Publication

2007-04-03 - Simon & Schuster

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007007918
  • Goodreads113684
  • LibraryThing85467

Classifications

  • LCCGV1251 .H65 2007

Description

"In 1988, best selling biographer Anthony Holden spent one year living the life of a professional poker player. His mesmerizing account of that year went on to become a classic of the genre, an inspiration to innumerable poker players and poker memoirists who followed. Big deal is his story of days and nights in Las Vegas, Malta and Morocco, mingling with the greats, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee, and learning a great deal about himself in the process. Poker Holden would insist, is a paradigm of life at its most intense, a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. The heroes and eccentrics of the poker world stalk the pages of this remarkable book, along with all the hair raising, nail biting excitement of the game itself."--Back cover.

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