The Biggest Game in Town - by Al Alvarez (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1983.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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 who dominated them--road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis. <p/>Set over the course of one tournament, <i>The Biggest Game in Town</i> is botha chronicle of the World Series of Poker--the first ever written--and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is the greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written (<i>TimeOut</i> [UK]).</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A classic . . . There is no better book on America's national pastime." --<i>James McManus, Author of Positively Fifth Street</i> <p/>"Probably the best book on poker ever written." --<i>The Evening Standard (UK)</i> <p/>"A magnificent book. Beyond the straights and fullhouses, Alvarez has written a book about people who are extremely good at what they do, and about America." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/>"[Alvarez] endows the game with all the desperate fun and wry futility of life itself." --<i>New York magazine</i> <p/>"Conveys an understanding of gamblers and their milieu that can appeal to someone who has never seen a casino or doesn't care to." --<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <p/>"Thoroughly entertaining . . . both perceptive and literate." --<i>The Washington Post</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Al Alvarez </b>is a poet, novelist, literary critic, anthologist, and author of many highly praised nonfiction books. From 1984 to 1994, he played regularly in the World Series of Poker. He lives in London<i>.</i></p>
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