JONNY MAGIC AND THE CARD SHARK KIDS SERIES

describing the twists and turns of fate that led them to team up in creating the most powerful video games of their generation.

The storytelling is so fluid, so addictive, that your twitching thumbs keep working the pages.' The Washington Post Book World 'Kushner's mesmerizing tale of the Two Johns moves at a rapid clip. Praise forMasters of Doom 'Terrifically told.

If you secretly believe every player has his day, you're right. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, masterfully deals out the outrageous details while bringing to life a cast of characters rife with aces, kings, knaves. Thrilling, edgy, and ferociously feel-good, the odyssey of these underdogs-turned-overlords is the stuff of pop-culture legend.

JONNY MAGIC AND THE CARD SHARK KIDS SERIES

Then they took on the town's biggest game, the World Series of Poker, and walked away with more than $3.5 million. Taking Vegas for millions, Finkel's squad of brainy gamers became the biggest players in town. Once transformed, this young shark stormed poker rooms from the underground clubs of New York City to the high-stakes tables online, until he landed on the largest card-counting blackjack team in the country. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion. The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards-and turned it into a fortune. And whatever you do, don't sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. OL16034249W Page_number_confidence 87.50 Pages 250 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201013143142 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 420 Scandate 20201010065802 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781400064076 Tts_version 4.If you think a gang of real-life geeks can't take on the world and win big. dead guys - Finkeltron - Rounders - Jonny magic - Card shark kids - Send in the clowns - All-in - Final table - Only game in town - Epilogue - Appendix A: Magic: The gathering basics - Appendix B: Texas hold 'em poker basics - Appendix C: Blackjack basics - Glossary - Notes - Bibliography - Author's note - AcknowledgmentsĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:06:26 Boxid IA1965306 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Prelude: The New High Rollers: Dawn of the dork - Geek poker - Magic bullet - Jersey kids vs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index If you think a gang of real-life geeks can't take on the world and win big.

Jonny magic and the card shark kids