2007, ISBN: 0743288378

[EAN: 9780743288378], Neubuch, [PU: Atria], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing… Altro …

[EAN: 9780743288378], Neubuch, [PU: Atria], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money. 'Take Me to the River' is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment. 306 pp. Englisch, Books<

2007, ISBN: 0743288378

[EAN: 9780743288378], Neubuch, [PU: Atria], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing… Altro …

[EAN: 9780743288378], Neubuch, [PU: Atria], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money. 'Take Me to the River' is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment., Books<

ISBN: 9780743288378

Meet Peter Alson: He's a compulsive gambler who likes to play for big stakes. He just turned fifty; recently proposed to long-time girlfriend Alice and his writing career is finally out o… Altro …

Meet Peter Alson: He's a compulsive gambler who likes to play for big stakes. He just turned fifty; recently proposed to long-time girlfriend Alice and his writing career is finally out of the toilet. Now he wants to settle down, and God knows, it's time, just as soon as he gets back from Vegas. Take Me to the Riveris a first person account of one compulsive gambler's quest to play in the World Series of Poker - just because he can. With over 5,000 players to beat from June 2nd to July 13th, Alson had his work cut out for him...; General, Scribner<

2007, ISBN: 0743288378

Kartoniert / Broschiert, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Atria]

2007, ISBN: 9780743288378

A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker, Softcover, Buch, [PU: Atria Books]