{"product_id":"the-biggest-game-in-town-al-alvarez-9780312428426","title":"The Biggest Game in Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eAl Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in Vegas and talked to the extraordinary characters who dominated them--road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet over the course of one tournament, \u003ci\u003eThe Biggest Game in Town\u003c\/i\u003e is botha chronicle of the World Series of Poker--the first ever written--and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is the greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written (\u003ci\u003eTimeOut\u003c\/i\u003e [UK]).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Al Alvarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312428421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312428426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Al Alvarez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994085064959,"sku":"9780312428426","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30c14069-d24a-48fa-a66e-c1634a8a5fd9.jpg?v=1683328046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-biggest-game-in-town-al-alvarez-9780312428426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}