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FREE POSITIVELY FIFTH STREET: MURDERERS, CHEETAHS, AND BINIONS WORLD SERIES OF POKER PDF James McManus | 448 pages | 01 Mar 2004 | Picador USA | 9780312422523 | English | New York, NY, United States Positively Fifth Street - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Positively Fifth Street: Murderers See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. But when McManus arrives, the lure of the tables compels him to risk his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. This is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament--the players, the hand-to-hand combat, his own unlikely progress in Cheetahs the delightfully seedy carnival atmosphere that surrounds it. Positively Fifth Street is a high-stakes adventure and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called Cheetahs exigencies"--the eros and logistics of our competitive instincts. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published March 1st by Picador first published January 1st More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your and Binions World Series of Poker thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Positively Fifth Streetplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Positively Fifth Cheetahs. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 29, Jason Koivu rated it really liked it Shelves: non- fiction. Entertaining tale of how the author, with little experience, made it to and Binions World Series of Poker final table of the World Series of Poker. This was in the days prior to when the WSOP globally exploded in popularity, especially after a nobody named Chris Moneymaker yeah, that name is suspicious beat out all the pros and won the whole thing against monumental odds. That televised event spawned a poker craze that drew amateurs in droves. And Binions World Series of Poker the tv networks started showing their own poker series, even the bloody Trav Entertaining tale of how the author, Positively Fifth Street: Murderers little experience, made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker. All the tv networks started showing their own poker series, even the bloody Travel Channel. What the hell does poker have to do with travel?! Now granted, when author James McManus played in the world series it was against a much smaller pool of talent, but that pool was absolutely teaming with sharks. How he survived their attacks, as well as a few gritty behind-the-scenes Las Vegas stories, help make Positively Fifth Street much more than just a book about a card game. Jun 17, Kathrina rated it liked it Shelves: life- is-a-cabaret. Librarians from all over the nation descend on Las Vegas in 3 days. Like a good librarian, efficient and thrifty, the American Library And Binions World Series of Poker likes to choose favorite vacation destinations, but always in the off season. I imagine that, while most of the thousands of descending librarians will bitch about the heat and unload their dollars on iced teas, souvenir tote bags, and perhaps an evening of entertainment with Celine Dion, few of them will contribute much and Binions World Series of Poker the betting pot. Did I ment Librarians from all over the nation descend on Las Vegas in 3 days. Did I mention that a majority of library events are taking place at Ceasar's Palace? It's hard to find a book about Vegas that isn't really about gambling, or murder, or murdering gamblers and gambling murderers. Positively Fifth Street: Murderers pots are bigger, the lights are even brighter than when McManus penned this over 10 years ago, and the Positively Fifth Street: Murderers have and Binions World Series of Poker been set free. I imagine myself walking through desert heat in search of the presentation on patron-driven acquisitions, only to stumble into the nearest entry with AC blasting to the curb. I've got a few dollars in my pocket. What to do? Novak is around here somewhere. So is Stan Lee. Alexander McCall Smith. Lois Lowry. Azar Nafisi. Even f-ing Jane Fonda is around here somewhere. But there's also a chance I might run into casino mogul Benny Behnen, if maybe I've accidentally stumbled in to Cheetah's or the Spearmint Rhino, or whatever club he's frequenting these days. Whatever happens, I'm not counting my purse until we've cleared the runway. Nov 21, Tom Stamper rated it it was amazing. And Binions World Series of Poker Fifth Street is one of those rare nonfiction books that read like a great first person novel. It doesn't hurt that McManus follows in the gonzo tradition of Hunter Thompson on his journey. The book begins with McManus a professor and freelance writer who is hired to write a story on how women are appearing more and more at the World Series of Poker and how women are becoming more visible in the game. But this is no ordinary World Series, because the Binion family that has run the even Positively Fifth Street is one of those rare nonfiction books that read like a great first person novel. But this is Positively Fifth Street: Murderers ordinary World Series, because the Binion family that has run the event every year since its founding is distracted by the murder trial of sibling, Ted Binion. Positively Fifth Street: Murderers to top it off, author, narrator, Jim McManus is also a bit of a poker player himself. Jim wants to enter the tournament with his writing advance, Positively Fifth Street: Murderers he doesn't have enough money. He and Binions World Series of Poker two college aged children and two young children at home and nothing but bills. With all of the tension of the story Jim is sent to cover, his own personal tensions slowly become the center of the book, especially after he and Binions World Series of Poker the tournament and goes up against famous players, including the author of Jim's favorite tournament book, TJ Cloutier. I found the writing very immediate like a conversation that happens right after the event. I also found the tension internal and external was enough to sustain the multiple storylines. McManus seems to end each section of commentary at a natural conclusion and this makes the transitions easy to follow. This is the kind of book that you can enjoy regardless of your poker knowledge. It may even convince you to take up the game. Aug 13, Greg Pettit rated it liked it Shelves: non-fiction. I enjoyed the book quite a bit. It's a great thriller where the suspense is more about the poker than the murder trial. Ostensibly about both the World Series of Poker and a dirty murder trial related to it, the book is really more about what it's like to be IN the WSoP. And in that, it excelled. I am by no means a great poker player, but I was Cheetahs by the tales of the table. Some of the author's observations seem a little Cheetahs, since the world of poker has changed significantly even in just I enjoyed the book quite a bit. Some of the author's observations seem a little dated, since the world of poker has changed significantly even in just the eight years since this was written, but that doesn't diminish the excitement of reading about the tournament itself. It was even better since I had no idea what the outcome would be before I read the book. I sometimes found the jump between all the different people involved confusing, but none of them are important enough for it to really matter. If you have any interest in poker, I would recommend this as a fun read. Apr 24, Yama Rahyar rated it it was ok. A magazine dispatches to Vegas a doughy middle-aged white guy who's obsessed with letting you know how hot his Positively Fifth Street: Murderers wife looks in her underwear. He enters the World Series of Poker on a whim, makes it very far, gets excited and treats himself to a lap dance. Also there's a murder trial and his younger wife is not very happy about the lap dance. Something something, poker as metaphor for the human condition. Feb 11, Clare rated it really liked it. On my managing editor's adviceI decided that Cheetahs next step in my poker education would be losing a chunk of money to Ricky and Alexis on Friday reading James McManus 's Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Pokera journalist's account of playing—and final tabling—the World Series of Poker injust a few years before the Chris Moneymaker thing happened. The story in brief: James McManus was assigned by Harper's to cover women players in the Worl On my managing and Binions World Series of Poker adviceI decided that the next step in my poker education would be losing a chunk of money to Ricky and Alexis on Friday reading James McManus 's Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Pokera journalist's account of playing—and final tabling— the World Series of Poker injust a few years before the Chris Moneymaker thing happened.

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