Profiles 15 influential players - their origins, development and gambling style, and most importantly their winning moves. This book begins with the legendary players from the West Texas school - Puggy Pearson, World Series of Poker winner Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim - and ends with the new crop of players like Daniel Negreanu.

Poker is hotter than ever. The book profiles the 15 most influential players - their origins, development and gambling style, and most importantly their winning moves. It begins with the legendary players from the West Texas school - Puggy Pearson, World Series of Poker winner Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim - and ends with the new crop of players like Daniel Negreanu, who live in MTV-style 'cribs' and hold court with the likes of Leo DiCaprio. Plus Chris Moneymaker, Howard 'The Professor' Lederer and Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, and many more. Though they came to poker in different ways, all were prodigies - discovering their talent and passion for gambling at a very young age. Many were from poor backgrounds, who lifted themselves out of poverty by gambling and never looked back, eschewing traditional education and careers for the thrill and rewards of poker. Poker pros are not like us! They have instincts, memories and inherent mathematical abilities - not to mention a taste and tolerance for risk - that most of us can only dream of.