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The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 392874 7 382446 30 8 2005 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas total:35|5:8|4:11|3:11|2:4|1:1| 35 126 41 10 65730 3.95 225 38 70255021 2708900 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.52 25 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Sun Sep 06 10:25:15 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:25:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 9152216 622074 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 5 1 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Nov 15 10:30:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 10:31:10 -0800 2007 4533579 275001 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Tue Aug 14 09:47:02 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 09:49:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 72885050 2788511 5149323 0434016071 9780434016075 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5149323.JONNY_MAGIC_AND_THE_CARD_SHARK_KIDS 3.00 1 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 29 08:34:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:42:01 -0700 2009 45691440 1941453 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 18:45:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:46:49 -0800 2009 79865733 2768077 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 08:25:29 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 08:25:47 -0800 2009 15627083 635686 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 17 10:57:49 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 11:01:30 -0800 2008
The Magic: The Gathering play parts are pretty badly written and at times it seems to random segue into backstory on the game's creation and its...more...]]> 11154218 703606 392876 1599129175 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405872m/392876.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405872s/392876.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392876.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids 4.00 1 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 28 09:44:34 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 09:46:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 6223177 372509 392873 0812974387 9780812974386 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392873.Jonny_Magic_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.71 7 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2005 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Sep 14 19:51:51 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 27 01:44:37 -0700 2008 584467 50334 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Apr 05 09:09:33 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 09:10:00 -0700 2007 78576770 2968281 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:11:21 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:31:54 -0800 2009 1 77839857 2781842 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 2 0 false Sun Nov 15 07:10:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 07:10:42 -0800 2009 77355284 2323266 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Tue Nov 10 14:00:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:00:42 -0800 2009 68491536 2218845 392873 0812974387 9780812974386 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392873.Jonny_Magic_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2005 4 0 false Sat Aug 22 16:44:20 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 16:44:20 -0700 2009 63879010 278567 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Fri Jul 17 12:01:45 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:08:12 -0700 2009 63681715 659456 392873 0812974387 9780812974386 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392873.Jonny_Magic_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2005 2 0 false Wed Jul 15 22:08:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 22:08:09 -0700 2009 57969170 2370658 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Sun May 31 13:13:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 13:13:00 -0700 2009 51126002 2180708 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 05:20:44 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 05:20:44 -0700 2009 49027758 2120475 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 2 0 false Thu Mar 12 08:26:37 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:26:37 -0700 2009 48121006 2091855 392874 1400064074 9781400064076 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871m/392874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174405871s/392874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/392874.Jonny_Magic_and_the_Card_Shark_Kids_How_a_Gang_of_Geeks_Beat_the_Odds_and_Stormed_Las_Vegas 3.60 35 Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune.

The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion.

Once transformed, this young shark 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. Then 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. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Tue Mar 03 11:17:22 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 11:17:22 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=392874