Big Deal:A Year as a Professional Poker Player
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| Author | Anthony Holden |
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| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Poker |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
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| Released | 1992 |
| ISBN | 0743294815 |
| Followed by | Bigger Deal |
Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player ISBN 0743294815 is a book by Anthony Holden, a well-respected English biographer. The book details a year Holden spent playing poker around the world, attempting to make a living, or at least a profit, from the endeavor.
The book details a great many things about the gamesmanship of poker, and is particularly notable for a table showing how many of each possible hand are available in a single deck of cards, i.e. there are 4 possible Royal Flush hands, 32 possible non-royal straight flush hands, etc.
Many professional poker players cite the book as their impetus to become pros themselves, and one particular incident is in the book's epilogue.
Holden has written a sequel, Bigger Deal, due out in May, 2007, just after a new edition of Big Deal.
[edit] References
- A list of books citing Big Deal
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