“Deal Me In” tells the stories of arguably the 20 best poker players in the world and how they turned out as professionals. Hellmuth went after the biggest names in the poker world and got who he considers the 10 best in the world and another 10 who are in the running for the top 20.
Stories of Hellmuth, Brunson, Chan, Eastgate, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Carlos Mortensen, Erik Seidel, Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Chad Brown, Dave Ulliot, Layne Flack, Scotty Nguyen, Annette Obrestad and Tom Dwan are all told.
This book, unlike other poker and gambling books, is more about money management than strategy. “You’ve got money management and you’ve got strategy, and money management is almost as important as strategy. It might be more important.” Hellmuth says.
Hellmuth knows he is missing some notable players, which he addresses in his introduction. He said players like Gus Hansen and Mike Matusow should surely be in any conversation when spokern about the best poker players.
The book is scheduled to be released June 25 exclusively at Hellmuth’s Web site, www.pokerbrat.com. “It really is a contribution to poker history”. The book is dedicated to late great contributors to the poker world Stu Ungar, David “Chip” Reese, Benny Binion, Walter “Puggy” Pearson and Johnny Moss.