Reviews
""Bigger Deal" will make nonprofessional poker addicts feel personally understood in ways no other book has ever managed to do. It has everything: wide cultural scope, poker table minutiae, success, failure, pain, Mozart operas sharing pages with telling analyses of flop texture, even more intercontinental action than its famous predecessor, and best of all, perspective on the Boom. No, best of all is the writing."-- James McManus, author of "Positively Fifth Street", "Bigger Deal will make nonprofessional poker addicts feel personally understood in ways no other book has ever managed to do. It has everything: wide cultural scope, poker table minutiae, success, failure, pain, Mozart operas sharing pages with telling analyses of flop texture, even more intercontinental action than its famous predecessor, and best of all, perspective on the Boom. No, best of all is the writing." -- James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street, "Engaging...Holden has an endearing way of letting the reader into his head, turning descriptions of botched or brilliant poker hands into page-turning mini -narratives, discussing his mental demons and romantic travails in disarming detail. You can't help rooting for him." --Susan Casey, The New York Times Book Review, "Engaging...Holden has an endearing way of letting the reader into his head,turning descriptions of botched or brilliant poker hands into page-turning mini-narratives, discussing his mental demons and romantic travails in disarming detail. You can't help rooting for him."--Susan Casey,The New York Times Book Review, "Engaging...Holden has an endearing way of letting the reader into his head, turning descriptions of botched or brilliant poker hands into page-turning mini-narratives, discussing his mental demons and romantic travails in disarming detail. You can't help rooting for him."--Susan Casey, "The New York Times Book Review", "Holden Is the Top Writer in Pokerdom."-- Martin Amis, "An epic tour of the strange new world of global poker-- on-line and on TV as well as in casinos and back rooms-- full of jostling egos, bad beats, improbable runs of luck, and written by a true believer." --Al Alvarez, author of "The Biggest Game in Town", "Engaging...Holden has an endearing way of letting the reader into his head,turning descriptions of botched or brilliant poker hands into page-turning mini-narratives, discussing his mental demons and romantic travails in disarming detail. You can't help rooting for him." --Susan Casey, The New York Times Book Review, "Bigger Dealwill make nonprofessional poker addicts feel personally understood in ways no other book has ever managed to do. It has everything: wide cultural scope, poker table minutiae, success, failure, pain, Mozart operas sharing pages with telling analyses of flop texture, even more intercontinental action than its famous predecessor, and best of all, perspective on the Boom. No, best of all is the writing."-- James McManus, author ofPositively Fifth Street, "Bigger Deal will make nonprofessional poker addicts feel personally understood in ways no other book has ever managed to do. It has everything: wide cultural scope, poker table minutiae, success, failure, pain, Mozart operas sharing pages with telling analyses of flop texture, even more intercontinental action than its famous predecessor, and best of all, perspective on the Boom. No, best of all is the writing."-- James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street
