Broke: A Poker Novel - Softcover

Adams, Brandon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595377297 ISBN 13: 9780595377299

Publisher: Iuniverse Inc, 2006

Synopsis

“Excellent, entertaining, and extremely well written ... I couldn’t stop reading!”

—Phil Hellmuth, poker icon and author of Play Poker Like the Pros

Forget Wall Street—America’s best and brightest now seek their fortune at the poker tables. Broke: A Poker Novel follows the lives of three talented young poker players as they seek fame and fortune in a world fraught with addiction.

Raf Verheij is a twenty-five-year-old math prodigy who likes to think that his current situation is unique: Poker pulled him out of a deep hole instead of leading him into one. Robert Thompson is a Phil Ivey-like talent with a gambling problem—a player who has an almost supernatural ability to read opponents’ hands by taking cues from their body language. And finally, there’s Matt Ingram, a grinder with a penchant for self-destruction.

The world of poker is filled with dangers to one’s bankroll and mental health—a world where the individual has to worry less about the problems that others will cause him than the problems that he will cause for himself. Broke follows these three top young players in their high-stakes quest for poker fame and reveals just how addictive this world can be.

About this title

About the Author

Brandon Adams, a poker player, writer, and doctoral student, made it to the final table of the 2005 Tournament of Champions. He teaches a popular course in behavioral finance to Harvard undergraduates.

About this edition

• Publisher: Iuniverse Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0595377297
• ISBN 13: 9780595377299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96