Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
 

Positively Fifth Street

by James McManus

In 2000, novelist and poet James McManus was sent to Las Vegas, innocently enough, by Harper's magazine to write a story about the World Series of Poker held annually at Binion's Horseshoe. But then, as so often happens on trips to Sin City, something kind of ... happened. Rather than becoming an objective report, McManus's article evolved into a memoir as he put his entire advance on the line,... (read more)

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Johnny G
  • Rated 4 stars

I loved this Book on Cassette, except for one very big error in the naration; when saying the nick name of Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, "Jesus" is pronounced as if it is a spanish name (hay-zues). Ferguson has had a look that resembles visualizatiuons of the biblical Jesus Christ, and that is how his nickname should have been pronounced!!! Each time the name was said wrong, it was like finger nails down a chalkboard for me.

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Katamaster
  • Rated 2 stars

I had a difficult time getting through this book. Mainly because McMannus's writing style jumps around from topic to topic and some things are presented fast with a lot of street slang thrown in. Had it been written better I would have given it a full 5 stars because the material in the book is great.
There is an awful lot of fascinating information about the big poker tournament and playing poker in general. Additionally, you can better understand the lure and excitement that drives...

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
 

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