Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson

One of a Kind

The Rise and Fall of Stuey ', the Kid', Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the thrilling, heartbreaking true story of the rise and fall of Stuey "The Kid" Ungar, the greatest card player of all time, whom "New York" magazine called "The Mozart of the card table."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: S&s/Simon Element
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 141mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780743476591
• ISBN-10: 074347659X
• Artikelnr.: 22056312

Autorenporträt

Nolan Dalla is the lead sports handicapper for Casino Player and has written for Gambling Times, Card Player, Poker Digest, Poker Pages, Poker Player, and The Intelligent Gambler. He was the head of public relations for Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and is now media director for the World Series of Poker. A native Texan, he currently resides in Las Vegas. Peter Alson is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie and coauthor of One of a Kind, a biography of the poker champion Stuey Ungar, and Atlas: From the Street to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man. Alson's articles have appeared in many national magazines, including Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Alice, and their daughter Eden.