Imagine a table of superheros getting together after a night on patrol and unwinding with a friendly game of poker. Being heroes, they would probably do the ethical thing and not use their powers to cheat. That is pretty boring for my purposes, so I’m going to forget that. I will also dismiss some popular heroes whose powers just don’t translate well to poker. Green Lantern may be good in a fight, but at the tables he’d need a green deck to do any tricks. And Wolverine is only good for cutting the deck. Lets start off with Spiderman. Most of his powers don’t apply well to cards, but perhaps his “spidey-sense” would warn him when to get out of a hand. Usually this ability is related to physical danger, but financial danger could be close enough. Superman has a lot of things going for him. Like the Flash, he thinks much faster than you and me, allowing ample time to come to the best decision. He could hear your heart beat to tell if you are lying or, of course, he could simply look at your cards. With x-ray vision he doesn’t only know what the other players have, but also ...