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Originally Posted by CptnMik  Some months ago, I read Positively Fifth Street by James McManus.
Really, I haven't read such a - hm, such a what?
It is so good, I'm sure I had not read before nor will I ever read something that can be compared with this WSOP report. (The only thing I don't like about it is the start, when the death of Ted Binion is described. But I can't tell you how glad I am that I didn't give up on this book.)
James McManus was sent to Las Vegas in 2000 to cover the WSOP and the proceedings against the supposed murderers of Ted Binion. He played the tournament and - ok, read it, I promise you will adore it!
I'm sure it will fit very well into the category "General Poker Reading and Entertainment".
Cheers, Michaela |
Did you know that the book
Positively Fifth Street is the book version of Jim McManus' December 2000 article in Harper magazine called "
Fortune's Smile" which if I can track down I will post on the forum.
This article communicates the excitement and personal tension of playing in the WSOP Main Event so vividly that you become absorbed by the story. It is one of the finest pieces of writing on poker there is, IMHO and I told Jim that when I played him on FullTiltPoker in a Pot Limit Omaha game. The Harpers article does not have the crazy Binions trial sidelines and is shorter, but runs a number of pages.
I will try and post it in the next little while, but it is tough to get because the copywrite weasels are hard at work stopping casual reading of archived Harper's articles
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