By Ben Mezrich
ISBN-10: 0062240099
ISBN-13: 9780062240095
From the New York Times bestselling writer of The unintended Billionaires and Bringing Down the House—the assets for the flicks The Social Network and 21—comes the larger-than-life precise story of a bunch of yank university neighbors who brilliantly equipped a billion-dollar on-line poker colossus dependent out of the hedonistic paradise of Costa Rica.
One challenge: the U.S. division of Justice was once gunning for them. . . .
Based on broad insider interviews and participation, acclaimed writer Ben Mezrich's Straight Flush tells the appealing rags-to-riches story of a gaggle of collage of Montana frat brothers who grew to become a weekly poker video game within the basement of a neighborhood dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of many biggest on-line businesses on this planet, on par with many of the behemoths of the web. At its top, Absolute Poker used to be an internet empire incomes greater than one million cash an afternoon, following savvy company process or even greater good fortune. Its founders organize their operations within the unique jungle paradise of Costa Rica, embracing an outrageous way of life of ladies, events, and money.
Meanwhile, the grey zone of U.S. and overseas legislations during which the corporate operated was once turning into much more dicy, and shortly the U.S. division of Justice had positioned a bull's-eye on Absolute Poker. should still they fold—or double down and trip their scorching hand? very unlikely to place down, Straight Flush is an particular, never-before-seen glance at the back of the headlines of 1 of the wildest enterprise tales of the earlier decade.
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