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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Alligator Blood : The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the High-rolling Whiz-kid Who Controlled Online Poker's Billions
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'Daniel Tzvetkoff was just another Brisbane teenager working for peanuts at Pizza Hut and spending much of his spare time glued to his computer. When he worked out a new method of payment processing, the online poker companies came running to him for help so they could grow their businesses. Soon he was living the American dream, raking in $3 million a week and revelling in a jet-set lifestyle of fast cars, luxury yachts and VIP nightclubs. His epic rollercoaster ride mirrored the extraordinary world of online poker, where hot-shot college students won millions from the confines of their dorms, and fortunes were won and lost. However, Tzvetkoff's move to the bright lights of Las Vegas would soon see him facing the abyss. Owing millions to the poker companies, and with the FBI hot on his trail, the boy wonder needed to pull an ace from his sleeve to keep from busting out. And when he did, it resulted in a day that sent shockwaves through the world of online poker - and saw him take the blame.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      • Published 29 August 2013
      ISBN: 9781471113291

Works about this Work

From Paydirt to Dust Mike Bruce , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 December 2013; (p. 19)

— Review of Alligator Blood : The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the High-rolling Whiz-kid Who Controlled Online Poker's Billions James Leighton , 2013 single work biography
From Paydirt to Dust Mike Bruce , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 December 2013; (p. 19)

— Review of Alligator Blood : The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the High-rolling Whiz-kid Who Controlled Online Poker's Billions James Leighton , 2013 single work biography
Last amended 20 Feb 2014 13:33:24
Subjects:
  • Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Las Vegas, Nevada,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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