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Des Wilson

Des is an ambassador for Ladbrokes Poker. He is a professional poker author and journalist.

Introducing Ghosts at the Table

Wednesday 26 Sep 2007

Do you sense the past in the air?

As you play at the computer or in the card room, can you sense the eyes of the great players watching you? If so, that’s because the Ghosts are here...the Ghosts at the Table, the stars of my latest book, out on October 4.

Thanks to Ladbrokes Poker, I was able to go back to the places where the myths were made and tell the story of the game. And what a story it is! And what questions it raises!

  • Did Wild Bill Hickok really hold aces and eights when he was shot?

  • Was the Gunfight at the OK Corral caused by a poker game?

    Were the great Johnny Moss and Puggy Pearson cheats?

    Was Amarilllo Slim’s world title main event a fix?

    Whatever happened to Hal Fowler, the champion who disappeared ?

    Who was the game’s biggest loser?

    What were the greatest confrontations of the World Series?

    ...And much more!

    The book is a hardback with 16 pages of colour pictures of the past and present stars of the game.

    Following on from Swimming with the Devilfish - which looked at European poker - this book studies the game of poker as a whole, and for the first time tells its story – but as a detective investigation.


    Hey, guys, most of you players on the site have taken my chips at some time another....buying it is a way to pay me back!

    I hope you enjoy it.


    Des Wilson

    For an extract from Ghosts at the Table, please click here

    For further information on the book, please click here

    For critical acclaim for Ghosts at the Table, please click here


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