{"product_id":"the-biggest-game-in-town-0312428421","title":"The Biggest Game in Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0312428421\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alvarez, Al\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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.Set over the course of one tournament, The Biggest Game in Town 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\" (TimeOut [UK]).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737942491424,"sku":"NEW0312428421","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81SL5xQdn6L.jpg?v=1779578703","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-biggest-game-in-town-0312428421","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}