One of a Kind (e-bok)
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336
Utgivningsdatum
2005-07-15
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Atria Books
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9781416510185

One of a Kind E-bok

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

av Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson, Mike Sexton
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Now in paperback comes the first and authorized biography of Stuey Ungar, the greatest card player of all time, who was backed by the Mob in New York before moving to Las Vegas where he won the World Series of Poker three times, then died mysteriously in a seedy motel on the Vegas strip at the age of 45.He was the Jim Morrison of the casino, a legend before he was of legal age. Stuey Ungar, the son of a Jewish bookie on Manhattan's Lower East Side, dropped out of high school to become an underground card-table sensation, eventually taking out every top gin-rummy player on the East Coast. Bankrolled by the Genovese crime family, Stuey would soon travel around the country in search of new opponents and opportunitiesincluding poker. He would go on to win the World Series of Poker a record three times. And then his luck began to run out. One of a Kind is the startling tale of a man who won at his game and lost control of his life. Whether tossing away his winnings at the racetrack or on a single roll of the dice, Stuey was notorious for gambling every single dollar in his pocket. Though he had won an estimated $30 million in his lifetime, Stuey had no bank account, not even a home address. He was found dead in a Vegas motelwith $800 in cash on his person, the only money he had leftat the age of forty-five. An intimate, authorized biographyNolan Dalla was commissioned by Stuey in 1998 to pen his story, resulting in hundreds of hours of taped interviews and conversationsOne of a Kind illuminates the dark genius of one of poker's most memorable figures.
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    Izabela Cleopatra Horn, 8 november 2023

    Fascinerande läsning. Man måste inte vara gambling intresserad för att uppskatta denna biografi.

    Handling & Tema : 4/5
    Karaktärerna: 4/5
    Miljöbeskrivning: 4/5
    Språk och berättarkonst 4/5

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