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Take Me To The River - A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker (Paperback, Ed) Loot Price: R486

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Take Me To The River - A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker (Paperback, Ed): Peter Alson

Take Me To The River - A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker (Paperback, Ed)

Peter Alson

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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.

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Imprint:	Atria Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Peter Alson
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7432-8837-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Biography > Sport Promotions
LSN:	0-7432-8837-8
Barcode:	9780743288378