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"Sex Poker" by Jan Williams (gambling for sex). Owl: 4, 4, 4 http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393263380 "Sex Poker" by Jan Williams (janwill89@hotmail.com). Guest review by Watchful Owl. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393263380 A woman invents a new version of poker in which the participants bet for sexual favors. It's a concept ripe with cliche', and doesn't offer anything new. Errors in language and punctuation abound. The flow of the story is confusing, the characters are absolutely cardboard, and the sex is nothing special. In the last couple of pages, the quality improves, but it's too little, too late. Avoid Sex Poker. Athena (technical quality): 4 Venus (plot and character): 4 Watchful Owl (appeal to reviewer): 4