Straight Flush

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<p><i>Straight Flush</i>is the true story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world.</p><p>At its height, the group's online empire was bringing in revenues of over a million dollars a day. The industry they launched grew so huge so fast, and in such a grey area of US and international law, at first it was never really clear whether their actions were legal or criminal.</p><p>From setting up their operations in Costa Rica, to their efforts at building a veil of legitimacy in Vancouver; from embracing a hedonistic lifestyle of girls, drugs and money to becoming some of the richest people in the world; from engaging in operations against their competitors that sometimes escalated into near all-out wars to the legal battles that finally resulted in one of them heading to prison and another living life on the run <i>Straight Flush</i>is an exclusive look behind the headlines of one of the biggest stories of the past decade.</p>

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Ben Mezrich is the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>The Accidental Billionaires</i>and<i>Bringing Down the House</i>in addition to many other books, both fiction and non-fiction. The major motion picture<i>21</i>, starring Kevin Spacey, was based on<i>Bringing Down the House</i>. The Oscar-winning film<i>The Social Network</i>was adapted from<i>The Accidental Billionaires.</i>Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son.

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