King of a small world

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There's no such thing as not gambling. Every day, every move you make depends on the stakes, the opponents, and what you're holding. Feeling bold? You take big risks, bluff hard. Feeling shaky? Play it cool and hold your hand in close. But never rely on chance. Depend on luck to smooth things out and you're fooling yourself, because there's no such thing as the law of averages: you never have to win again.
"Rick Bennet's King of a Small World is that rare thing, a truly authentic novel about poker and the poker world. It is about how the game is really played—the patience, concentration, and fine judgments, as well as the hard grind and boredom. Bennet glamorizes nothing and his blank, gritty prose captures precisely the calculating way professionals live their lives away from the table." —A. Alvarez
"Finally, someone has written a good poker story. Buy the book and enjoy it. It's well worth the gamble."
—Ken Adams, Card Player magazine
EIn Prince George's County, and I]... Tovább

Fülszöveg

There's no such thing as not gambling. Every day, every move you make depends on the stakes, the opponents, and what you're holding. Feeling bold? You take big risks, bluff hard. Feeling shaky? Play it cool and hold your hand in close. But never rely on chance. Depend on luck to smooth things out and you're fooling yourself, because there's no such thing as the law of averages: you never have to win again.
"Rick Bennet's King of a Small World is that rare thing, a truly authentic novel about poker and the poker world. It is about how the game is really played—the patience, concentration, and fine judgments, as well as the hard grind and boredom. Bennet glamorizes nothing and his blank, gritty prose captures precisely the calculating way professionals live their lives away from the table." —A. Alvarez
"Finally, someone has written a good poker story. Buy the book and enjoy it. It's well worth the gamble."
—Ken Adams, Card Player magazine
EIn Prince George's County, and I] across the country, there's a game going on. The curtains are drawn and the doors are locked and the smoke is as thick as yesterday's coffee. Chips fly, cards come and go, and the music and candy and tension have your heart beating and your fingers drumming. This is poker. Real poker, where playing on your opponents' hopes and fears is as important as tracking the cards that have already gone down.
Look up and you'll see Joey Moore, watching you, watching the emotions play across your face. In a moment he'll bet— his eyes never leaving you—and wait for your reaction. You give a twitch, a shudder, the smallest smile, and he knows what you're holding; no motion at all and he knows how you'll bet. Six hours later, he'll leave with a smile and all your money. See ya.
Joey is a great poker player: ruthless, sharp, and hugely aware. At twenty-five, he knows more about himself and the human spirit than most people learn in a lifetime. In cards and in life he plays honestly—true to himself, the game, his friends and enemies alike. But when a perennial loser who Joey beats blows himself away, Joey's poker freedom starts to crumble, and his game confidence with it.
Suddenly the stakes have changed, and everything's wild. Between communities— rich and poor, black and white, Asian and American—Joey's getting squeezed, his
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Rick bennet was born in San Francisco and grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland. He works and plays poker in card rooms across the country and is currently at work on a new novel. He has a four-year-old son, Sean.
Jacket design by Abby Kagan/King Kong Cody Design Author photograph by Cynthia Bennet-Meaney
Arcade Publishing • New York
Distributed by Little, Brown and Company
loyalties divided. He's a poker-boss at the newest charity casino, but it's got too many wiseguys and not enough wisdom. His latest girlfriend is gambling-obsessed, desperate for the action that has her addicted. And his old girlfriend, pregnant and angry, is forcing love into his life with a baby who might not be his. It may just be time for Joey to put down his cards and walk away from the table.
printed in the u.sa. Vissza