- Cardsharping, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Students, Gamblers
He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life.Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas.
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Relentless, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Ben Mezrich
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 297
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial, William Morrow/Harper Collins, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061121463
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“Way too much velvet for three in the afternoon.”
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