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: Some view poker as akin to storytelling. A player holding a "killer full house" must quickly construct a "sad, losing story"—perhaps a failed flush draw—to entice others to stay in the pot.

: Beyond the cards, poker is essentially a network activity. It is a game where character is shaped through years of regular play, teaching lessons that transcend the table, from the "classroom to the boardroom". Lessons Beyond the Pot

Professional poker player and author Maria Konnikova describes the game as a laboratory for studying society and risk. Unlike pure games of luck like roulette, poker demands "shrewdness, cunning, and suspicious appraisals of character". This makes it a unique environment where the "repressed values of a competitive society" are allowed to run free.