The Moneymaker Effect - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Moneymaker Effect write by Eric Raskin. This book was released on 2014-06-01. The Moneymaker Effect available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the story behind the most dramatic World Series of Poker ever and its lasting effects, told by the players, the TV execs, the tournament directors, techs, writers, and the 2003 WSOP champ himself, Chris Moneymaker. Moneymaker, an amateur poker player with a name too good to be true, defied the odds to win the 2003 WSOP main event, just as the twin inventions of online poker and the hole-card camera simultaneously arrived to revolutionize a game long-relegated to smoky bars and living rooms. More than a decade later, with the online-poker world in an ongoing state of flux, the "Moneymaker effect" continues to reverberate while the recollections and insights of the more than 30 eye-witness contributors remain as relevant and insightful as ever, whether you're a player yourself or simply interested in a great real-life narrative.
The Moneymaker
The Moneymaker - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Moneymaker write by Janet Gleeson. This book was released on 2012-11-30. The Moneymaker available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Contintent. His name was John Law and he had a good reason to go, having killed a man in a duel. Living off his lucrative winnings at the gaming tables of Europe, Law became increasingly fascinated by the nature of finance and journeyed to the impoverished , famine-stricken France of Louis XIV with an extraordinary idea. At the time when wealth was stored and exchanged as gold and silver coin - and there was rarely enough to fund the extravagance of kings, let alone trade - Law realised that the overriding problem was lack of available money. He reasoned that if this could be lent in the form of paper, properly backed by assets, then it could be lend repeatedly and credit used to multiply the opportunities for the making of money. Such a radical notion meant Law faced opposition from powerful vested interests. His persistence paid off in 1716 when, with royal backing, he established the first French bank to issue paper money. He also created a trading company which made its shareholders rich beyond their wildest dreams: so much so that the new term 'millionaire' was coined to describe them. What follows is the stuff of epic drama: a tale of fortunes won and lost, of paupers made rich and lords losing all. And in telling this enthralling tragi-comic story, Janet Gleeson brings to life two fascinating characters who together would change the way the world worked: the inscrutable John Law, and mercurial money itself.
Pecan Research
Pecan Research - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pecan Research write by . This book was released on 1919. Pecan Research available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collection of miscellaneous publications (journal articles, state agricultural experiment station and federal bulletins) by various authors (most prominently J.G. Woodroof) on pecan culture and research.
The Nut-grower
The Nut-grower - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Nut-grower write by . This book was released on 1904. The Nut-grower available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington
Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington write by Washington (State). Supreme Court. This book was released on 1925. Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
