Mac Chauvin, a hard luck kid from New Orleans, faces the daunting task of starting his life over after his second parent passes away from cancer. His savior comes in two unlikely forms: the New Orleans mafia and poker's, Texas Hold'em. This budding poker star ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time; one time too often. Dominated by a life of poker and organized crime, Mac is forced to either play the cards he's been dealt or fold his hand and fade away into relative obscurity. Playing the Board is a thrilling suspenseful fictional novel. Based primarily in the city of New Orleans, this novel covers, in depth, the world of orgainzed crime and intense poker training. With twist and turns at every corner, Playing the Board is guaranteed to be the closest thing a reader will come to a sure thing.

Mac Chauvin, a hard luck kid from New Orleans, faces the daunting task of starting his life over after his second parent passes away from cancer. His savior comes in two unlikely forms: the New Orleans mafia and poker's, Texas Hold'em. This budding poker star ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time; one time too often. Dominated by a life of poker and organized crime, Mac is forced to either play the cards he's been dealt or fold his hand and fade away into relative obscurity. Playing the Board is a thrilling suspenseful fictional novel. Based primarily in the city of New Orleans, this novel covers, in depth, the world of orgainzed crime and intense poker training. With twist and turns at every corner, Playing the Board is guaranteed to be the closest thing a reader will come to a sure thing.