Episode 4: Hitchhike Poker

Show Notes for Episode 4:“Poker Woman Blues” (1929) by Blind BlakeI love to gamble, gamblin’s all I doI love to gamble, gamblin’s all I doAnd when I lose, it never makes me blueI gambled away my money, I gambled away my shackI gambled away my money, I gambled away my shackSame way I lost it, same way I get it backI won a woman in a poker gameI won a woman in a poker gameI lost her too, win another just the sameSometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a cent Sometime I’m rich, sometime I ain’t got a centBut I’ve had a good time, every way I wentI got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her awayI got a new mama, ain’t gonna gamble her awayGoin’ to keep her with me each and every day“Tales from the Tables” by Bob Woolley(a.k.a. Rakewell, the Poker Grump)The “Poker Grump” returns with the continuation of his list of stupid things players say at the tables, including the ever-popular “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.”For the first part of the list, check out Episode 2.An excerpt from The Gambler by Fyodor DostoevskyIn which Granny comes to Roulettenburg and wants to go to the casino.A couple of years back, I wrote a series of four posts about The Gambler titled “Dostoevsky Is Not Considered Summer Reading” in which I discussed how the novel might be of particular interest to poker players. Those posts begin here. “Hitchhike Poker,” Suspense (originally aired September 16, 1948)Starring Gregory Peck (Ray Fowler) and Ed Begley (Belden). Produced and directed by Anton M. Leader. Written by John and Gwen Bagney. Here is the Wikipedia entry on Suspense. Hundreds of episodes of Suspense remain available. Here is a page containing a sampling of some of the best. And here is a story about Utah’s recent license plate poker contest. Download.