Online Poker Books :: Poker Book Reviews » binions http://www.onlinepokerbooks.com poker strategies, poker tips, poker news, poker rules Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:17:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker http://www.onlinepokerbooks.com/poker/positively-fifth-street-murderers-cheetahs-and-binions-world-series-of-poker/ http://www.onlinepokerbooks.com/poker/positively-fifth-street-murderers-cheetahs-and-binions-world-series-of-poker/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:30:55 +0000 andy http://www.onlinepokerbooks.com/poker/positively-fifth-street-murderers-cheetahs-and-binions-world-series-of-poker/
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
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In 2000, novelist and poet James McManus was sent to Las Vegas, innocently enough, by Harper's magazine to write a story about the World Series of Poker held annually at Binion's Horseshoe. But then, as so often happens on trips to Sin City, something kind of ... happened. Rather than becoming an objective report, McManus's article evolved into a memoir as he put his entire advance on the line, got lucky with his cards and won a spot in the competition, and came much closer than anyone expected to winning the darn thing. The result, Positively Fifth Street, is just[Read More]
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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
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Total Customer Reviews: (127)
List Price: $16.00
Sale Price: $0.75
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
In the spring of 2000, Harper’s Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament’s prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper’s advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament–the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in it–and the delightfully seedy carnival[Read More]
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