The Man Behind the Shades

The Rise and Fall of Poker's Greatest Player

Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
01 August 2006

Biography: general; Gambling: theories & methods

When Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar took his first World Series of Poker title, one journalist asked him what he would do with the money. His answer: 'Gamble it'.

Stuey grew up among the hoodlums and wiseguys of New York's Lower East Side. A pint-sized high-school drop out who never worked a day in his life, never had a bank account or paid a penny in taxes, he lived to gamble and became the world's most feared card player. From the multi-million dollar fortune he won and lost, the addictions that consumed him, and one of the greatest phoenix-from-the-ashes comebacks of all time, this is the story of a Las Vegas legend.

By: Nolan Dalla, Peter Alson
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 169mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9780753820773
ISBN 10: 0753820773
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 August 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nolan Dalla has been a gambler since childhood and is now a professional poker player and writer. He lives in Las Vegas. Peter Alson is a journalist and author of the highly acclaimed memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie. He lives in New York.