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Poker Face

A Girlhood Among Gamblers

by Katy Lederer
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010

“The intricacies of family and the complexities of the games they play mingle wonderfully here in a memoir quite unlike any other.”—George Plimpton, author of Truman Capote Katy Lederer grew up on the bucolic campus of an exclusive East Coast boarding school where her father taught English,...
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Poker Brat

Phil Hellmuth's autobiography

by Phil Hellmuth
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

If you know Phil Hellmuth then you either love him or hate him! ----- His rants, tirades, and lines like I can dodge bullets baby" and If it weren't for luck, I'd win them all" are epic and have earned him the nickname the Poker Brat." However, whether you love him or hate him, he is undoubtedly the...
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by David Apostolico
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006

The invitation-only Professional Poker Tour is strictly limited to the top 200 players in the world. David Apostolico is one of the elite, and he found that going up against other poker masters every day was like attending an incomparable seminar. He takes you through specific hands that he either...
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Why Fantasy Football Matters

(And Our Lives Do Not)

by Erik Barmack, Max Handelman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006

Talking Trash, Trading Studs, and Drafting Sleepers -- an Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Obsession U.S. businesses lose $200 million in productivity each football season because employees are managing their fantasy squads instead of working. In Why Fantasy Football Matters (And...
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Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids

How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas

by David Kushner
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005

If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take on the world and win big . . . think again. And whatever you do, don’t sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle...
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by Barry Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

This book focuses on how to win real money playing online poker! Whether you’re just learning to play poker, are making the transition from land-based cardrooms to online games, or already have online skills and want to win even more money, World Champion Barry Shulman reveals the inside strategies used by professional players to make massive profits.
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by Jonathan Little
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013

Jonathan Little is on a mission to teach the world how to play tournament poker. His first two books, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker Volumes 1 and 2, outlined how the modern professional plays the game and changed the face of the poker landscape. Now Jonathan has produced a third...
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How Fantasy Sports Explains the World

What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street

by AJ Mass
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013

The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of millions of people worldwide. But while fantasy sports may have begun as a light-hearted diversion, to many of its participants winning or losing is no laughing...
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by Susie Isaacs
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006

Poker is currently the hottest card game in America--from novice players involved in poker night to professionals earning millions in nationally televised poker tournaments. 1000 Best Poker Strategies and Secrets is the book readers need to give them the competitive edge over other their competition...
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by Cardoza Avery
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Learn to be a winner in just one quick read!  This handy guide shows you everything you need to know to play and win money at lotto and lottery games, including: the rules and variations, they payoffs, the odds and GRI's, inside secrets, and winning strategies
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by Zen Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2011

Go right ahead and make a million dollars if ya want to. Someone might as well do it. The way I figure, I don’t have the resources to do it on my own. So I will just tell someone else how to do it that does. This way I can say, “There ya go! I coulda done that!” Hell, I even thought of it first!...
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by Al Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009

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...
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Gardena Poker Clubs

A High-stakes History

by Max Votolato
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017

Even in the midst of the Great Depression, gamblers flocked to Gardena. Colorful individuals like Ernie Primm fought for the legalization of commercial draw poker and established six iconic card clubs that thrived for generations. Russ Miller worked his way from Edgemont Club bouncer to owner of the...
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by B. Mickelson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

A classic, this still-powerful book allows system testers to see what might have happened in a 72-hour period at the tables. Not computer generated, actual casino rolls are recorded. If you think your spreadsheet can make numbers this random, you're taking a leap of faith. 126 pgs, spiralbound,
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