Aces and Kings: Inside Stories and Million-Dollar Strategies from Poker's Greatest Players

by Michael Kaplan, Brad Reagan

A colorful look inside the world of high-stakes poker charts the history and development of poker and offers profiles of some of the game's top players--including Doyle Brunson, "Amarillo Slim" Preston, and Chris Moneymaker--and their personal insights, how-to advice, and professional tips on how they win.

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2005

About the author

Michael Kaplan is a writer and filmmaker. He holds an undergraduate and Master's degrees in History from Harvard University. He finished graduate studies at the University of Oxford.

He is the co-author alongside his mother, Ellen Kaplan, of the Bozo Sapiens Why to Err Is Human and Chances Are... Adventures in Probability.
He is currenlt a managing partner of Prospero, (a communications company with government and corporate clients in North America, Europe and Asia).

Reviews

[Kelv · Rating 2 out of 5]

An easy to read and digest book which is well thought out on the history of Poker in America which includes what appears to be a thorough review of the historical and current players.

Other than the poker history that this book presents, there is no reason to ever read this book.

[Richard Herbert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Old hat, nothing in here that asnt been written many times before.