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A rollicking and riveting glimpse into the realm of professional poker covers every aspect of America's most popular obsession, exposing the illegal "poker clubs" found in every city, revealing the strange rites and traditions, and introducing the interesting characters and twisted psyches of the players that exist in this bizarre subculture.
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“Poker Nation is an invitation to the lower depths, with a high-spirited, genial screw-off for our Virgil.” (The New Yorker)
“Bellin’s love for the game is contagious, and POKER NATION is a sure winner.” (Time Out New York)
“...Amusing and instructive.” (Washington Post)
“Quite simply, a royal flush of a book!” (George Plimpton)
“Andy Bellin has written a good―oh hell make that great―book. Bellin entertains, educates, and illuminates.” (Peter Alson, author of Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie)
“ Cash in your chips and go home with a good book about poker―like this one.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“...Engagingly written...” (Booklist)
“...Smart, insightful. It’s one of the few entertaining poker books around.” (John L. Smith, Las Vegas Boulevard)
“Bellin’s prose shimmers.” B+ (Entertainment Weekly)
“...Breezy, informative...[Bellin] knows his way around the poker table and he tells a good story.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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“Bellin’s love for the game is contagious, and POKER NATION is a sure winner.” (Time Out New York)
“...Amusing and instructive.” (Washington Post)
“Quite simply, a royal flush of a book!” (George Plimpton)
“Andy Bellin has written a good―oh hell make that great―book. Bellin entertains, educates, and illuminates.” (Peter Alson, author of Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie)
“ Cash in your chips and go home with a good book about poker―like this one.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“...Engagingly written...” (Booklist)
“...Smart, insightful. It’s one of the few entertaining poker books around.” (John L. Smith, Las Vegas Boulevard)
“Bellin’s prose shimmers.” B+ (Entertainment Weekly)
“...Breezy, informative...[Bellin] knows his way around the poker table and he tells a good story.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On his way to a master's degree in astrophysics, Andy Bellin made the fatal mistake of falling in love with poker. Leaving graduate school at age twenty-two, he has played semipro poker for ten years. His writing has appeared in such publications as Esquire, Details and Maxim, and he is an editor at the Paris Review. Bellin lives in New York City, where there are no fewer than four underground poker clubs within a mile of his apartment. You can find him at one on almost any given night.
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- EditoreHarperCollins
- Data di pubblicazione2002
- ISBN 10 0060199032
- ISBN 13 9780060199036
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine258
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. " If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.On any given Friday night, hundreds of thousands of Americans--men and women alike -- pile into kitchens, garages, and backrooms to play their weekly poker game. From basement games in the suburbs to illegal gambling clubs in New York City to the high-stakes World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Andy Bellin has anted up with some of the world's greatest players. In Poker Nation, he takes us on a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of professional poker.Even if you don't know the difference between a flop and a river card -- or you do know exactly what it means to have "the nuts" -- Bellin is your ace in the hole as you navigate this uniquely American terrain. Look over his shoulder as he learns to count cards, read a legendary player's body language, hang in there when the chips are down, and, yes, take his beatings like a man. Watch what goes on behind the scenes in illegal poker clubs found in every major city in the country. Meet the colorful personalities and skewed psyches of the players, the dreamers, hustlers, eccentrics, and hucksters who are all part of this strange subculture.Part memoir, part exposé, part how-to (or how-not-to), Poker Nation takes a frank and funny look at one of America's enduring obsessions. It's a sure bet." Review: "Readers who enjoy poker will love Poker Nation, an energetic and obsessive account of America's favorite card game, told with intelligence and panache. Andy Bellin writes in the first person and from the gut, recounting stories about poker fanatics (himself among them) and dispensing advice on how to play the game: "You have to maximize profits through guile and savvy, eke out every last dollar that your competition is willing to lose to you--and, when you don't have the winning cards, flee as fast as possible." Aphorisms leap off the pages: "The worst hand in poker is the second-best one at the table" and "People say the mark of a con is in the details." Whether readers prefer the anecdotes about double-bluffing and illegal poker clubs or the tips on when to hold and when to fold (there's even a table showing the "Chances of Drawing Helpful Cards from a Deck of Forty-Seven Unknown Cards"), anybody interested in its subject matter will find Poker Nation engrossing." --John Miller. Codice articolo 023187
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