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Published · transcript-backedBrian Koppelman: evaluation
8 Nov 2023 Conversations with Tyler Brian Koppelman on TV, Movies, and Appreciating Art
“I think that that Albany Cycle is a stunning achievement, and I think that Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game is his best book.”
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- Brian Koppelman
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- evaluation
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- 8 Nov 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…No, I’ve never read it. Tyler, Kennedy, to me, is like another one of these people. Kennedy, I think, should have won the Nobel. I think that that Albany Cycle is a stunning achievement, and I think that Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game is his best book. Everything that’s been about gambling since, in some way . . . This book is in the same way that David Maurer’s The Big Con, where every single con artist movie came from. Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game is like an urtext of sorts, and I highly recommend it. What would be something you feel you’ve learned about the poker universe that a well-educated American is likely to simply not understand or not know about that would be surprising and nonobvious?…
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