Professional gambler Roy Brindley’s much anticipated autobiography Life’s a Gamble – The High Stakes and Low Life of a Poker Professional finally goes on sale tomorrow Friday February 27. The book, crackling with dialogue and characters, in a narrative as fresh as any thriller, is already receiving rave reviews and much media excitement and blonde Poker has several copies which will be given away in blonde card-room competitions during March. See the blonde card-room and league threads on the forum for details of where and when.
The author, winner of countless European ranking poker tournaments, has already featured in numerous newspaper articles and last weekend discussed his work on BBC Radio Five Live for its llion plus listeners.
Never before has a book about gambling created such a storm but in documenting his life – from the lows of living on the streets and in a prison cell through to landing six-figure sums playing poker – Roy has opened up a can of worms and shaken a hornets nest in one fell swoop.What they are saying about Life’s a Gamble:
“One of the best insights into the heart and mind of a gambler ever written. Moving and uplifting and for poker-lovers, a must-read…”
Des Wilson, author of ‘Swimming with the Devilfish’ and ‘Ghosts at the Table’
“Raw, unashamed yet gripping emotion from flag-fall. Finally someone tells a gamblers lot how it is and, through amazing circumstance, he comes out on top.
Rogue Trader Nick Leeson: The world’s biggest gambler, the man who broke Barings Bank, author of ‘Back from the Brink’ and ‘Rogue Trader’.