Life's a Gamble - The High Stakes and Low Life of a Poker Professional

Informationen zum Autor Roy 'The Boy' Brindley is Europe's most successful tournament poker player. The first ever European professional to be commercially sponsored! he is currently enjoying his sixth year as the Ladbrokes official player. Roy writes for several poker publications and commentates regularly on poker tournaments for Sky Sports. He lives in Ireland with his partner and their two young children. Klappentext Roy Brindley has earned over a million pounds! has a contented family life! owns an incredible house and both a Porsche and a Ferrari. After a chance viewing of the Hollywood poker film Rounders! he at last put his phenomenal mathematical talent to constructive use! and his domination of the European poker circuit began. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of a man who learnt to trust something other than lady luck. This title offers an insight into the glamorous, celebrity-filled and popular world of poker.

Product details

• Authors: Roy Brindley, Brindley Roy
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780553819410
• ISBN: 978-0-553-81941-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Card games: Poker, Card games, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Card Games / General