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April 11th 2006
Author of “Big Deal” plans sequel
"Whether he likes it or not, a man's character is stripped bare at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life."
It was insights like this, from Anthony Holden’s “Big Deal: One Year in the Life of a Professional Poker Player” that caused such literary giants as Salmon Rushdie, no less, to proclaim it as “the best description of world class poker we have ever been given.”
That was 16 years ago, in 1990, and it has been a long wait since then for Holden’s next foray in the world of poker literature. Poker players the world over will be pleased to hear the wait is finally over.
As with most eagerly anticipated objects of desire, such as a London Bus on a cold winter night, the sequel to Big Deal, aptly entitled Bigger Deal, will not arrive on its own. Already the film rights to the first tome have been picked up, and Celadon films have put it on the production calendar for 2007. Tony’s son Joe is doing the screenplay.
In the meantime Anthony Holden’s next book is still a work in progress. A Bigger Deal is set to be a chronicle of Tony’s poker adventures between the 2005 WSOP and the 2006 WSOP, and is scheduled to hit bookshelves by the 2007 WSOP.
This time however, it is not “a year in the life of a professional poker player”, as Tony will be keeping his day job as chief classical music critic for The Observer. Nevertheless there is a lot of poker to fit in; since the 2005 WSOP Tony has played in tournaments in Vienna, Monte Carlo, Atlantic City, and London as well as the Brunson event at the Bellagio, the Ladbrokes Caribbean Poker Cruise and a Foxwoods seniors gig.
Never one to blow his own trumpet, Holden is candid about his success so far, saying he continues to under perform in tournaments, but adding that he is now covering the substantial costs by playing in NLHE cash games.
Modest about his past he may be, but Holden is nothing if not boldly optimistic about the future. The book will end, he says, with him winning the WSOP, “of course”!
Submitted: 11/04/2006 12:10:52
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