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An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money. Take Me to the River is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.
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Take Me to the River, Peter Alson, Brian Koppelman
- Language
- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- Take Me to the River
- Subtitle
- A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Alson, Brian Koppelman
- Publisher
- Atria
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0743288378
- ISBN13
- 9780743288378
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Children's Books, True Stories, Biographies, Sports, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, Biographies, Games, Memories, Activities, Crafts & Games, Marriage, Journalists, Philosophers, Gambling, Card Games, Poker
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- An overeducated underachiever, Peter Alson spent his post-college decades doing his best not to grow up. But having just turned fifty, this rambling-gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. So he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend, then hatches a plan to pay for their wedding -- involving poker and a trip to Las Vegas. Boarding a plane bound for the neon desert and the biggest game in town -- the 2005 World Series of Poker -- this inveterate gambler and bad boy stares down his past and his future while competing for over $56 million in prize money. Take Me to the River is a hilarious, wrenching, full-tilt Vegas exploration of one man's obsession with poker and the lessons it has to offer -- about probability and luck, good fortune and bad, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.