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Medallion Media Group, Jul 1, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 323 pages
In this intimate profile of an unlikely poker champion, the life story of Yang is laid out--from his difficult Hmong childhood to his success as a professional poker player.
 

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Contents

The Longest of Long Shots
1
1 In the Shadow of Vietnam
13
2 The Hmong Tom Sawyer
29
3 I Can Do This
42
4 Vegas or Bust
50
5 A NotSoDistant Thunder
62
6 Escape
72
7 Two Tournaments One Prize
83
15 A Place Where People Went to Die
180
16 The Happiest Day
190
17 Free at Last
200
18 On the Cusp of a Dream
209
19 Landing in Paradise
220
20 Im All In
232
21 This Is America?
244
22 The Jerry Yang Show
255

8 Between the Rio and the Roach Motel
92
9 Through the Jungle
106
10 Caught
118
11 Across the Mekong
133
12 I Actually Belong Here
146
13 An Improbable Climb
158
The Final Table
164
23 Reaching for the American Dream
268
24 It All Comes Down to This
280
The Heart of a Champion
287
Jerrys Winning Poker Strategies
292
Acknowledgments
307
Copyright

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About the author (2011)

Mark Tabb is 1986 graduate of the Criswell College in Dallas, Texas, and served as a pastor for sixteen years before quitting to write full time in 2002. As well as being a bestselling writer, Mark Tabb is chaplain and a volunteer firefighter with his local fire department. Mark has authored and co-authored over 20 books, including the number one best seller, Mistaken Identity, New York Times bestseller, A Promise to Ourselves with actor Alec Baldwin, and I Surrender All, with Dove Award winning artist, Clay Crosse. Mark and his wife have been married for over twenty-five years. They have three daughters ranging in age from twenty-two to eighteen. He and his family live in Indiana.

Bibliographic information

TitleAll in
AuthorJerry Yang
ContributorMark Tabb
PublisherMedallion Media Group, 2011
ISBN1605421847, 9781605421841
Length323 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Games & Activities / Card Games / Poker
  
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