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The Biggest Game in Town

By Al Alvarez

The Biggest Game in Town Social Sciences

The Biggest Game in Town

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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]).
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2009-02-03
Publication Date:
2009-02-03
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312428421
ISBN13:
9780312428426
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
249 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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