Bigger Deal
A Year on the 'New' Poker Circuit
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2008
Summary
Fifteen years on from Anthony Holden’s undisputed classic BIG DEAL, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 entrants competing for a prize of \(270,000. At the 2006 WSOP, where this book climaxes, there were 8773 players and a first prize of some \)12 million - the richest in any sport.
What happened in the years between BIG DEAL and BIGGER DEAL is simple: thanks to the Internet and television there has been a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119038 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349119031 |
| Author: | Anthony Holden |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 24mm |
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Holden is the best possible guide to the new worlds of poker. He has seen it before, and lived it - Telegraph
It’s Holden’s effortless prose that makes BIGGER DEAL a triumph. His ebullience is infectious - Poker Player MagazineBIG DEAL was high stakes gonzo … BIGGER DEAL represents the more measured reportage of the seasoned semi-pro - Metro NON-FICTION OF THE WEEKA smoking-hot report from today’s poker scene - Poker ListingsAbout The Author
Anthony Holden
Biographer Anthony Holden was an award-winning newspaper columnist and editor before becoming a full-time writer and broadcaster. He is also an admired translator of works from the classics to opera for Jonathan Miller at the English National Opera.
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