The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time

作者: Michael Craig 著

出版社: Grand Central Publishing

出版时间: 2006-08

版次: 2

ISBN: 9780446694971

定价: 126.40

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

Inearly2001,astrangerfromTexasstartedplayinghigh-stakespokerattheBellagioHotel&CasinoontheLasVegasStrip.Noordinarynovice,AndrewBealownedoneofthemostprofitablebanksinTexasandrelishedchallengesposedbyhobbiessuchasadvancedmaththeoryandrocketscience.
Withinmonths,Beallockedtheworld'stopprofessionalpokerplayersincombat.Heplayedthem"headsup,"theproscombiningtheirbankrollsandtakingonthenewcomeroneatatime.Minimumtablestakes:$1million.Bealofferedtheprostherichestpokergameeverplayedandevenashedemonstratedthisformidableskills,theyhungeredtotakehimon.
Forthreeyears,Bealratchetedupthestakes,developedaworld-classheads-upTexashold'emgame,anddevisedunorthodoxwaysoffcuttingintothepros'advantage.Onafewoccasions,heleftLasVegasdisgustedbyhislosses.Onothers,hethreatenedtowinthecombinedplayingbankrollofeveryhigh-stakespokerplayerinLasVegas.
Eventhoughtheprossawtheiredgesliptoalmostnonexistent,theycontinuedtoengageBealatever-higherstakes.Theplayers'livelihoodsandBeal'sambitionscollidedinMay2004inagamewherethebetsstartedat$100,000percardandthewinnercouldcarryawaymorethan$20million.
TheProfessor,TheBanker,andTheSuicideKingopensthedoortoaworldmuchimaginedbutneverseen.Withpoker'ssurgingpopularityasabackdrop,itsmostablepractitionersdemonstratetheprecariousnessoftheirprofession,whereonewrongmove,evenatthepinnacleoftheirsuccess,canpavetheroadtoruin.Itisaworldofoutsizedskills,egos,andambitions.
RobertKurson,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofSHADOWDIVERS,saidthisbook"plantsthereaderringsideforhistory'srichestpokergame,thenwon'tletgountilweknowtheheartsandmindsoftheworld'sgreatestplayers,andthesoulofthebillionaireamateurwhodaredchallengethemforeverythingtheyowned."

MichaelCraig,alongtimegamblerandpokerplayer,haspublishedtwobusinessbooksforsmallpressesandhaswrittenforPenthouse,TheAmericanSpectatorandCigarAficionado.HehasvisitedLasVegasover100timesandhasbeencollectinggamblingstoriesforovertwodecades.
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Inearly2001,astrangerfromTexasstartedplayinghigh-stakespokerattheBellagioHotel&CasinoontheLasVegasStrip.Noordinarynovice,AndrewBealownedoneofthemostprofitablebanksinTexasandrelishedchallengesposedbyhobbiessuchasadvancedmaththeoryandrocketscience.
Withinmonths,Beallockedtheworld'stopprofessionalpokerplayersincombat.Heplayedthem"headsup,"theproscombiningtheirbankrollsandtakingonthenewcomeroneatatime.Minimumtablestakes:$1million.Bealofferedtheprostherichestpokergameeverplayedandevenashedemonstratedthisformidableskills,theyhungeredtotakehimon.
Forthreeyears,Bealratchetedupthestakes,developedaworld-classheads-upTexashold'emgame,anddevisedunorthodoxwaysoffcuttingintothepros'advantage.Onafewoccasions,heleftLasVegasdisgustedbyhislosses.Onothers,hethreatenedtowinthecombinedplayingbankrollofeveryhigh-stakespokerplayerinLasVegas.
Eventhoughtheprossawtheiredgesliptoalmostnonexistent,theycontinuedtoengageBealatever-higherstakes.Theplayers'livelihoodsandBeal'sambitionscollidedinMay2004inagamewherethebetsstartedat$100,000percardandthewinnercouldcarryawaymorethan$20million.
TheProfessor,TheBanker,andTheSuicideKingopensthedoortoaworldmuchimaginedbutneverseen.Withpoker'ssurgingpopularityasabackdrop,itsmostablepractitionersdemonstratetheprecariousnessoftheirprofession,whereonewrongmove,evenatthepinnacleoftheirsuccess,canpavetheroadtoruin.Itisaworldofoutsizedskills,egos,andambitions.
RobertKurson,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofSHADOWDIVERS,saidthisbook"plantsthereaderringsideforhistory'srichestpokergame,thenwon'tletgountilweknowtheheartsandmindsoftheworld'sgreatestplayers,andthesoulofthebillionaireamateurwhodaredchallengethemforeverythingtheyowned."
作者简介:
MichaelCraig,alongtimegamblerandpokerplayer,haspublishedtwobusinessbooksforsmallpressesandhaswrittenforPenthouse,TheAmericanSpectatorandCigarAficionado.HehasvisitedLasVegasover100timesandhasbeencollectinggamblingstoriesforovertwodecades.

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