Take Me to the River

A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker

By: Peter Alson

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Paperback | 18 September 2007 | Edition Number 1

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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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"A bloody good read." - Poker Life

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Forwardby Brian Koppelman	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1
Vegas from the Air	p. 9
Heart of Ice	p. 26
A Thin Slice of Nothing	p. 48
The Troglodyte on the Couch	p. 79
Something Bright and Shiny and Worth the Pain	p. 107
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter	p. 119
Seduction, Fantasy, and Getting Lucky(Not Necessarily in That Order)	p. 140
Almost All of Them Are Tough	p. 165
Strangers When We Meet	p. 188
A Senior Moment	p. 210
The Perfect Path	p. 226
The Quick and the Dead	p. 239
The Mighty Casey	p. 257
The Single Most Depressing Day of the Year	p. 267
Epilogue	p. 281
Acknowledgments	p. 285
Selected Reading	p. 289
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Take Me to the River

A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker

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