A Poker Story

By: Greg Winick

Narrated by: Greg Winick, Christina Vance, Ed Markowski

Jerry Nadler is a Jewish kid growing up in northern New Jersey. Surrounded by Italian mobsters and illegal poker rooms, he idolizes the best player in town: his father. But after making some bad life choices, Jerry begins to follow in his dad’s footsteps - no thanks to his friend and onetime childhood tormentor, Tony.

Tony Baldino Jr.’s dad is a Mafia enforcer who runs a gambling network and a strip club. Tony Jr. walks the same path in life and brings his childhood friend, Jerry, along for the ride. His small-time coke ring takes him from college to prison to the underbelly of the New Jersey mob. As the head of a network of illegal businesses, he becomes as wealthy as he is deadly.

Karen Benedetto grew up with Tony Jr. and Jerry. Like everyone else, Tony sees her as the hottest girl in town with a troubled childhood, but Jerry knows her first as a determined survivor intent on bettering herself, then as his mother’s protégée. Karen’s journey takes her from working in strip clubs to becoming a renowned author and speaker.

A Poker Story is about the tales we tell ourselves about our luck, our past, and our futures - culminating in a high-stakes mob hit at the World Poker Championships.

©2019 Greg Winick (P)2020 Greg Winick

Absolutely Amazing!!!!

As a poker player this was one of the absolute best fiction poker books I’ve ever listened to… I can see myself listening to this book over and over again!!! Great work!!!!

THREE GODLESS PEOPLE

A SERIAL KILLER.....A PERSON WHO TAKES MONEY FROM PEOPLE WEAKER THAN HIMSELF.....A WOMAN WHO LOVES TOO MUCH.....GREED INSTEAD OF GOD....I LOVED THIS STORY.....EVERY POKER GAME IS A STORY......THE ONLY THING,,,,I DIDN'T LIKE WAS A CHARACTER IN THIS STORY WITH NO I.D. BOARDED AN AMTRAK TRAIN FROM THE BIG SLEAZY TO VEGAS....YOU CAN'T BOARD AN AMTRAK TRAIN WITHOUT AN I.D......NO TRAIN GOES TO VEGAS......SELF RELIANCE IS THE STORY HERE.....WISH THE CHARACTERS FOUND GOD OR ANYONE OF THE GODS,,,,

Entertaining must read

I absolutely loved this story. The readers really made this story entertaining. The perfext choice.

Great Jersey story!

Fantastic story full of suspense. Great twists and turns! Sure to be a Jersey classic.

Bravo, well done!!

I didn't expect this to be something that I couldn't stop listening to, but I found myself wanting to know what happened next. Loved the three different narrators, which kept it very interesting from thier point of view. Overall great story.