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The best poker biographies and true stories
The best poker stories are true. These books take you inside the high-stakes games, the World Series and the lives of the players who made poker legendary.
The true story of the woman who ran some of the most exclusive high-stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York. Later a film.
A psychologist with no poker experience learns the game from Erik Seidel and goes on to win a major title.
A writer sent to cover the 2000 WSOP buys into the Main Event himself and makes the final table. A classic.
The rise and fall of Stu Ungar, three-time world champion. Read our story on the Comeback Kid.
The amateur who won the 2003 Main Event tells how it happened. Read our story on Moneymaker.
A Texas banker takes on the best players in the world in the biggest heads-up games ever played.
How a group of young online players took over high-stakes poker in the boom years.
A writer spends a year as a professional poker player. Funny, sharp and full of characters.
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