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Title: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Chriswan on June 19, 2007, 02:50:54 AM Recently read:
"The man behind the shades, The rise and fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar" it was an amazing read, it was extremely moving and completely inspirational. I would reccomend this book to any gambler/poker player it was top quality. Also "The proffessor, the banker and the suicide king. Inside the richest game of all time" Which is also a good read, i havent finished it yet but it goes into amazing details about $10'000 - $20'000 NL.. a subject we should all brush up on... hahaha Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: UpTheMariners on June 19, 2007, 03:03:17 AM chris have you read harrington on holdem thats good
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: turny on June 19, 2007, 03:04:18 AM ;booboo;
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Chriswan on June 19, 2007, 03:10:56 AM no but i'll look into it, amazon here we come!!!
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Mango99 on June 19, 2007, 03:12:13 AM I've read One of A Kind, which is the same book with it's American title.
Excellent book. A truly sad story of flawed genius. Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Sark79 on June 19, 2007, 09:44:27 AM It is a good book. Check out PokerTube, there is a 6 part biography about him.
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Horneris on June 19, 2007, 10:18:15 AM It is a good book. Check out PokerTube, there is a 6 part biography about him. 5 Parts. Defo worth watchin good shout. Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Graham C on June 19, 2007, 11:04:05 AM Planning on reading the Stu Ungar book soonish
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Acidmouse on June 19, 2007, 11:08:03 AM Yep the docu on him on poker tube is really cool. Funny when his nose collapsed due to coke, then when he had it rebuilt he did coke too early and messed it up again. So he always wore his shades hanging on his nose to cover it up.
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Longy on June 19, 2007, 11:16:45 AM The book and documentary are well worth a look. A genius at cards whose life was so far from reality it was scary. What his life might have been like if he was born 25 years later and caught the poker boom, the mind boggles.
Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: Sheriff Fatman on June 19, 2007, 11:41:35 AM "The proffessor, the banker and the suicide king. Inside the richest game of all time" Which is also a good read, i havent finished it yet but it goes into amazing details about $10'000 - $20'000 NL.. a subject we should all brush up on... hahaha I reviewed it a while back. The review can be found here: http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/475 Incredibly, it prompted the author to sign upto blonde and comment on it, which was a nice touch: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4018.msg99475#msg99475 Bloody good book. With hindsight my score of 7.5 was a tad harsh. Title: Re: Anyone read "The man behind the shades" Post by: brummieboy on June 19, 2007, 02:10:17 PM Another book that I really enjoyed but only ever read three quarters of it.
Must dig it out and finish it. |