POKER INFO - PROILE - James McManus

Hey Jim, Just finished your book, fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed reading it and watching you in action in the WSOP...so what if you called with a Jack High? Keep up the good work.

Hate to sound like a broken record...enjoyed watching you play with style and class at the 7 card stud final table...really enjoyed your book a lot (finished reading it last month)...looking forward to future publications or novels...wondering if you teach a "summer" course for science of poker...would love you take it sometime before staring my career...other than that, congratulations on your success and hope that "Higgins" understands your poker skills today...best of luck in the future

yo jimmy what up g unit. almost finished your book, have like 90 pages to go, i wanna know what it was like playing the first hour in the big one i also wanna know what you think about the big poker splurge thats been going on. thank dude

he set out to get you on tilt and thats exactly what he did dont you see the logic in raising in the dark phil helmuth rights about it in his book play poker like the pros.

Fan Man: my book goes into a lot of detail about the first hour of the WSOP big one, and about many other hours thereafter. The splurge or the boom caught just about everyone by surprise, but the power of well-made television, especially the WPT's use of the lipstick (or Lipscomb) cameras, has probably made the biggest difference, I think.

Jim -I am not quite finished with your book. I just couldn't wait any longer to see if I could find your email address somehow, and stumbled across this site in the process. It's hard to know where to begin. First of all, I wish I had known that your book covered far more than just the two topics of the WSOP and the murder trial. If I did, I would have read it a LOT sooner. I just wanted to tell you that I have read a LOT of books on a LOT of different subjects in my 55 years, and your book is one of the best I have ever read, in any genre, by anyone. Your style is unlike anyone else's (of whom I am aware) and I absolutely love the way you go off on a tangent, deal with a variety of subjects, then bring it all back together to make your point. That you are well-educated, and well-read comes across without cramming it down the reader's throat, and the way you write directly to your reader hits just the right mark, as far as this reader is concerned.You come across as a genuine human being, as well as an excellent author, and I hope, at some point to say hi in person.I doubt that we will meet in a final table anywhere, although I do try to play some poker every time I get to Las Vegas. Holdem has done a lot to kill my favorite games of 7 stud high/low and omaha high/low, but I will keep a lookout for you, just to be able to say hello in person.I look forward to your next book with much anticipation. Good luck to you! Bud IzenKeizer Oregon

Thanks for the VERY kind words, Bud. I'll be at most of the WPT, PPT and WSOP events, so look for me if you happen to play in any of them.