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For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair With Poker (2009)

by Victoria Coren(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1847672914 (ISBN13: 9781847672919)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Canongate UK

review 1: I like Victoria Coren when I see her on the telly. I follow her on twitter because she's witty and clever but still seems down to earth. So, even though I know nothing about poker, I thought I'd give her poker autobiography a go. It's a mixture of "how I fell in love with poker and the things that were going on in my life" and "how I became the first woman to win the European Poker Tour", with the autobiographical stuff making up the bulk of each chapter and then an analysis of that tournament winning series of games at the end. I had to read a glossary of poker terms to have the vaguest clue about what was going on in the game. I think I got my head around it 3/4s of the way in! Coren writes well, of course. She is honest about poker, affectionate about the poker family s... morehe has made, and very entertaining with her turns of phrase. The only card games I've ever played are Whist, Rummy and Pontoon, so maybe I wasn't at quite the disadvantage I thought I was, but I know that I would be useless at poker. All that analysing other people, working out the odds and deciding how much money to risk would tire me out. But then, I am extremely risk averse. Still, I enjoyed the book, even if it didn't turn me into a gambler.
review 2: Best poker book I've ever read - even if you didn't know much about the game it would still be entertaining. Love how she describes it as her love affair with the game, as I've always thought there's something very romantic about card games. The feeling of being intimidated by casinos but wanting to be a part of them is something that most gamblers feel to begin with, but few poker memoirs admit it! A cracking read. less

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