Takes us inside the World Poker Tour and captures the skewed psyches and peculiar rites of professional poker players who descend every year for the World Series of Poker. Since its first publication twenty years ago, The Biggest Game in Town...

Not a sausage. That is what Gordon Ramsay had when he started out as a chef, working 16-hour days, six days a week. When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, he didn't think he'd one day be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he'd be head of a business empire. The bestselling follow-up to Humble Pie, now in paperback. When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, Gordon Ramsay never imagined he'd be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he'd be head of a business empire. But he is and he did. Here's how. "In the beginning there was nothing. Not a sausage - penniless, broke, fucking nothing - and although, at a certain age, that didn't matter hugely, there came a time when hand-me-downs, cast-offs and football boots of odd sizes all pointed to a problem that seemed to have afflicted me, my mum, my sisters, Ronnie and the whole lot of us. It was as though we had been dealt the 'all-time dysfunctional' poker hand. I wish I could say that, from this point on, the penny dropped and I decided to do something about it, but it wasn't like that. It would take years before the lessons of life, business and money began to click into place - before, as they say, I had a pot to piss in. This is the story of how those lessons were learned." This is Gordon Ramsay at his raw, rugged best. PLAYING WITH FIRE is the amazing story of Gordon's journey from sous-chef to superstar. In his no-holds-barred style, Gordon shares his passion for risk and adventure and his hard-won success secrets.

The poker revolution is complete. Once the preserve of shady characters gathered in backrooms, and basements, poker is now a mainstream pastime enjoyed by millions across the country, in home games, poker clubs, casinos and - of course ...

A must have gift for all aspiring poker players-How to Become a Poker Millionaire is a unique new title that makes poker accessible to a mainstream audience but it doesn't just teach you the basics.Lead by Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott a world class player himself this programme uses the backdrop of a real life poker game with tips from world class players.It will teach you all about the game the types of players the pitfalls recovery and transform you into a poker-faced millionaire professional.Watch and learn from the masters!!

Jonathan Little a highly successful poker professional who has won over $4 million in tournament play in just four years explains exactly how to succeed in the highly competitive field of tournament poker.

The immensely readable and witty follow-up to The Good Thief's Guide to Paris Charlie Howard - mystery writer and incorrigible thief - is in for a tough vacation in Las Vegas. Losing heavily at poker is one thing, but to find his literary agent...

The Past is a Foreign Land ( Il Passato 'E Una Terra Straniera) is a slacker movie updated for a generation who want everything without working for it; that seek thrills without consequences and take responsibility for no-one except themselves. It s a cautionary tale of how weak followers are seduced by risk and danger but then left for dead in the endgame and consumed by the strong. Only the very lucky find their good side again. Giorgio is a fine young man with nice friends good parents and everything he needs. Why is that not enough for him? He befriends Francesco who is cool but trouble and later accompanies him to a poker game just for kicks and where to his amazement he wins. It was inevitable - Francesco controlled the cards. They team up to enter big games with some high rollers and lowlifes and get away with it every time. They start taking more risks and seem to enter 'a big league'. Except Francesco has been keeping quiet about losses from another business. A trip to Barcelona takes a different turn when Francesco reveals his other 'business' is trafficking cocaine and that he has collect a package. The extent of his influence is brutally revealed as he risks Giorgio s future security and freedom. Giorgio is no longer a fine boy. No longer a dutiful son. No longer hanging out with nice friends.

The follow-up to the hugely successful cult-classic BIG DEAL with all the poker wit and wisdom of the original. (Martin Amis on Tony Holden: 'The top writer in pokerdom'.)