Big Deal

by Anthony Holden (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $4.90

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.50

  Whilst in Los Angeles covering the poker world championships, Anthony Holden almost inadvertently found himself competing - and winning. Thus was born his bizarre ambition to devote a year to playing poker professionally. This is the story of that year, complete with heroes, eccentrics and comedians. It is a story of days and nights in Las Vegas, in Malta and Morocco, even on board ship, mingling with the top players, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee and learning a great deal about himself in the process. The author's previous books include biographies of The Prince of Wales and Laurence Olivier.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.75

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $26.37

  BIG DEAL is the mesmerising story of a year spent by bestselling biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. He spent days and nights in the poker paradise of Las Vegas, in Malta and Morocco, even shipboard, mingling with the legendary greats, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee, and learning a great deal about himself in the process. Poker, Holden would insist, is not gambling. Like chess it is a paradigm of life at its most intense, a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Its heroes, its eccentrics and is comedians stalk the pages of this remarkable book, along with all the hair-raising, nail-biting excitement of the games themselves. A classic of the genre, BIG DEAL is here reissued with a new introduction by the author.