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Straight Flush : The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a

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Condition
Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
ISBN
9780062240095
Book Title
Straight Flush : The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--And How It All Came Crashing Down ...
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2013
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Ben Mezrich
Genre
Computers, Games & Activities, Business & Economics
Topic
Programming / Games, Card Games / Poker, Entrepreneurship, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Free Enterprise
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062240099
ISBN-13
9780062240095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143703363

Product Key Features

Book Title
Straight Flush : The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--And How It All Came Crashing Down ...
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Programming / Games, Card Games / Poker, Entrepreneurship, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Free Enterprise
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Computers, Games & Activities, Business & Economics
Author
Ben Mezrich
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
The action is nonstop . ... Mezrich follows [the] friends from their University of Montana frat house to Costa Rica and Canada as the young entrepreneurs' extravagant lifestyle of booze, fast cars, and hot women spirals into death threats, auto accidents, 24-hour bodyguards, and federal indictments., A breakneck retelling of how a bunch of closely knit fraternity brothers built an online poker empire. … Fast-paced and wild. , A breakneck retelling of how a bunch of closely knit fraternity brothers built an online poker empire. … Fast-paced and wild., "The reigning cowboy of creative nonfiction." -- The Oregonian "A breakneck retelling of how a bunch of closely knit fraternity brothers built an online poker empire. ... Fast-paced and wild. " -- Kirkus Reviews "A near-perfect specimen of pulp nonfiction." -- New York Times " The action is nonstop . ... Mezrich follows [the] friends from their University of Montana frat house to Costa Rica and Canada as the young entrepreneurs' extravagant lifestyle of booze, fast cars, and hot women spirals into death threats, auto accidents, 24-hour bodyguards, and federal indictments." -- Booklist "Engrossing. ... I can't wait for the movie." -- Boston Globe, ' The action is nonstop . ... Mezrich follows [the] friends from their University of Montana frat house to Costa Rica and Canada as the young entrepreneurs? extravagant lifestyle of booze, fast cars, and hot women spirals into death threats, auto accidents, 24-hour bodyguards, and federal indictments.' (Booklist)
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House --the sources for the films The Social Network and 21 --comes the larger-than-life true tale of a group of American college buddies who brilliantly built a billion-dollar online poker colossus based out of the hedonistic paradise of Costa Rica. One problem: the U.S. Department of Justice was gunning for them. . . . Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, acclaimed author Ben Mezrich's Straight Flush tells the captivating rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world, on par with some of the behemoths of the Internet. At its height, Absolute Poker was an online empire earning more than a million dollars a day, following savvy business strategy and even better luck. Its founders set up their operations in the exotic jungle paradise of Costa Rica, embracing an outrageous lifestyle of girls, parties, and money. Meanwhile, the gray area of U.S. and international law in which the company operated was becoming a lot more risky, and soon the U.S. Department of Justice had placed a bull's-eye on Absolute Poker. Should they fold--or double down and ride their hot hand? Impossible to put down, Straight Flush is an exclusive, never-before-seen look behind the headlines of one of the wildest business stories of the past decade., From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House --the sources for the film The Social Network and 21 --comes the larger-than-life rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world. Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, Straight Flush tells of the company's initial operations in the exotic jungle paradise of Costa Rica--where its founders embraced an outrageous lifestyle of girls, parties, and money--and of the gray area of U.S. and international law in which they created an industry. Soon, the U.S. Department of Justice was gunning for them... Should they fold--or double down and ride their hot hand? Impossible to put down, Straight Flush is an exclusive, never-before-seen look behind the headlines of one of the wildest business stories of the past decade., From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House--the sources for the film The Social Network and 21--comes the larger-than-life rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world. Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, Straight Flush tells of the company's initial operations in the exotic jungle paradise of Costa Rica--where its founders embraced an outrageous lifestyle of girls, parties, and money--and of the gray area of U.S. and international law in which they created an industry. Soon, the U.S. Department of Justice was gunning for them... Should they fold--or double down and ride their hot hand? Impossible to put down, Straight Flush is an exclusive, never-before-seen look behind the headlines of one of the wildest business stories of the past decade.

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