Check-Raising the Devil
Author | : Mike Matusow |
Publisher | : Cardoza Publishing |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013-09-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781580424714 |
ISBN-13 | : 1580424716 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book Check-Raising the Devil written by Mike Matusow and published by Cardoza Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hang on tight as Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, poker player extraordinaire, takes you with him on a breathtaking, true-life roller coaster ride from his humble beginnings in a trailer park to a rock and roll lifestyle full of hot women, sex, wild drug-filled parties and million-dollar wins and losses. Yet behind the glamour and glory of his high-stakes poker career lurked the flip side: a person torn between two debilitating mental illnesses?—?bipolar disorder and ADHD. To dig himself out of depression and suicidal despair, Matusow turned to dangerous street drugs to self-medicate a problem he didn’t understand, and spiraled deeper into the darker world of addiction, police narcotic stings, and jail time.