No Limit: The Wild Rise & Spectacular Fall of the Online Poker Boom

The first definitive chronicle of the 2000s online poker boom

The advent of the “hole cam” turned televised poker into a thrilling spectator sport, while online poker allowed millions to play from the comfort of their homes. Relive the highs and lows of this historic era, including:

• The toy inventor and television producer who pioneered the use of the hole cam in televised poker.
• The founders of the earliest online poker sites, including a former Naval engineer, a child prodigy, a phone sex entrepreneur and a software developer.
• The online poker amateur who stunned the world by winning the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.
• The midnight legislative maneuver that threatened the future of online poker.
• The mysterious Swedish amateur responsible for some of the largest pots in online poker against a who’s who of top poker pros.
• The insider cheating scandals at Absolute Poker and UltimateBet.
• The payment processors who committed bank fraud to fund U.S. players’ online poker accounts.
• The U.S. law enforcement action known as Black Friday, and the collapse of Full Tilt Poker.