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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]).
| Autorius: | Al Alvarez |
| Leidėjas: | St. Martins Press-3PL |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2009 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 192 |
| ISBN-10: | 0312428421 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780312428426 |
| Formatas: | 216 x 140 x 11 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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