This ain’t Texas, and nearing midnight at downtown’s longest-running poker table, there’s been shamefully little hold ’em. At the Kit Kat Club’s nightly game, novices are more tolerated than welcomed.

Portland is a very sex-positive town, and our strippers are fierce, independent women who are very proud of what they do. And they do it well! So do like the locals: If you’re sitting up at the rack ...