The Championship Table : At the World Series of Poker (1970-2003)

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Summary: World Championship History
Review: I greatly enjoyed the book! I found the year by year history of the world championship of no limit holdem facinating. Benny Binion created a fantastic event! It's wonderful to see how the event has grown over time from just a one table event, to probably 1000 players this year. If you are looking for playing advice go elsewhere. There are many other great how to play books available, but if you love poker and are interested in the history of it's biggest event then you will enjoy this.

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Summary: Great Book on Poker Personalities
Review: I received this book with the compliments of Cardsmith publishing. I am in Iraq and was looking for some good poker books. I read the book in two days! This book was very interesting and sparked my interest in several other poker personalities like Amarillo Slim, Unger, Moss, etc. Very entertaining. In addition, Dana Smith's interviews with the final table participants were very well done. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like a light read about some of the great poker players.

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Summary: More like an almanac than a HOW TO book
Review: Reminds me of one of those baseball books with statistics but not much else. The stories are short and typically discuss one or two hands at most. If you want history it may have value but it will not improve your play.