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Summary: A must read for the true poker fan...
Review: Compelling and revealing, this book is about Vegas, Binion's Horseshoe Casino and the 1981 World Series of Poker. Legendary player Doyle Brunson is all business when he plays this high stakes game that relies as much on discipline and stamina,
luck and skill as it does on understanding the psychological nuances of the other players. No single element stands alone.
Professional players like Jack Straus aren't dealt special cards, they just know what to do with the cards they are given, and they read the other players' hands by their tells and betting. According to Nick the Greek Dandalos, "The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing. For an inside look at the life of an aggressive, high stakes gambler read this classic.
Rating:
Summary: A must read for the true poker fan...
Review: Compelling and revealing, this book is about Vegas, Binion's Horseshoe Casino and the 1981 World Series of Poker. Legendary player Doyle Brunson is all business when he plays this high stakes game that relies as much on discipline and stamina,
luck and skill as it does on understanding the psychological nuances of the other players. No single element stands alone.
Professional players like Jack Straus aren't dealt special cards, they just know what to do with the cards they are given, and they read the other players' hands by their tells and betting. According to Nick the Greek Dandalos, "The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing. For an inside look at the life of an aggressive, high stakes gambler read this classic.
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Summary: a great work
Review: Fine reading for anyone that has been around the poker scene. Alvarez provides a beautiful and captivating description of the vegas poker scene during the ealy 80's. A captivating and inspirational read.
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Summary: Available to collectors if you can find me in Washington
Review: I bought The Biggest Game In Town on the first day of the World Series of Poker in 1983. I met the author Mr Alvarez and he signed my copy.Also signing my copy of this first adition was Benny Binion, Johnny Moss, Stu Unger, Doyl Brunson, Tom McEvoy, Jack Strouse, Dewey Tomkan, Perry Green, Puggie Pearson, Auston Squatty, Oklahoma Johnny Hale, Crandell Addington, Jack Binion, Chip Reese, Bobby Baldin, Ken Smith, Bob Stupak and Larry Flynt to name a few. The Biggest Game in Town is a great book of the culture of the greatest poker players of all time. The book tells their story and their signature, at least in my copy, leaves their print on history.
//s//Lnu
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Summary: Picture of Poker 1983 AD
Review: I know this book is 20 years old, so its not particularly surprising that most of the anecdote and stories seem old. Its all about Johnny Moss and Nick the Greek and Amarillo Slim and Doyle Brunson. Naturally there's a new posse in the world of poker today, Men the Master Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth , Poker Dick Cook. and the brilliant Russell Rosenblum. The world of the world series of poker has changed much since this book was written in 1983, there remains a question even about how much longer Binions will host the world series and the there is a real possiblity that Bellagio will even buy the trademarked name. This book advertises itself as a timeless cult classic, and as a period piece from 25 years ago, A. Alvarez captured a time and place. I wonder how much of this however will resound as novel to the poker player of today. When Alvarez mentioned Stu Unger winning the world series, it left me wanting to read about how stu ungar moved from world champion to dying in a run down Vegas motel room. Or when he talked about Ted Binion running Binions, the mind flashes to the fact that binion has since been murdered .Plenty of good advice in here for hold em play, of course the problem in gambling isn't usually knowing what to do, its being able to do it, to fight fatigue, to fight temptation to play too many hands, to summon up the courage to pitch aces when you know they have been cracked. The problem with the gamblig genre is that there just arent that many good books out there. Too many agents and publishers think they won't sell and bookstores tend to look down on gambling books as being anti-literary. Snobbery in the bookstore world is a real problem, as anyone who has ever asked a proprietor if they carry the Racing Form on their mag rack will quickly find out.
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Summary: great book
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Summary: A very fun and interesting read
Review: I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to any poker player or any fan of Tom Wolfe's non-fiction (this book reminds me of Wolfe's writing). It has great anecdotes about some of the legends in the poker world and gives a little insight into the life of a professional gambler.
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Summary: A very fun and interesting read
Review: I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to any poker player or any fan of Tom Wolfe's non-fiction (this book reminds me of Wolfe's writing). It has great anecdotes about some of the legends in the poker world and gives a little insight into the life of a professional gambler.
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Summary: This book will amke you want to play
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Summary: The seminal work in the field.
Review: It takes the insights of a foreigner to really lay out Las Vegas in all its bloated glory. Alvarez has an economical yet beautiful way with words that captures a time and place nicely. Though the Vegas he writes of is long gone (for example, the only kids' attraction in the early 1980s was Circus! Circus!), this book is not just a snapshot of bygone times and tournaments. It is particularly interesting in its portrayal of Doyle Brunson, as well as other players of the era. Great stuff!
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