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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780743288378
ISBN: 0743288378
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
Publisher: Atria
Sales Rank: 204056
Studio: Atria
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An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money.
Take Me to the River is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.
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I love reading poker memoirs. It doesn't matter to me whether the author wins or loses - or even if the memoir is completely true - I just love reading about the gambler's life. And Alson's account is one of the better ones I've read. It doesn't hurt that Alson is coauthor of the Stu Unger biography One of a Kind - and knows his way around a poker book. He doesn't get so caught up in the actual game that the book is nothing but dissection of hand after hand, but includes enough information about ... Read More
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Awesome book.
If someone is discouraged buy story splitting between Peter's life in WSOP and pre-marriage happenings between him and his future wife - do not. Both parts are well blended together and we get most exciting insight in one mans life during WSOP. The poker action is well presented and author becomes one of our long known friend, who says to us without nothing to hide. Book never gets boring and pages just fly away.
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At the beginning of this book, Peter Alson says he was hesitant on following in the footsteps of A. Alverez and James McManus. While Alson may have followed their lead, he definitely created his own trail. It is comletely unfair to call this a companion book to either "The Biggest game in Town" or "Positively Fifth Street", as I feel this is a book just about any adult could relate to. The non-poker content is well written and captivating, as Alson has a gift for not only describing personalities, ... Read More
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Peter is a terrific, comic, truthful writer. This most enjoyable book would make a wonderful Christmas gift for anyone from 12 to 100 who likes poker, Las Vegas, and romance. Peter has been writing about and attending the World Series of Poker for decades. I have played with him in the cash side games over the years. He is a fine poker player and knows what he is talking about. He knows everyone in the poker world, the main writers and players. I just loved this book and the one with Nolan Dalla about ... Read More
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I had a hard time getting thru this book for 2 reasons. First reason-peter Alston seems like a complete and total jerk to me. Taking a prostitute's phone number, jerking a girl around re: wedding plans (at the age of 50), etc. Second reason i did not like this book is that Peter managed to make the WSOP boring. I wish he described the players we've come to know and love (and hate) on Tv in more depth instead of going into such detail about his loser friend.
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