Wild card: before the flop, the

For three days, this book, along with its sequel, ?The Wild Card: A Tale of Love and Loss? is $2.99, 40 percent off its normal price! How did Marcus Jordan wind up in Las Vegas as a professional poker player? What could have led to a sheltered boy educated at Princeton University to go out West in search of validation in poker? How does the story begin? As a senior at Princeton University, Marcus Jordan has no idea what he wants to do. He hates his current job and is, at best, a marginal poker player squeezing out wins in freerolls and microstakes. But when he goes out with some friends one Friday night in Manhattan, he meets the man who sets him on the path to become a poker player. But a month later, he meets the woman he could never get before senior year, and suddenly, she may make him give up his dream. How does he decide which path to take? ?The Wild Card: Before the Flop? answers.