![]() ![]() The stakes were so high that "flags" (red, white and blue edged chips worth $5,000) were not used. Millions would change hands in each game-until over $20 million was on the table during the final game in May of 2004. ![]() (Heads-up poker means that rather than up to nine players at a table, there would be only two-playing each other "heads-up"). He'd play against a syndicate of the world's best poker players, including Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harmon, Chip Reese, and Howard Lederer. Poker players know that the king of hearts holds his own sword at his head, thus the name "suicide king."Ī dozen times over four years (from 2001 to 2004), Beal would go to Las Vegas to play heads-up poker at table one at the Bellagio. And the suicide king is the king of hearts. The banker is Andy Beal, a self-made billionaire who earned $50 million plus per year from his various enterprises, including Beal Bank of Dallas. The professor, Howard Lederer, gave up a computer science major in 1985 when as a freshman he won $100,000 playing poker. Imagine betting $100,000 and $200,000 per hand-and it's your money! If you're one of millions who have become intrigued with Texas Hold 'Em, then this book is for you! Michael Craig takes us behind the scenes of a series of cash Texas Hold 'Em games that make the tournaments you see on TV pale by comparison. Reviewed by Bob Pike, CSP, CPAE Speakers Hall of FamĬhairman/CEO - The Bob Pike Group, Founder/Editor of The CTT Newsletter ![]()
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