Denn is a teenager who is trying to make it large in Vegas. He is only 17 years old, but his fake ID says he is 21. He ran away from his house in Fairview. At first, Denn was raking in money from poker games in Vegas. However, like all other poker players, Denn hit a roadbump in his poker playing. He lost over 200 thousand dollars over a period of about two weeks. After losing all of his money except for about 50 dollars in spare change, Denn took a week off from playing poker. Then, he got right back into the action. He started building up his bank to enter in a poker tournament with a 10 thousand dollar buy-in. If you want to find out if Denn made it into the poker tournament, then I suggest that you read the book yourself. I thought that All-In was a great book. It kept me interested throughout the entire book. I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys a good read. ( )

Great read! ( )

You learn a lot about Texas Hold-um poker in this book: about reading tells, pocket pairs and lots of interesting poker terminology and strategy. You also get a picture of what high stakes vegas style gambling is like: the deceit, the lack of substance, the loneliness. The ending is not satisfying, but the writing is taut throughout. I enjoyed reading the book up until the lackluster ending. Hopefully there will be another sequel to provide some details here. ( )

I didn't read No Limit, which is the first book Hautman wrote about Denn Doyle and poker. But I didn't really need to. This is a fast-paced read that I found entertaining. I had to re-read the last chapter again to make sure I got it right though. And the clues were subtle about Cattie, the red-haired cheating dealer who Denn falls in love with. I think this is the first young adult book I've read about poker. I think. Recommended reads by this author: Godless (National Book Award winner), Sweetblood (kinda vampires) and Invisible (Whoa). (I can't believe I ended two sentences with prepositions) ( )