Where in literature can you find the phrase "to lay one's cards on the table"?

Question

Any help would be great, as long as you don't get your information straigth from Wikipedia.

Answer 1

Where in literature... This is a tough one, but I will try: in short stories, stories, novellas, novels, plays, articles, memoirs, poems and other forms of literature. I bet that this expression was used at least once in every of the forms of the literature on this planet.

Answer 2

I don't believe you will. It's a poker phrase.