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ben mezrich has been lambasted in the past because of how much creative liberty he has taken with his books, regularly twisting the story to tell whatever tale he wants. even if it means going directly against the actual story he is trying to retell. "bringing down the house" and "breaking vegas" are great examples of this. there are wikipedia pages comparing the books to the actual series of events they are depicting, detailing how much of mezrich's writing is just a straight up fabrication. ben is taking a lot of heat from the poker community for making scott tom and the main men behind absolute poker look as though they are some sort of heros who were wrongly persecuted by the DOJ. yes, online poker SHOULD be legal, very few people are going to read this book and disagree that if you want to gamble in the comfort of your own home, you should be able to. however, the DOJ as 100% justified in shutting down a company as shady as absolute poker, who stole MILLIONS from their customers, covered it up, and then couldn't pay out their own customers when the site was shut down because (surprise!) the owners (scott tom, et al) STOLE ALL THE MONEY! they took all the money out of the company coffers, and left the players with nothing. ben mezrich wants you to believe the DOJ is the cause for players not being paid back when it's plain as day that all the $ was stolen and that scott tom is THE ONE AND ONLY cheater/stealer of the funds. but go ahead, waste your time, read this trite book full of lies and enjoy the 7th grade writing style of a man who has no ethics or morals whatsoever.