Liar Poker

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Liar's poker is a bar game that combines statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight-digit serial number on a dollar lly the game is played with a stack of random bills obtained from the cash register. The object is to make the highest bid of a number that does not exceed the combined total held by all the players.

In the January 22nd edition (week-long) of Poker After Dark, Phil Hellmuth claims to have taught Daniel Negreanu how to play Liar's Poker.

Michael Lewis' book Liar's Poker details how Salomon Brothers traders would play liar's poker.

Councilmen Tommy Carcetti and Tony Gray play a game of liar's poker interrupted by a visit from a Baltimore Sun reporter in an episode of the HBO TV series The Wire (Season 3, Episode 3, "Dead Soldiers")

Liar's poker was played in an episode of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati (Season 2, Episode 15 "Herb's Dad") where Herb Tarlek Sr. bested Venus Flytrap and y Fever with the long-shot bid of nine 6's. Herb Tarlek Jr. later beat Venus and Johnny with the same bid.

Characters on the show Quincy M. E. were often seen playing Liar's poker.

In the 1977 movie "Semi-Tough", Burt Reynolds' and Jill Clayburg's characters play an ongoing game of Liar's Poker periodically throughout the movie.

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Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s.It was first published in 1989.

Along with Barbarians at the Gate and the fictional The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, Liar's Poker is considered one of the books that define Wall Street during the 1980s.

The book's name is taken from Liar's poker, a gambling game popular with the bond traders in the book and played for high stakes.

Liar's Poker follows two different story threads, though not necessarily in chronological order.

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With the eye and ear of a born storyteller, Michael Lewis shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. In the Salomon training program a roomful of aspirants is stunned speechless by the vitriolic profanity of the Human Piranha; out on the trading floor, bond traders throw telephones at the heads of underlings and Salomon chairman Gutfreund challenges his chief trader to a hand of liar's poker for one million dollars; around the world in London, Tokyo, and New York, bright young men like Michael Lewis, connected by telephones and computer terminals, swap gross jokes and find retail buyers for the staggering debt of individual companies or whole countries.

Unless you find his flippant one-liners irritating, it is a pleasure to be guided around the jungle of bond markets by his reminiscences and trenchant asides. . . . Apart from the belly-laughs, one of the triumphs of Liar's Poker is that it makes the financial complexities of investment banking and the markets accessible to the layman. . . .

Michael Lewis is the author of several books, including the international bestsellers Liar's Poker and The New New Thing.

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Sales Rank: 3,349In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wallirreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals.

With the eye and ear of a born storyteller, Michael Lewis shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. In the Salomon training program a roomful of aspirants is stunned speechless by the vitriolic profanity of the Human Piranha; out on the trading floor, bond traders throw telephones at the heads of underlings and Salomon chairman Gutfreund challenges his chief trader to a hand of liar's poker for one million dollars; around the world in London, Tokyo, and New York, bright young men like Michael Lewis, connected by telephones and computer terminals, swap gross jokes and find retail buyers for the staggering debt of individual companies or whole countries.

In doing so, he generated tens of millions of dollars for Salomon Brothers, and earned for himself a ringside seat on the greatest financial spectacle of the decade: the leveraging of America. Library JournalAs described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to reward trickery andthis as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader. Lewis illustrates how economic decisions made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street.

Y. Number of reviews: 5 Average Rating: Write your own review! Showing 1-5 A reviewer, A reviewer, 05/02/2003 Liars Poker: A Must Read for the Wall Street FanaticThe story of a young man in the right place and time, telling his life as a trainee working to be a very profitable bonds trader in the 1980's.The novel is perfect for the biggest enthusiast, to someone just beginning to be interested in the market. Lewiss emphasis on detail keeps you glued to the pages while he tells of the incredibly hectic life of a trader, and the childish man you must be to be one.

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage of Wall Street (Hardcover) by Michael Lewis (Author)

From Library Journal As described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to reward trickery andthis as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader. Lewis illustrates how economic decisions made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street.

This review is from: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (Paperback)

This review is from: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (Paperback)

This review is from: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (Paperback)

In Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis writes about his journey in becoming a bond salesman and his two years of work experiences at Salomonthe book does offer some information about the finacial innovations driving the bond business in the 1980s, I think the principle thrust of the book is an examination of the culture and the personalities of Wall Street trading desks. The first chapter story, which is the basis for the title of the book, involving John Gutfreund and John Meriwether encapsulates the nature of this world.

Read "Moneyball" or "The Blind Side" Before This Long before "Moneyball" and "The Blind Side," Michael Lewis wrote "Liar's Poker."It is a short, entertaining story about Salomon Brothers during the highs and lows of the 80's...

Scenes from Salomon Brothers in the 1980's Reading Liar's Poker today confirms its status as a modern classic about Wall el Lewis depicts the boom years at Salomon Brothers in the mid-1980's with a style that...

- Liar's Poker (Main Page)

With the eye and ear of a born storyteller, Michael Lewis shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. In the Salomon training program a roomful of aspirants is stunned speechless by the vitriolic profanity of the Human Piranha; out on the trading floor, bond traders throw telephones at the heads of underlings and Salomon chairman Gutfreund challenges his chief trader to a hand of liar's poker for one million dollars; around the world in London, Tokyo, and New York, bright young men like Michael Lewis, connected by telephones and computer terminals, swap gross jokes and find retail buyers for the staggering debt of individual companies or whole countries.

Unless you find his flippant one-liners irritating, it is a pleasure to be guided around the jungle of bond markets by his reminiscences and trenchant asides. . . . Apart from the belly-laughs, one of the triumphs of Liar's Poker is that it makes the financial complexities of investment banking and the markets accessible to the layman. . . .

Michael Lewis is the author of several books, including the international bestsellers Liar's Poker and The New New Thing.

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Liar's Poker: Playing the Money Markets (Paperback)

Liar's poker is an easy book to read for those with an interest in the financialme I think Michael creates a beautiful tale of a truly individual and `great' bank that was once Salomon Brothers, even if it is a little glamorised. I would recommend this to all grads looking to work at investment banks, it does provide a factual insight into IB practice.

I have been meaning to read Liar's Poker since I was offered the opportunity to sell my soul to the international money markets ten yearsI finally got round to it. Michael Lewis writes an enthralling fast paced account of life on Wall Street in the hedonistic '80s.

Overall very engaging and exciting as well as throughly well put together and interesting. Anyone for a game of Liar's Poker?

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