Bigger Deal

In the years since Anthony Holden wrote his classic memoir Big Deal, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 starters competing for a prize of $270,000. Since then, poker has become the world''s largest single-competitor sport -- at the 2006 World Series there were almost 9,000 players and a first prize of $12 million, the...