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Warren Buffett: Playing Bridge Theoretically More Interesting Than Naked Woman

Don’t let the near silence make you think the room isn’t filled with fear, tension, excitement and exhilaration. Bridge players become masters of hiding their emotions - and they are passionate about their favorite pastime.  One of those passionate, outwardly calm competitors is Microsoft’s Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, but not one of the world’s best bridge players.

Bridge, it turns out, is one of the great equalizers.

“Is that one of the atttractions?” CBS News’ John Blackstone asked the powerful CEO. “I mean you’ve conquered most everything else.”

“You know, I’m here playing with people who are better than I am, so I can always improve,” said Gates.

“And clearly, since you got knocked out,” Blackstone pointed out, “they ‘re not intimidated by you either.” Gates’ friend, and fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, cheerfully admits to being a bridge addict.

“You know, if I’m playing bridge and a naked woman walks by, I don’t ever see her,” he said, laughing, then added, “don’t test me on that!!”

When he’s not counting money, he’s counting cards. Buffet plays bridge about 12 hours a week.

“You know,” Buffet told Blackstone, “I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had the right three cell mates, so we could play bridge all the time.”

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/16/sunday/main3840748.shtml