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Holden is the best possible guide to the new worlds of poker. He has seen it before, and lived it (Telegraph )
It's Holden's effortless prose that makes BIGGER DEAL a triumph. His ebullience is infectious (Poker Player Magazine )
BIG DEAL was high stakes gonzo ... BIGGER DEAL represents the more measured reportage of the seasoned semi-pro (Metro NON-FICTION OF THE WEEK )
A smoking-hot report from today's poker scene (Poker Listings )
It's Holden's effortless prose that makes BIGGER DEAL a triumph. His ebullience is infectious (Poker Player Magazine )
BIG DEAL was high stakes gonzo ... BIGGER DEAL represents the more measured reportage of the seasoned semi-pro (Metro NON-FICTION OF THE WEEK )
A smoking-hot report from today's poker scene (Poker Listings )
Poker Player Magazine
'It's Holden's effortless prose that makes BIGGER DEAL a triumph.
His ebullience is infectious' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
His ebullience is infectious' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Reading Bigger Deal seventeen years after the original was like having sex with your wife after after all those years: at the back of your mind you know you still enjoy it but some how its not quite the same...Bigger Deal suffered from Holden's obvious disillusion with the New Poker and his melancholy at the Moll's now mere cameo appearances. It also suffered from the fact that he was not playing as a pro this time and just dipped in and out of the deep end when the sun came out. Holden comes across as a good cash game player but far too cautious to make it as a tournament player. You never got excited for him in his tournaments because you knew he is not top 10% It would have been nice to see more cash game narrative but somehow it all got skated over. The original Big Deal is probably the best poker narrative written but Bigger Deal comes nowhere near it. Still readable but just don't think it will be The Godfather II to the Godfather...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the long awaited follow up to "Big Deal" - for many the best book ever written about poker. Holden again tries his luck at the World Series of Poker. This time though, the poker world has moved on and is dominated by players who cut their teeth playing on the internet. Many of the old poker pros have gone, to be replaced by young unknowns who tear up the table and don't play like the oldies. Sponsorship is rife. The entry for the World Series runs into tens of thousands. This upsets Holden deeply. Perhaps the reader might think that things ain't as bad as Holden thinks they are but for Holden, the changes since "Big Deal" are earth shattering. This makes the tone of the book somewhat morose and bitter. Having said that, Holden is so readable that it's still worth buying the book, even if you aren't a poker fan!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are looking for one of the many technical manuals to improve your poker, this is not the book for you. However, if you are a keen poker player, but want something entertaining to read between games, this might be the one.
You really need to have read 'Big Deal' written nearly 20 years before, when Holden first tried his hand as a poker professional. But even without that, this will still be an absorbing and amusing read.
Holden writes very well, being amusing, informative and philosophical. For a poker player like myself (enthusiastic, but not very good, and seeming never to improve) this book provides a degree of consolation, that even fairly good players will never be that great, and at the end of the day, it is a game and a passtime for most of us.
The best book on poker? Inevitably I think it is Holden's 'Big Deal', although the poker scene has changed beyond all recognition in the intervening years.
Read the book the next time you lose a stack to a fluke river card.
You really need to have read 'Big Deal' written nearly 20 years before, when Holden first tried his hand as a poker professional. But even without that, this will still be an absorbing and amusing read.
Holden writes very well, being amusing, informative and philosophical. For a poker player like myself (enthusiastic, but not very good, and seeming never to improve) this book provides a degree of consolation, that even fairly good players will never be that great, and at the end of the day, it is a game and a passtime for most of us.
The best book on poker? Inevitably I think it is Holden's 'Big Deal', although the poker scene has changed beyond all recognition in the intervening years.
Read the book the next time you lose a stack to a fluke river card.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Miserable memoir from a poker player manqué
The natural follow-up to Holden's original Big Deal as he once again spends a year on the poker tournament circuit. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Edmund Fletcher
Bigger deal - same deal
As a poker player I liked the big deal as it wasn't all about theory. I saw this follow up book and bought it on the strength of his first book. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by Davibashi
Not a spot on its predecessor
I really enjoyed Holden's prequel, "Big Deal", but this follow-up is a big disappointment. It's very egocentric and I just don't care about every minor tournament he has entered... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2009 by R. B. Jones
An enjoyable and well-written look at this fascinating subculture
The growing worldwide poker phenomenon... it's weird. People are playing all the time around the world online; for some it's their job. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2008 by A Reader
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