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Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure Into the Heart of a Gambling Country

by Andy Bellin

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Poker culture, from private games to Las Vegas tables

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Poker culture, from private games to Las Vegas tables

Andy Bellin maps competitive poker as both a game of calculation and a distinct social world. His account moves through basement games, illegal clubs, and the World Series of Poker, using that route to examine the players, hustlers, dreamers, and eccentrics around the tables. Alongside the gambling scene’s pressures and preoccupations, the book introduces practical elements of the game: card counting, reading opponents’ signals, poker terminology, mathematical ideas, and Texas Hold’em strategy. It also keeps poker obsession and addiction in view as related but separate parts of the culture it portrays.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Poker players interested in Texas Hold’em concepts and table strategy
  • Readers curious about professional poker culture and its personalities
  • Fans of gambling-world travelogues and behind-the-scenes accounts

Themes

Competitive pokerGambling culturePoker strategy and mathematicsObsession and addictionLas Vegas and underground card rooms

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Book overview

"Poker Nation is a travelogue to the quirky world of competitive poker, an exploration of poker obsession and addiction (not necessarily the same thing) and a primer on mathematics, poker lingo and technique. Entertaining and accessible." --USA Today

Journalist and poker fanatic Andy Bellin takes readers on a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of professional poker. From basement games to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, you'll look over his shoulder as he learns to count cards, read a legendary player's body language, hang in there when the chips are down, and take his beatings like a man. Even if you don't know the difference between a flop and a river card, Bellin keeps you in the game with his portraits of the colorful players, dreamers, hustlers, and eccentrics who populate this strange subculture. Along with learning what goes on behind the scenes in illegal poker clubs, you'll get great advice on how to play Texas Hold'em, today's game of choice for big-money players.

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