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The Biggest Game in Town
Al Alvarez
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The Biggest Game in Town
Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in Vegas and talked to the extraordinary characters who dominated them--road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis.
Set over the course of one tournament, The Biggest Game in Town is botha chronicle of the World Series of Poker--the first ever written--and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is "the greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written" (TimeOut [UK]).
Media | Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg) |
Utgitt | 3. februar 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780312428426 |
Utgivere | Picador |
Antall sider | 192 |
Mål | 140 × 220 × 10 mm · 249 g |
Språk | Engelsk |
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