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Message: [QUOTE="Marton Magyar, post: 6374013, member: 490703"] Hello, I am the author of the new Huntington Press book, The 50 Greatest Stories in Poker History. I have posted below the full table of contents. Pick the chapter that you would most like to read in full. I will be picking 2 random members in this thread and will share their favorite chapters and send them a free copy of my book! Here are the titles: Chapter 1 The First Mention of Poker —Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains Chapter 2 Dead-Man’s Hand Chapter 3 Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Chapter 4 He Was James Bowie Chapter 5 The Legend of “Poker Alice” Ivers Chapter 6 Mark Twain’s Love for Poker Chapter 7 Arnold Rothstein’s Deadly Poker Debt Chapter 8 Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo Casino Chapter 9 The “Literary and Hunting Club” Where Black Intellectuals Have Played Poker Underground for 80 Years Chapter 10 “This Game is 7-Card Stud”: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Chapter 11 Richard Nixon’s Campaign, Funded by His Poker Winnings Chapter 12 Johnny Moss vs. Nick the Greek —the Most Dubious Heads-Up Match Chapter 13 Hold ’em Arrives: From Texas to Las Vegas Chapter 14 The Birth of the World Series of Poker Chapter 15 Super/System and the Early Advancements in Poker Strategy Chapter 16 Stu Ungar’s Explosion onto the Poker Scene Chapter 17 “A Chip and a Chair”— Jack Straus’ Incredible WSOP Main Event Victory Chapter 18 The Most Famous 72 Bluff Chapter 19 Johnny Chan, the Last Man to Defend the Main Event Title Chapter 20 Archie “the Greek” Karas’ Crazy Run in Vegas Chapter 21 Stu Ungar’s 10-High Call vs. Mansur Matloubi Chapter 22 A Poker Hand Decides an Election Chapter 23 The Advent of Online Poker Chapter 24 The Comeback Kid —Stu Ungar Wins the Main Event Again Chapter 25 The Legendary Bobby’s Room Chapter 26 “Pay That Man His Money” —John Dahl’s Rounders. Chapter 27 The Corporation vs. Andy Beal Chapter 28 Jennifer Harman’s Crash Course in 2-7 Draw Chapter 29 Chris Moneymaker Wins the WSOP Main Event and Changes the World. Chapter 30 James Bond’s Straight Flush in Casino Royale. Chapter 31 The Moby Dick of Online Poker Chapter 32 The Potripper Cheating Scandal on Absolute Poker Chapter 33 The Story of the Chip Reese Trophy Chapter 34 Annette Obrestad, the Poker Wonder Teen Chapter 35 Phil Laak’s WSOP Disguise Chapter 36 The Rise and Fall of Isildur1 Chapter 37 The Durrrr Challenge Chapter 38 Black Friday Chapter 39 Phil Ivey’s Edge-Sorting Case Against Borgata Chapter 40 Is Dan Bilzerian Actually a Poker Genius? Chapter 41 The Man Who Flushed Fake Poker Chips down the Toilet Chapter 42 Poker Player vs. Reverend: Should Online Poker Be Legal? Chapter 43 Is More Rake Actually Better? The Never-Ending Internet Feud Between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu Chapter 44 Libratus, Poker’s “Deep Blue” Moment Chapter 45 A New Game in Town —the Rise of Short Deck Hold ’Em Chapter 46 Who Is the Real Biggest Online Tournament Winner of All Time? Chapter 47 The Biggest Tournament in Poker History Chapter 48 Mike Postle, the Accused “Crotchripper” of Stones Gambling Hall Chapter 49 The Fastest Dethroning—The WSOP Player of the Year Award Debacle Chapter 50 The Story of the Galfond Challenge I'll be checking back here in a few days and use the Google random number generator to pick two users who replied to the thread. I'll be contacting them via DM's to get the shipping information to send them one free copy each. [URL="https://www.amazon.com/50-Greatest-Stories-Poker-History-ebook/dp/B09XSJWFKS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1635186463&sr=8-1"]The book is available on Amazon here[/URL], both in paperback and ebook format. [/QUOTE]

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