The Gambler -

: The song was so successful it spawned a series of television movies starring Rogers as the character Brady Hawkes. The Gambler · Summary of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Novel

: The chorus—"You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"—suggests that survival depends on knowing what to keep and what to walk away from. The Gambler

: Set in the fictional German spa town of "Roulettenburg," it follows Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor who becomes obsessed with gambling to win the favor of his employer’s stepdaughter, Polina. : The song was so successful it spawned