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Lädt ... The Biggest Game in Townvon A. Alvarez
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A classic in poker literature and a portrait of the World Series of Poker before it became the bloated, corporate shill game it has warped into. Not that I don't love it. ( ) "Even if you don't like ..." That's how a lot of recommendations go for books and things people might not otherwise try. "Even if you don't like football, watch Friday Night Lights." And it applies here. While it certainly helps to like poker, that affection isn't required to appreciate The Biggest Game in Town, written by British poet and New Yorker contributor A. Alverez. This is not a poker how-to book. It's a portrait of Vegas as Dreamland, the only place these eccentrics who play in the biggest game can thrive. It's funny and beautifully written, even if you don't like poker. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Since its first publication twenty years ago, The Biggest Game in Town has become a cult classic. Al Alvarez delves into the murky and compelling world of high-stakes Vegas poker, where 'the next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing'. Deftly capturing the skewed psyches and peculiar rites of professional poker players who descend every year for the World Series of Poker, an exotic world is uncovered, a world that seems too eccentric, too amazing, too extravagant to be true. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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