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Now a major motion picture, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera—the true story of "Hollywood's poker princess" who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all.
Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world—an insider's story of excess and danger, glamour and greed.
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...9) Bluff
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"One-time socialite Maud Warner polishes up the rags of her once glittering existence and bluffs her way into a signature New York restaurant on a sunny October day. When she walks out again, a man will have been shot. Maud has grown accustomed to being underestimated and invisible, and she uses her ability to fly under the radar as she pursues celebrity accountant Burt Sklar, the man she believes stole her mother's fortune and left her family in...
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On Friday, May 1st, 2015 a bomb detonates in the infamous Positano Luxury Resort and Casino, a mammoth hotel (and exact replica of the Amalfi coast) on the Las Vegas Strip. Six months prior, a crop of strivers converge on the desert city, attempting to make a home amidst the dizzying lights: Ray, a mathematically-minded high stakes professional poker player; Mary Ann, a clinically depressed cocktail waitress; Tom, a tourist from the working class...
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When competing card sharps stir up Siobhán O'Sullivan's quiet Irish village, a poker tournament turns into a game of Hangman . . .
Naomi's Bistro, managed by the many siblings of the lively O'Sullivan brood, is the place to go for a cuppa tea in Kilbane. For a pint or a game of darts, it's the pub you want. But when Dublin card sharp Eamon Foley is found swinging from the rafters of Rory Mack's pub, it's time for the garda to take matters into their...
12) Casino Royale
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On his first mission as 007, Bond heads to Montenegro to stop a banker to the world's terrorist organizations from winning a poker match at Casino Royale.
13) How to Shake the Online Poker Money Tree: Unstoppable Online Poker Strategy for the 21st Century
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This is the very same, classic popular online poker strategy e-book that has been selling online for $39 a copy since 2004. Now in proper Kindle device format (as of January 2012). It has been revised and expanded in this 3rd edition to reflect recent changes in the online poker landscape, including the effects of political events which occurred in both 2006 and 2011. It includes new chapters with specific strategies for popular new game types and...
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Two novels, written between 2015 and 2018, featuring Cassie Ireland, a thief who catches thieves, and Jake Carter, a gambler who knows the odds and thrives on high-stakes risk. Includes All In, and All Gone, in which the pair race against time to recover stolen copies of the Magna Carta. Strong language and some violence. 2018.
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Learn When To Hold 'Em And When To Fold 'Em. . .
Poker has never been hotter, with the World Series of Poker and celebrity tournaments flooding television screens and online poker rooms drawing millions of visitors every month. While the basic rules of poker are fairly simple, learning how to win can be a challenging-and potentially expensive-experience for novice players.
Updated with the latest information, this essential guide from renowned casino...
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An equal-opportunity pastime, poker is played everywhere from country clubs to penitentiaries and has even developed into a spectator sport. In this entertaining gift book for poker fanatics and students of American vernacular, a cultural historian and slang authority offers a compendium of traditional poker slang, as well as the new vocabulary of online poker and jargon from high-stakes tournaments.
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Are you captivated by the World Series of Poker on television?
Have you always wanted to sit at the poker table in your favorite casino, but you do not know how to play?
Do you need go gain confidence and learn how to put on a poker face?
Are you interested in mastering the game? This is the book for you.
The popularity of Texas Hold 'Em poker has skyrocketed over the last few years as people discover the true amount of talent that goes into the...
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How to Make Money in Open Face Chinese Poker (OFCP) is the first and only OFCP book on the market that teaches you how to win! It introduces the fundamental theorems for those who are just learning the game, and more importantly, transforms a regular player into an expert in the OFCP environment. Whether you are aiming to make some side income or have been playing poker throughout your career, this book will equip you with everything you need to crush...
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What are the odds of winning at poker if you don't know the odds in poker?
Practical Poker Math provides a complete and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities and expectations in Hold'Em and Omaha. All the formulations are completely open and are demonstrated via easy-to-follow, color-coded calculations.
Pat Dittmar has aimed this book at beginning through semi-pro players who want to improve their results and who know that...
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Atreasure trove of behavioral information to give a huge edge over the competition, this guide teaches how to read tellsthe subtle ways in which opponents betray themselves through body language, table talk, chip moves, eye contact, and morein order to increase chances of winning in poker. Tells are rarely obvious and it takes concentration to find them, but this bookshows how to identify them and use them to an advantage to exploit others' weaknesses...
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