316 pp. Close to new, but lacks jacket. Small whitish scratch on rear overboard. Some fading to blackboards. T text bright. A biography of a teen prodigy in the poker-playing world who continued to dazzle and dominate the game intermittently until he became a drug addict in his 50s. Foreword by Mike Sexton. Size: 8vo -- 9.5 In Tall. Seller Inventory # 006013

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Title: One Of A Kind: The Rise And Fall Of Stuey ...

Publisher: Atria Books, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Boards

Book Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

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Traces the rise and fall of poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five. 35,000 first printing.

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Nolan Dalla is the lead sports handicapper for Casino Player and has written for Gambling Times, Card Player, Poker Digest, Poker Pages, Poker Player, and The Intelligent Gambler. He was the head of public relations for Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and is now media director for the World Series of Poker. A native Texan, he currently resides in Las Vegas.

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