For Richer, For Poorer: Confessions of a Player by Victoria Coren
For Richer, For Poorer: Confessions of a Player by Victoria Coren
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Author(s): Victoria Coren
Pub: Canongate Books
Pack Qty: 0 (Hardback)
ISBN: 9781847672919 - New
Subjects: Coren, Victoria,, 1972-, Women poker players, Great Britain, Biography, Poker players, Great Britain, Biography, Poker
241mm x 165mm x 30mm
Publication: 17 September 2009Pages: 354
In September 2006, Victoria Coren won a million dollars on the European Poker Tour. In her long-awaited memoir, she tells the story of that victory, but also of a 20-year obsession with the game. It is a journey which has taken Coren from a secret culture of illegal cash games to the high-stakes glamour of Las Vegas and Monte Carlo, and brought with it friendship, laughter, and money, but also loneliness, heartbreak, and defeat. With disarming honesty, Coren lays all of this bare. For Richer, For Poorer also tells the story of the poker revolution. How did this cult card game, populated by a small community of colorful and eccentric players, move from the back streets to the mainstream in a few short years? It is a fascinating story from a trusted insider.
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