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Poker & Pop Culture: That Time Harry Truman Let Winston Churchill Win

A new president now occupies the White House following Donald Trump's inauguration last Friday. While the businessman and real estate mogul isn't known for being a poker player himself (despite having owned several casinos), his contentious campaign caused many to observe the numerous poker-like strategies suggested by his unorthodox style.

In fact Trump inherits the position from a poker player, Barack Obama, who at the time of his inauguration eight years ago was known to have earlier enjoyed a weekly poker game among fellow state senators in Illinois.

The fact that numerous U.