Dimensions
152 x 233 x 17mm
A magnet for bullies at school, Jon Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until he discovered the cult trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering.
Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream media and made the teenage Finkel an ultra cool world champion. Once transformed, this young shark - now better known as Jonny Magic - stormed poker rooms, from the underground clubs of New York City to the high-stakes tables online, until he landed on the largest card counting blackjack team in the country. Taking Vegas for millions, Finkel's squad of brainy gamers became the biggest players in town. Finally they took on the town's biggest game, the World Series of Poker, and walked away with more than $3.5 million.
Thrilling, edgy, and ferociously feel-good, the odyssey of these underdogs-turned-overlords is the stuff of pop-culture legend. Kushner masterfully deals out the outrageous details while bringing to life a cast of characters rife with aces, kings, knaves.and more than a few jokers. If you secretly believe every player has his day, you're right. Here's the proof.
