- ISBN13: 9781580422574
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
The story of Doyle Brunson, an American treasure and the greatest poker player of all time, is one for the ages. It’s a story of guts and glory, of good luck and bad, of triumph and unspeakable tragedy, of courage and grace. He has survived whippings, gun fights, stabbings, mobsters (the real-life ones portrayed in the movie Casino), murderers, and a death sentence when, riddled with incurable cancer, he was given months to live by doctors who told him his hand wa… More >>
The Godfather of Poker: The Doyle Brunson Story
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The life story of Doyle Brunson is very interesting, even if I weren’t a poker player. The book is written very well the stories are riveting. I would most certainly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this book for my husband. He is a big fan of world series poker. He loves watching Doyle Brunson in action so this book was a must have. It’s full of anecdotes of Brunson’s adventures over the years. He thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Exactly what I expected when I ordered. There will be movie about him some day. Especially liked the chapter headings.
FW
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is a super read about Doyle Brunson and his life…never a dull moment at or away from the poker table.
My only complaint is with the quality of the book which is a hardback edition. The pages, longside, are not smoothly cut and have clumps of different lengths. Some of the pages even have small cuts in them. I notified Amazon about this and they sent me another copy, but it’s in exactly the same condition.
I have never purchased a new book before with the pages not smoothly trimmed.
Cardoza publishing sent me an e-mail on 12/8/09 and said the pages were purposely done this way, it’s called “rough trimming” and is not a flaw in the book. They state that feedback from customers has been both pro and con and if another printing is done, they will make a decision whether to continue with the “rough trimming” of the pages.
Rating: 5 / 5
I just finished Doyle’s life story, and the book exceeded all of my expectations.
He pulled no puches in what has been an incredible journey from the cotton fields of Texas, through the mean streets of Ft. Worth, on the road with Slim & Sailor,
and onto the high limit world of Las Vegas. Doyle really shares his life, the good, bad, legal, not so legal. He has seen things that very few us will ever see or experience, as many of the old road gamblers and that lifestyle are long gone.
This man is as tough as they come, has unlimited “gamble”, but also a big heart.
I highly recommend taking this journey with poker’s Babe Ruth – it’s a wild ride!
Rating: 5 / 5