1992 book by Anthony Holden
Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player is a book by Anthony Holden. The book details a year Holden spent playing poker around the world, attempting to make a living, or at least a profit, from the endeavor.
The book details many things about the gamesmanship of poker.
An incident where a professional poker player cited the book as the impetus to become a pro is in the book's epilogue.
Holden has written a sequel, Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom.
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