Ben Mezrich
From the ,New York Times, bestselling author of ,The Accidental Billionaires ,and ,Bringing Down the House,â€”the sources for the film ,The Social Network ,and ,21,â€”comes the larger-than-life rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world.Â ,Based on extensive insider interviews and participation, Straight Flush tells of the companyâ€™s initial operations in the exotic jungle paradise of Costa Ricaâ€”where its founders embraced an outrageous lifestyle of girls, parties, and moneyâ€”and of the gray area of U.S. and international law in which they created an industry. Soon, the U.S. Department of Justice was gunning for themâ€¦ Should they foldâ€”or double down and ride their hot hand? Impossible to put down, ,Straight Flush, is an exclusive, never-before-seen look behind the headlines of one of the wildest business stories of the past decade.
Nonfiction,Biography,Business,History,Crime,True Crime,Adult
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . .