Positively Fifth Street : Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
By James McManusRough sex, black magic, murder, and the scienceÂ?and erosÂ?of gambling meet in the ultimate book about Las Vegas
In the spring of 2000, Harper's Magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker, in particular the progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament--the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in it--and the delightfully seedy carnival atmosphere that surrounds it. Positively Fifth Street is a high-stakes adventure and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called "Pleistocene exigencies"--the eros and logistics of our competitive instincts.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 416 pages
- English
- 0374236488
- 9780374236489
About James McManus
james "jim" mcmanus is an american poker player, teacher and writer living in kenilworth, illinois. Read More about James McManus
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