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Centered around multi-million dollar stakes and a series of nationally televised poker tournaments, __Fading Hearts on the River__ offers a story of odds—the odds of a newborn surviving severe jaundice, the odds of Congress passing a law that renders one's online gambling income inaccessible, the odds of drawing the right card on the turn or the river. In this tale of fatherhood and worldy success, Haxton follows his son Isaac's unlikely career as a poker player, the nervous father often sitting on the sidelines with his fingers crossed or staring at a casino monitor while Isaac wins more in one hand of play than Haxton has earned from all his books of poetry combined. In this deftly crafted story Haxton explores the propensity for abstraction, logic, and memory all good poets and poker players share, all the while taking readers on a rollicking tour of complex, intertwined topics, ranging from game theory and financial strategies, to medical mysteries and lost...

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Author

Dorfman, Matt;Haxton, Bruce

Publisher

Counterpoint : Made available through hoopla

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781619023253

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Self Help, Fiction, Games