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=== Literature === The English journalist and biographer [[Anthony Holden]] spent a year on the professional poker circuit from 1988 to 1989 and wrote about his experiences in ''[[Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player]]''. The follow-up book, ''[[Bigger Deal|Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom]]'' covers the period 2005β2006 and describes a poker world "changed beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Casey |title=Raise You One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Casey.t.html |location=New York |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 6, 2007 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701083748/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Casey.t.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Twenty years after the publication of Alvarez's groundbreaking book, James McManus published a semi-autobiographical book, ''Positively Fifth Street'' (2003), which simultaneously describes the trial surrounding the murder of [[Ted Binion]] and McManus's own entry into the [[2000 World Series of Poker]].<ref>{{cite book |last=McManus |first=James |title=Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs and Binion's World Series |year=2003 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-0-374-23648-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/positivelyfifths00mcma}}</ref> McManus, a poker amateur, finished fifth in the no-limit Texas hold 'em main event, winning over $200,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=4727 |title=James McManus: Hendon Mob Poker Database |access-date=January 8, 2007 |work=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |archive-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022001521/http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=4727 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the book McManus discusses events surrounding the series, the trial of Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish, poker strategy, and some history of poker and the world series. [[Michael Craig (author)|Michael Craig]]'s 2005 book ''[[The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King]]'' details a series of high-stakes Texas hold 'em one-on-one games between Texas banker [[Andy Beal]] and a rotating group of poker professionals. As of 2006, these games were the highest stakes ever played, reaching $100,000β$200,000 [[fixed limit]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Craig |first=Michael |title=The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time |year=2005 |publisher=Warner Books |isbn=978-0-446-57769-4}}</ref>
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