![]() " This book is what pushed me to play Magic: The Gathering. But to be honest, I found the subject fascinating, and the protagonist is a modern hero in the truest sense of the word. " So some might say I'm little bit biased, since I am the subject of the book and all. Jonny Magic & the Card Shark Kids by Kushner David from. " Good book, i read it during a period of poker obsession. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids B type Book genre Nonfiction If we’re not done with poker quite yet, at least we’ve got guys like David Kushner who have the imagination to use the game to. " This would be my biography if I was a) good at Magic: The Gathering b) good at enough and c) ballsy enough to become a card counter in Vegas. For someone not familiar with either, it's probably far less interesting. " A fun read if you're already familiar with the names in the book and know the games - good for nostalgic stories. " An easy read and a unique look into the world of Magic, blackjack, and poker Also, a great story about a misfit finding his place in the world through gaming. If you're eye glaze over when most people try to explain Magic, this is book to read. " Great book for the layman about Magic the Gathering, Blackjack card counting, and the early days of the poker boom. ![]() " So some might say I'm little bit biased, since I am the subject of the book and all. " An easy read and a unique look into the world of Magic, blackjack, and poker " - Heather, " Good book, i read it during a period of poker obsession. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.I would thoroughly recommend this book to any Magic: the Gathering player who likes a good read." Looking up the card, you can see what set and what year the card came out, Ice Age - 1995). Through using the same method, you could actually see when those events in the book actually took place (for example, in the middle of the book, a card known as Lava Burst was mentioned. Ships within 1-2 weeks Card Shark August. I also really enjoyed that whenever the book mentioned a card, you could actually look the card up and see what it did. Jonny Magic & the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas August 29, 2006. It is written very well and had constant references to real events. It hooked me in right from the first chapter. "Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids was a GREAT read. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune! And whatever you do, don’t sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. ![]() Here’s the proof.If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take on the world and win big.think again. If you secretly believe every player has his day, you’re right. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, masterfully deals out the outrageous details while bringing to life a cast of characters rife with aces, kings, knaves. Thrilling, edgy, and ferociously feel-good, the odyssey of these underdogs-turned-overlords is the stuff of pop-culture legend. Then they took on the town’s biggest game, the World Series of Poker, and walked away with more than $3.5 million. Taking Vegas for millions, Finkel’s squad of brainy gamers became the biggest players in town. Once transformed, this young shark stormed poker rooms from the underground clubs of New York City to the high-stakes tables online, until he landed on the largest card-counting blackjack team in the country. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion. The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards–and turned it into a fortune. If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take on the world and win big.
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