more than he would win - but for him it was never about anything more than a great way to socialize and unwind with his friends. He was, I suppose, a fish. Nixon was a true shark who paid for his first campaign with poker winnings, but Nixon as far as we know didn't play while he was president and didn't have a sick set of TRK's like this
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