Take Me to the River: A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743288378)

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.

Author: Peter Alson
ISBN-10: 0743288378
ISBN-13: 9780743288378
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.59w x 0.74d