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Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 560 ratings
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The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
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3.87 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
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Ace on the River: an Advanced Poker Guide
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3.59 avg rating — 822 ratings
"Despite the title, this is more of a memoir of Barry Greenstein."
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Check-raising the Devil
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3.75 avg rating — 357 ratings
"A brutally honest look at The Mouth's demons including depression, drugs, and his set-up and fall in a drug bust that led to six months in prison, lightened only by some spectacular poker successes."
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rated it 4 stars
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One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey "The Kid" Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player
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4.06 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
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Swimming with the Devil Fish: The Colourful Story of the UK's Number 1 Poker Player
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3.28 avg rating — 46 ratings
"Only the first half of the book is about Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott; the second half is a nice overview of the rise of Poker in the UK, including the Hendon Mob."
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The Godfather of Poker: The Doyle Brunson Story
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4.13 avg rating — 423 ratings
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Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers
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3.22 avg rating — 260 ratings
"Written by poet Katy Lederer, the sister of poker pros Annie Duke and Howard Lederer."
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All in
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3.71 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Trademark Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player
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3.68 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Hunting Fish: A Cross-Country Search for America's Worst Poker Players
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3.46 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Tales from the Tiltboys
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3.52 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country
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3.58 avg rating — 582 ratings
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For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker
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4.02 avg rating — 1,868 ratings
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Ghosts at the Table: Riverboat Gamblers, Texas Rounders, Roadside Hucksters, and the Living Legends Who Made Poker What it is Today
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3.66 avg rating — 47 ratings
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When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem and Murder
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3.46 avg rating — 987 ratings
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From Sixpences to Dollars: The Life of Poker Player Jonny Texas
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did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Deal Me in: Twenty of the World's Top Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro
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3.52 avg rating — 109 ratings
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All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker
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3.78 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Diary of a Mad Poker Player: A Journey to the World Series of Poker
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3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
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3.64 avg rating — 449 ratings
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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
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3.89 avg rating — 3,050 ratings
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Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker
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3.94 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Whale Hunt In The Desert: The Secret Las Vegas Of Superhost Steve Cyr
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3.76 avg rating — 395 ratings
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Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas
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3.90 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
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3.94 avg rating — 26,713 ratings
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Noir Afloat: Tony Cornero and the Notorious Gambling Ships of Southern California
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4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
"The man who mysteriously dropped dead at a craps table at the Desert Inn, never living to see his greatest project: the construction of the Stardust Hotel and Casino, one of the longest-living casinos in Las Vegas and once the largest hotel in the world."
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