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Religion and Poker: Jesus and His Disciples Shuffle Up and Deal

What if Jesus and his 12 disciples played a few hands of poker at the Last Supper. (Image courtesy of the Internet)" /]
Forget the DaVinci Code and all that mumbo jumbo about Mary Magdalene being at the table with Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. A far more important question to ask is, what if they were playing poker after the meal was done.What would that mean for society and mankind? and for Harrah's?
Take a careful look at the painting (imagine us saying this in our best Ian McClellan or Tom Hanks impersonations) and notice that the disciples to the Lord's left are leaning back from the table in absolute disbelief. How many times have you seen players adopt that same pose when a miracle two-outer hits on the river? Exactly, and what better person to hit that than the One who can perform miracles and walk on rivers.
There's a lot more analysis left to be done on this painting of an epic poker game in history, so head over to Bodog Poker and find out the answer to that burning question: