Straight Flush - Ben Mezrich

Straight Flush

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Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2014
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-955914-6 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
Straight Flush is the true story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world.

At its height, the group's online empire was bringing in revenues of over a million dollars a day. The industry they launched grew so huge so fast, and in such a grey area of US and international law, at first it was never really clear whether their actions were legal or criminal.

From setting up their operations in Costa Rica, to their efforts at building a veil of legitimacy in Vancouver; from embracing a hedonistic lifestyle of girls, drugs and money to becoming some of the richest people in the world; from engaging in operations against their competitors that sometimes escalated into near all-out wars to the legal battles that finally resulted in one of them heading to prison and another living life on the run – Straight Flush is an exclusive look behind the headlines of one of the biggest stories of the past decade.

Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House in addition to many other books, both fiction and non-fiction. The major motion picture 21, starring Kevin Spacey, was based on Bringing Down the House. The Oscar-winning film The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires. Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.5.2014
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 213 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Spielen / Raten
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Web / Internet
ISBN-10 0-09-955914-5 / 0099559145
ISBN-13 978-0-09-955914-6 / 9780099559146
Zustand Neuware
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