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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781583484715 ISBN: 158348471X Label: iUniverse Star Manufacturer: iUniverse Star Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 98 Publication Date: February 22, 2008 Publisher: iUniverse Star Release Date: February 22, 2008 Studio: iUniverse Star Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Excellent, entertaining, and extremely well written ... I couldn't stop reading!"-Phil Hellmuth, poker icon and author of Play Poker Like the Pros Forget Wall Street-America's best and brightest now seek their fortunes at the poker tables. Broke: A Poker Novel follows the lives of three talented, young poker players as they chase fame and fortune in a world fraught with addiction. Raf Verheij is a twenty-five-year-old match prodigy who likes to think that his current situation is unique: poker pulled him out of a deep hole instead of leading him into one. Robert Thompson is a player who has an almost supernatural ability-reading opponents' hands by taking cues from their body language-and a huge gambling problem. And finally, there's Matt Ingram, a grinder with a penchant for all things self-destructive. It's a world where the individual has to worry less about the problems that others will cause him than the problems that he will cause for himself. Broke looks into the lives of Raf, Robert, and Matt in their high-stakes quest for gaining poker legend status and reveals just how addictive and dangerous the world of poker can be to one's bankroll and mental health. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Poker Diary, not a NovelThis is effectively a collection of sections from Brandon's diary (perhaps poker diary). Each 'Chapter' starts with the date and location. The average chapter is 6 pages. This does make it easy to pause at logical places should you need to do something else during the 90 minutes it might take you to read it. After a quick Internet search, it turns out the publisher is a self-publishing site. This really shows. No major house would have let this get to press. It does read well, but would ... Read More Rating: - Good but shortThis is a very good book that goes into an often overlooked part of poker that it is very hard to make a living playing poker. However, It is a VERY VERY short book. Rating:  - Good book if you have an interest of players personal backgroundI have read about half of this book. I'm having a little trouble following his group of fellow players, and how they fit into his life. Mr. Adams lack of personality reflects in his writing. That is not to say he does not know his stuff. His mathamatical knowledge is of the highest level, and does reflect on his poker play. I notice he's going deep in some of the World Series Events this year. I may add to this review once I complete the book. What I am reflecting on most from what I have read ... Read More Rating:  - waste of moneynot really a book. its like 80 pages long. big disapointment. save your money. Rating: - Good, but too short!This is definitely a worthwhile read. It really gives you a look into the lives of middle-high stakes players (particularly young, internet "degenerates"), showing the highs and inevitable lows of the lifestyle. I tried to spread out the reading of this book over a couple weeks, only reading 5-10 pages a day, but one could definitely finish it in a couple of hours. On that note, I really wish it was longer! I could easily have read another couple hundred pages following the journeys of ... Read More 
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