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'One Year as a Professional Poker Player' gives you all the plot details you need, and what you get is a captivating description of high stakes Texas Hold'em played across the world, in some fairly odd places, with some fairly odd (and fascinating) people. We'd all expect poker pros to be 'characters', idiosyncrasies with attachments to outrageous hats and horrific jewellery, and the truth according to Tony Holden is frighteningly close to the stereotype. You won't read this book and ever forget who Amarillo Slim is. But there's more to them than the garish ostentation and madcap tales - there's the camaraderie, the mutual respect, the total ruthlessness at the table, the psychological secret weapons...
Tony Holden's a man with an ego, there's no doubt about that. But the great thing is he knows this more than anyone. And it's difficult not to take a liking to a man who's being that candid and straightforward with you as he recounts his journey through the world of professional poker, tells of big hands nearly won but mostly lost, and describes the colourful characters and venues that make up the circuit. And I love his mocking of amateurs and their sob stories, before diving into another elaborate telling of the time Lady Luck cheated him of $10,000 on the river card. There are anecdotes all over the place, dozens worth remembering so you can retell them - probably pretending you heard them from a wizened old Texan you met in a bar you can't remember the name of.
Frankly, I got a small buzz every time I picked up this book - some of the hands you almost feel you're playing with him. If, like me, you're the type that likes to tell people you play poker, but get a bit coy about how much you play for (because you want them to assume it's vast amounts and it's really not), you ought to buy this book right now. Chances are you've already read it though. Even if you just think poker sounds like a cool thing to be into, buy this book and be proved right. Just try not to get carried away. It costs thousands of pounds just to get to Vegas. Trust me, I just checked the flight prices...
The story of a year spent by biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. Read more
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