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For Richer, For Poorer
29-04-2014, 11:32 AM,
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For Richer, For Poorer
Something slightly different from the type of sporting tale that occasionally appears in these pages. I picked it up on spec in the library and finished it in a couple of days. It's a memoir by Victoria Coren, who for the benefit of distant brethren is a TV presenter and journalist who also happens be to be a successful poker pro. I found it a fascinating read, equally gripping (the glamourous amounts of cash, the impenetrable jargon, the characters) and disturbing (the slippery slope to addiction) - and all delivered with the dry wit and self-denigration she regularly displays on TV. I came away feeling that it's only a lucky few (blessed with a combination of talent and self-control) that emerge from the sport with their heads above water. A recommended read.
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24-06-2014, 06:14 AM,
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RE: For Richer, For Poorer
Thanks -- I seem to have missed that post.

Victoria Coren has always been a furtive pleasure for.... some of us, and the news that she is a world champion poker player, raking in the odd million here and there, did nothing to reduce her luminosity.
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