The Hustler

Yes, it's about pool, but it's really about gambling. It's a great movie. And it's an even better book.

Written by Walter Tevis in 1959, it has a lot to say about gambling, and will resonate with anyone who plays poker, as well as with anyone who plays pool.

"There was the rule -- possibly the only real rule... Win... Maybe that was what Bert meant by character -- the need for winning. To love the game itself is a fine thing; it is loving the art you live by. There are many things to love in the art -- the excitement of it, the difficulty, the use of skill -- but to work it at only for those would be to be [a loser]."
-- from THE HUSTLER by Walter Tevis