Three years in the making.

Six different countries.

Twenty eight professional poker players.

All of them Real Grinders.

If you’ve ever wanted to know if you have what it takes to be a professional poker player, now is your chance to find out. We’ve brought together some of the best pro players from around the world to talk about what it's like playing poker for a living; the good parts, the bad parts, the successes, and the challenges. Everything that separates the winners from the losers in a game where fortunes can be won or lost on the turn of a card, and a level head and a quick wit control the table. It doesn't matter if it's Texas Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), tournament or cash games, one of these players will have played it for a living.

Some of the players in this book include:

Aaron Mordey

Alan McMaster

Alek Givotovsky

Alexander Antonios

Ashley Warner

Ashton Cartwright

Brett “brett_threat” Chalhoub

Bryan Huang (Pokerstars Pro)

Chris Lee

Cole “TopKat5757” Swannack

Didier “didibearrrr” Guerin

Grant Levy

Jackie "Jackstar" Glazier (888 Pro)

Jackson Zheng

Jacky Wang

Kahle Burns

Mathew Brown

Octavian Voegele

Oliver “Talerric” “SwoopAE” Gill

Patrick “pmahoney22” Mahoney

Paul Hockin

Rory Young

Ryan Laplante

Slava Sheynin

Tom “winga699” Wing

Victor Teng, and more.

Real Grinders. Professional poker doesn't get more real than this.

Ashton Cartwright

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