Aces and Kings: Inside Stories and Million-Dollar Strategies from Poker's Greatest Players
by Michael Kaplan, Brad Reagan
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Author: Brad Reagan, Michael KaplanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-04
ISBN: 1932958002
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Wenner
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Book Review: You don't get that many chances to write history, so this is a good start.
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't think we yet appreciate what has happened in poker over the past 10 years. We see the glamour, the TV ratings, the rising piles of cash, and the newly minted celebrities, who would have been considered deviants and undesirables just a decade ago. But something else is happening as well. A history is being created.
Yes, there has always been poker history. But it's been mostly an oral tradition. Related the way that stories used to be passed down, over campfires (except in this case, usually across a felt table). But this history was an insider's history. If you knew it, it meant that you were part of an insider group, a part of the game, rather than an outside viewer. This is the nature of insular communities, rather than national games, sports, cultures.
But recently, we're starting to see the emergence of a poker history that is written and available to people outside the game. These books will be central to defining some of the greats in the game, and, whether correct or not, these definitions are likely to stick. Poker is getting a substantial historical record and it's important that the books that make up this record recognize the torch they carry.
Fortunately, books like Aces and Kings sets a good standard for these books. Kaplan and Reagan clearly put in the work, and they write about the players with an understanding of the game as well as a recognition that you have to write for everyone, not just insiders. I believe our appreciation of this book, and the work that went into it will grow as the greats like Reese pass on and out of living memory.
My only, criticism of the book is that the book lacks a certain amount of total overall cohesion, and as a history text, might have worked better if the pieces were drawn together a little more fluidly in the final editing process, rather than feeling, as they currently do, as distinct articles.
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