Real Grinders: How to Play Poker for a Living

Poker Books for Smart Players, Book 1

By: Ashton Cartwright

Narrated by: Joshua Risser

Three years in the making. Six different countries. Twenty-eight professional poker players. All of them Real Grinders.

If you’ve ever wanted to know if you have what it takes to be a professional poker player, now is your chance to find out. We’ve brought together some of the best pro players from around the world to talk about what it's like playing poker for a living; the good parts, the bad parts, the successes, and the challenges - everything that separates the winners from the losers in a game where fortunes can be won or lost on the turn of a card, and a level head and a quick wit control the table.

Some of the players in this book include:

• Aaron Mordey
• Alan McMaster
• Alek Givotovsky
• Alexander Antonios
• Ashley Warner
• Ashton Cartwright
• Brett “brett_threat” Chalhoub
• Bryan Huang (Pokerstars Pro)
• Chris Lee
• Cole “TopKat5757” Swannack
• Didier “didibearrrr” Guerin
• Grant Levy
• Jackie "Jackstar" Glazier (888 Pro)
• Jackson Zheng
• Jacky Wang
• Kahle Burns
• Mathew Brown
• Octavian Voegele
• Oliver “Talerric” “SwoopAE” Gill
• Patrick “pmahoney22” Mahoney
• Paul Hockin
• Rory Young
• Ryan Laplante
• Slava Sheynin
• Tom “winga699” Wing
• Victor Teng
• And more

Real Grinders. Professional poker doesn't get more real than this.

©2014 Ashton Cartwright (P)2019 Ashton Cartwright

Good Persoective

The book gives good insight but a more diverse question list would have helped more.

Nephew loved this

He is a poker freak and listened to this more than once on the way to work. Said he enjoyed it. I was given this free review copy audiobook and have voluntarily left this review.

Worth the listen

Solid, realistic, unexpectic, and worth the listen. Just good insight into real life as a poker player.

Waste of time

If you’re looking for a book that furthers your poker knowledge by 0 this is the book for you

I want my money back.

waste of time. I want my money (credit) back. I used my monthly credit so it was kind of free - still not worth it.