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

from ArcticLlama

Non-fiction account of the author's trip into the World Series of Poker and subsequent Cinderella story into the final stages. Also covers (semi non-fiction) the murder / trial of Ted Binion, the guy credited with starting the World Series of Poker and the owner of Binion's Horseshoe Casino.

from cdogzilla

A decent read if McManus does seem awful full of himself. Heck, making the final table though, I guess I'd think I was heaps smarter and cooler then I am too. Not that McManus doesn't have a way with words, but when you feel the need to namecheck Joyce more than once in a book about poker and a L...

from kcshankd

Story of the 2001 WSOP, with a little murder/S&M, and a side of history of the game. The unlikely writer makes the final table. Great story.

from mahallett

not at all interested in poker. so the 1/2 star is because he kept me reading/listening.

from mdazey

This book ocvers the Binon murder trial and the 2000 WSOP. All taking place at the same time. I much preferred the poker over the murder. But the murder stuff was interesting in the fact that the murder occured on my birthday in 1998 and the trial was taking place the last time I was in Vegas.......