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Big Deal: One Year as a Professional Poker Player Book

BIG DEAL is the mesmerising story of a year spent by bestselling biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. He spent days and nights in the poker paradise of Las Vegas, in Malta and Morocco, even shipboard, mingling with the legendary greats, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee, and learning a great deal about himself in the process.Poker, Holden would insist, is not gambling. Like chess it is a paradigm of life at its most intense, a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Its heroes, its eccentrics and is comedians stalk the pages of this remarkable book, along with all the hair-raising, nail-biting excitement of the games themselves.A classic of the genre, BIG DEAL is here reissued with a new introduction by the author.Read More

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    The story of a year spent by biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. He spent days and nights in the poker paradise of Las Vegas in Malta and Morocco even shipboard mingling with the legendary greats sharpening his game perfecting his repartee and learning a great deal about himself in the process. Poker Holden would insist is not gambling. Like chess it is a paradigm of life at its most intense a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Its heroes its eccentrics and is comedians stalk the pages of this book along with all the hair-raising nail-biting excitement of the games themselves. The book is reissued with a new introduction by the author.

  • 0349115192
  • 9780349115191
  • Anthony Holden
  • 5 September 2002
  • Abacus
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • New edition
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