Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire-and How It All Came Crashing Down - Hardcover

Mezrich, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062240099 ISBN 13: 9780062240095

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2013

Synopsis

Follows a group of hard-partying frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local Missoula bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world--and who became fugitives on the run after the Feds shut down their operation. 150,000 first printing.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

Review:

"Mezrich writes some of the most exciting non-fiction books I've ever read ... This is a fascinating tale ... Mezrich's huge strength as an author is that he manages to bring characters to life so quickly. Within a few chapters, everyone who he's writing about has been vividly described and I was desperate to find out what happened to each of them" (The Bookbag)

"Peppered with fast cars, cocktails, parties and beautiful women, this is an exhilarating ride." (Press Association, syndicated review)

"Ben Mezrich’s Straight Flush reads like a thriller and it rattles along at breakneck speed ... It’s a well written book about an internet start up and how it all went wrong." (Irish Times)

"Mesmerizing" (Sorted magazine - 5 STARS)

"A pacy read" (Sunday Business Post)

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062240099
• ISBN 13: 9780062240095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288