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The Education Of A Poker Player -
Herbert O. Yardley, Ian Fleming (introduction)
1959 - Jonathan Cape, London - First English Edition
The preferred first English edition of Yardley's masterwork of poker lore and advice, with a suitably acerbic introduction from Mr. Fleming, in fine sarcastic form. Fleming was drawn to Yardley not not only for his gaming and high living, but as an icon in U.S. intelligence. After reading the American edition of this book in 1957, Fleming was so taken with it, that he urged his publisher, Jonathan Cape, to issue the book in Britain. Cape agreed, but on the condition that Fleming pen an introduction
‘Assume the worst, believe no one, and make your move only when you are certain that you are unbeatable or have, at worst, exceptionally good odds in your favor.’ - “Yardley’s Law” as Al Alvarez describes it in Big Deal: Confessions of a Poker Player.
Both an autobiography and a poker-playing manual which seeks to expose the cynical reality behind the "American Dream". Yardley describes many poker games and characters who include railroad men, travelling salesmen, speculators, drunks and no-hopers. Described by gambling specialist Cult Jones as "probably the best poker book ever written"
‘The book’s importance in the history of poker literature is unquestioned.’ - Poker News.
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Price HK$ 4,500
1959 - Jonathan Cape, London - First English Edition
The preferred first English edition of Yardley's masterwork of poker lore and advice, with a suitably acerbic introduction from Mr. Fleming, in fine sarcastic form. Fleming was drawn to Yardley not not only for his gaming and high living, but as an icon in U.S. intelligence. After reading the American edition of this book in 1957, Fleming was so taken with it, that he urged his publisher, Jonathan Cape, to issue the book in Britain. Cape agreed, but on the condition that Fleming pen an introduction‘Assume the worst, believe no one, and make your move only when you are certain that you are unbeatable or have, at worst, exceptionally good odds in your favor.’ - “Yardley’s Law” as Al Alvarez describes it in Big Deal: Confessions of a Poker Player.
Both an autobiography and a poker-playing manual which seeks to expose the cynical reality behind the "American Dream". Yardley describes many poker games and characters who include railroad men, travelling salesmen, speculators, drunks and no-hopers. Described by gambling specialist Cult Jones as "probably the best poker book ever written"
‘The book’s importance in the history of poker literature is unquestioned.’ - Poker News.
More details
Price HK$ 4,500