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Peter Alson
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Peter Alson

Peter Alson is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie and coauthor of One of a Kind, a biography of the poker champion Stuey Ungar, and Atlas: From the Street to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man. Alson's articles have appeared in many national magazines, including Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Alice, and their daughter Eden.

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Why Poker Is Better Than Business School
StockProfile.com, December 7, 2011
...about $3. Which is the better investment? I'm inclined to think the latter after getting schooled by Peter Alson, president of the United States Poker Federation. Stock Market XML and JSON Data APIprovided by FinancialContent Services, Inc. Nasdaq quotes...
Why Poker Is Better Than Business School
Forbes.com, December 7, 2011
...is the better investment? I’m inclined to think the latter after spending an afternoon getting schooled by Peter Alson, president of the United States Poker Federation. As I recently reported, the U.S.P.F. — and its parent organization, the...
Rebranding Poker As a Game for Geniuses, Not Gamblers
Yahoo! México, November 16, 2011
...attracted to poker but have stayed away from it because they didn’t want to risk money,” says Peter Alson, president of IFP’s U.S. affiliate. He points to the success of Zynga Poker, the Facebook-based game that has 60 million users who play for...
Rebranding Poker As a Game for Geniuses, Not Gamblers
Forbes.com, November 16, 2011
...attracted to poker but have stayed away from it because they didn’t want to risk money,” says Peter Alson, president of IFP’s U.S. affiliate. He points to the success of Zynga Poker, the Facebook-based game that has 60 million users who play for...