Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which U.S. president lost a set of White House china in a poker game?"
...The Associated Press reported in 1965 that Louis Cromwell Brooks, the first wife of General Douglas MacArthur, won a full set of White House china in a poker game with then-President Warren G. Harding. The story goes that Harding, an avid poker player, asked Mrs. MacArthur to play a cold hand of poker with him. To entice the reluctant lady to play, Harding suggested the winner should name the stakes. Brooks picked a set of White House china as her prize should she win. As lady luck goes, she won the hand. The following day, Mrs. MacArthur received a set of Benjamin Harrison administration china. Source: NYDailyNews.com; Associated Press (AP)