The Biggest Game in Town

Nate Silver Predicts a ‘Momentous’ Midterm

The Ezra Klein Show, 27 October 2026. The book comes up at 57 min 2 sec in. Said by Nate Silver.

Nate Silver calls this 1983 book by British literary critic and poet Al Alvarez 'probably the best poker related book of all time.' Silver describes how Alvarez embedded himself in Las Vegas as the World Series of Poker was forming and captured old-time Texas roadhouse gamblers in a short, well-written (perhaps slightly overwritten) account. Silver praises it as one of the few gambling books that avoids clichés.

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