Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker's "clash of the titans" hands from the World Series of Poker the World Poker Tour and the European Tour.

Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently. Highly entertaining and instructive Bad Beats and Lucky Draws gives you a seat at the table with the best bluffs reads and over-the-top plays such as the hand that won Phil his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heartbreaking play that knocked him out of the "Big One."





Bad Beats and Lucky Draws also includes special contributions by




Doyle Brunson


Johnny Chan


Annie Duke


Howard Lederer


Daniel Negreanu


Ted Forrest


Jennifer Harman


Layne Flack


Men Nguyen


John Bonetti