Positively Fifth Street
Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
by James McManus
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Poker, Most Recommended Books, and Sports.
In the spring of 2000, Harper's Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Poker, Most Recommended Books, and Sports.
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Daniel Negreanu
““@Dom_Chez: @RealKidPoker favorite poker book(s)” Positively Fifth Street, The Big Deal, and The Biggest Game in Town #oldschool”
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“Reading this feels like shadowing a curious travel writer who has wandered into a closed-off subculture. Holden spends a year embedded with professional poker players across Las Vegas, Malta, Morocco and at sea, narrating hands, personalities, and barroom repartee while folding in moments of self-reflection. What works best is lively, anecdotal immersion — scenes of stakes, banter, and travel that bring the game to life. The main limitation is repetition and jargon: narrative momentum stalls when similar stories and name-dropping pile up, and it offers little in the way of practical poker instruction.”
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