Games for Money

Brandon Adams can be seen on tv playing in Poker Championships and even in online tourneys. He has now added to his list of achievements with his first novel titled “Broke: A Poker Novel”.

The novel follows three young poker players who seek to make it big at the casino tables.

Book Summary:

Forget Wall Street-America’s best and brightest now seek their fortune at the poker tables.

Raf Verheij is a twenty-five year old math prodigy who likes to think that his current situation is unique: poker pulled him out of a deep hole instead of leading him into one. Robert Thompson is a Phil Ivey-like talent with a gambling problem, a player who has an almost supernatural ability to read opponents hands by taking cues from their body language. And finally, there’s Matt Ingram, a grinder with a penchant for self-destruction.

The world of poker is fraught with dangers to one’s bankroll and mental health, a world where the individual has to worry less about the problems that others will cause him than the problems that he will cause for himself. Broke follows these three top young players in their high-stakes quest for poker fame and reveals just how addictive this world can be.

Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth had this to say about the book:

“Excellent, entertaining, and extremely well written…I couldn’t stop reading!”

Marsha James wrote this on April 6th, 2006 and filed it under Gambling |