Anyone know a good book on poker history?

[HSB]

I'd love to read one so I'm looking for suggestions.

[smbruin22]

i think there are a few.....

doesn't amarillo slim (is that the correct name?) have one.

and a lesser known book that is good is all-in by grotenstein, basically the history of the WSOP.

and i'm sure there are others.

[*TT*]

James McManus has a new book coming out in the fall that meets your needs. Also contact the Gamblers Bookstore in Vegas, they may be able to advise you.

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[other1]

Positively Sixth Street?

[BluffTHIS!]

Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers

Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats

[shmoosh]

These books don't cover the whole of poker history, but are very interesting for any poker fans, Champion of Champions(Johnny Moss Bio, available at gambler's bookshop) and The Biggest game in Town by Al Alvarez. Stu Ungar's bio "One of a Kind" was a great read as well.

[AaronBrown]

If you're interested in the early history and development of the game, David Partlett's A History of Card Games, is the only reliable source (he covers most of the material in his newer book, The A-Z of Card Games). Most of what you read is wrong, John Scarne in particular made up a lot of nonsense (he also claimed to have "exposed" blackjack card counting as a myth "riddled with mathematical errors).

[HSB]

Thank you muchly gentlemen