I'm Michael Kaplan, coauthor of Aces And Kings, and I hope to clear up a couple things about the book. Contrary to what Steamboatin says, the bios are not short (for the most part, they're chapter length--as long as 20 pages each). To say that the book's subjects are TV players is not quite accurate either. The book starts with Puggy Pearson; includes chapters on Chip Reese, Stu Ungar, and Erik Seidel (among others); and it ends with a roundup chapter on Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Erick Lindgren (TV players to a degree). My coauthor and I received extensive access to our subjects. The resulting profiles are deep, detailed, gritty, and loaded with insider information about how these guys live, the challenges they face, and what goes on in the world of high-stakes poker. Anyone who wants to decide for themselves on the merits of Aces And Kings should check out excerpts that have just run in Card Player and Rolling Stone:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_maga...amp;m_id=65560
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...as-player=true
Thanks.