... pokerdom . ” -MARTIN AMIS Big DEAL A YEAR AS A PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER ANTHONY HOLDEN " Holden is the top writer in pokerdom . " Front Cover.

... Pokerdom . And what a sight was there , my countrymen ! The hot wind was blowing strong . The signs rustling in the ... Poker- dom " ends abruptly and descends in an almost perpendicular steep , thousands of voices arose from below ...

... pokerdom'. After some delicate negotiation with both parties, this ended up as Martin dubbing me 'the top writer in pokerdom' on the jacket of Bigger Deal. While I was in Vegas that summer my youngest son Ben would come over to see me ...

... pokerdom ' MARTIN AMIS ANTHONY HOLDEN Author of the poker classics BIG DEAL and BIGGER DEAL HOLDEN ON HOLD'EM How to Play and Win at the Biggest Deal in Town Qul 8 K A Born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford , Anthony Holden. 00 400.

... , bad beats, improbable runs of luck, and written by a true believer.” —Al Alvarez, author of The Biggest Game in Town “Holden is the top writer in pokerdom.” —Martin Amis Praise for Big Deal “Mr. Holden writes with extreme grace.

... Pokerdom all the characters yet still state of play delays contract of running mate nothing is obvious except romance the gal at palm shadows catches her cab and I stretch to Josephine Baker. THIEVING. EYES. dropped into the hole on this ...

... pokerdom . Holden has of course picked up a title or two ; and McManus , here in Vegas in 2000 , made it all the way to the final table . My intention , as we know , is to do a little bit better than that . " Be ultraconservative while ...

... Pokerdom to fight for ; and accor- dingly there is nothing tragic to mar the unchristian sense of humour with which the reader may take in these notes of bygone quarrels , de- riving a certain raciness from their very dulness . These ...

... Pokerdom to fight for ; and accor- dingly there is nothing tragic to mar the unchristian sense of humour with which the reader may take in these notes of bygone quarrels , de- riving a certain raciness from their very dulness . These ...

... Pokerdom . Outside , an intoxicated Mexican expostulates with the night air , and , red - man fashion , drops into oratory ; now self - laudatory , now deprecatory of everything Yankee or Gringo . The train of thought becomes confused ...