James Bond's card games...

nms75

other than Poker what card games do you associate with James Bond? Has he regulary played other games in the books and movies?

NMS

DJ007

nms75 wrote:

other than Poker what card games do you associate with James Bond? Has he regulary played other games in the books and movies?

NMS

Chemin de Fer and Black Jack

nms75

I was thinking he might of played Bridge - that said you know what they say about Bridge?

"Bridge is like sex, if you haven't got a great partner then you better have a good hand!" ) :v

DJ007

nms75 wrote:

I was thinking he might of played Bridge - that said you know what they say about Bridge?

"Bridge is like sex, if you haven't got a great partner then you better have a good hand!" ) :v

When I was in Iraq we would play cards with the British Soldiers every Wednesday. We would switch between Cribbage and Spades.

Mrs.Bryce

I haven't read all the books, but pretty much any poker I associate with him.
But I also associate Jin Rummy with Bond, mostly because he and Solitaire played it at the end of LALD

nms75

DJ007 wrote:

nms75 wrote:

I was thinking he might of played Bridge - that said you know what they say about Bridge?

"Bridge is like sex, if you haven't got a great partner then you better have a good hand!" ) :v

When I was in Iraq we would play cards with the British Soldiers every Wednesday. We would switch between Cribbage and Spades.

Cribbage is one game I never did learn

SpectreBlofeld

I think this part of the Wikipedia entry for Baccarat more or less sums it up:

Baccarat chemin-de-fer is the favoured game of Ian Fleming's secret agent creation, James Bond.[11] He is found playing the game in numerous novels—most notably 007's 1953 debut, Casino Royale, in which the entire plot revolves around a game between Bond and SMERSH operative Le Chiffre (the unabridged version of the novel includes a primer to the game for readers who are unfamiliar with it). It is also featured in several filmed versions of the novels, including Dr. No, where Bond is first introduced playing the game; Thunderball; the 1967 version of Casino Royale (which is the most detailed treatment of a baccarat game in any Bond film); On Her Majesty's Secret Service; For Your Eyes Only; and GoldenEye.

nms75

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

I think this part of the Wikipedia entry for Baccarat more or less sums it up:

Baccarat chemin-de-fer is the favoured game of Ian Fleming's secret agent creation, James Bond.[11] He is found playing the game in numerous novels—most notably 007's 1953 debut, Casino Royale, in which the entire plot revolves around a game between Bond and SMERSH operative Le Chiffre (the unabridged version of the novel includes a primer to the game for readers who are unfamiliar with it). It is also featured in several filmed versions of the novels, including Dr. No, where Bond is first introduced playing the game; Thunderball; the 1967 version of Casino Royale (which is the most detailed treatment of a baccarat game in any Bond film); On Her Majesty's Secret Service; For Your Eyes Only; and GoldenEye.

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James Suzuki

i don't really know. I use to want to play poker badly coz I see Bond play. I do, i play five card draw tho, and that's not really bondesque is it?

Gala Brand

nms75 wrote:

I was thinking he might of played Bridge - that said you know what they say about Bridge?

"Bridge is like sex, if you haven't got a great partner then you better have a good hand!" ) :v

He plays bridge in the book "Moonraker." The bad guy, Sir Hugo Drax, is winning big at Blades, the club Bond and M belong to. Bond figures out his trick and takes Drax to the cleaners through the use of a stacked deck.