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« 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. 

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"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
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2007, 03:03:17 AM »
chris have you read harrington on holdem thats good
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2007, 03:04:18 AM »
 
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2007, 03:10:56 AM »
no but i'll look into it, amazon here we come!!!
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« Reply #4 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.
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« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2007, 09:44:27 AM »
It is a good book.  Check out  PokerTube,  there is a 6 part biography about him. 
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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2007, 10:18:15 AM »
Quote from: 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. 


5 Parts. Defo worth watchin good shout.
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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2007, 11:04:05 AM »
Planning on reading the Stu Ungar book soonish
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« Reply #8 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.
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« Reply #9 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.
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2007, 11:41:35 AM »
Quote from: Chriswan on June 19, 2007, 02:50:54 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.
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« Reply #11 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.
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