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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]).
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]).
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
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Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Spielen & Raten |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780312428426 |
ISBN-10: | 0312428421 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Alvarez, Al |
Hersteller: | St. Martins Press-3PL |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 11 mm |
Von/Mit: | Al Alvarez |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.02.2009 |
Gewicht: | 0,249 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
---|---|
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Spielen & Raten |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780312428426 |
ISBN-10: | 0312428421 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Alvarez, Al |
Hersteller: | St. Martins Press-3PL |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 11 mm |
Von/Mit: | Al Alvarez |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.02.2009 |
Gewicht: | 0,249 kg |