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Real Grinders: How to Play Poker for a Living
Written by Ashton Cartwright
Narrated by Joshua Risser
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About this audiobook
Three years in the making.
Six different countries.
Twenty eight professional poker players.
All of them Real Grinders.
If you’ve ever wanted to know if you have what it takes to be a professional poker player, now is your chance to find out. We’ve brought together some of the best pro players from around the world to talk about what it's like playing poker for a living; the good parts, the bad parts, the successes, and the challenges. Everything that separates the winners from the losers in a game where fortunes can be won or lost on the turn of a card, and a level head and a quick wit control the table. It doesn't matter if it's Texas Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), tournament or cash games, one of these players will have played it for a living.
Some of the players in this book include:
Aaron Mordey
Alan McMaster
Alek Givotovsky
Alexander Antonios
Ashley Warner
Ashton Cartwright
Brett “brett_threat” Chalhoub
Bryan Huang (Pokerstars Pro)
Chris Lee
Cole “TopKat5757” Swannack
Didier “didibearrrr” Guerin
Grant Levy
Jackie "Jackstar" Glazier (888 Pro)
Jackson Zheng
Jacky Wang
Kahle Burns
Mathew Brown
Octavian Voegele
Oliver “Talerric” “SwoopAE” Gill
Patrick “pmahoney22” Mahoney
Paul Hockin
Rory Young
Ryan Laplante
Slava Sheynin
Tom “winga699” Wing
Victor Teng, and more.
Real Grinders. Professional poker doesn't get more real than this.
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