BOOK LAUNCH: ADVANTAGE PLAYER with Gina Fiore & Gillian Flynn

The true story of one woman's journey to becoming the best advantage blackjack player in the country. One woman’s unlikely rise to the top of the professional blackjack world, mastering the art of advantage play while building an elite team to beat casinos at their own game. The Twisted Spine is thrilled to welcome Gina Fiore for the release of ADVANTAGE PLAYER: A MEMOIR OF BLACKJACK, BACKROOMS, AND BEGINNINGS! Joining Gina in conversation is author Gillian Flynn (GONE GIRL, DARK PLACES, SHARP OBJECTS). About ADVANTAGE PLAYER The fast-paced story of one woman’s unlikely rise to becoming one of the best blackjack players in the world, creating multiple identities and leading an elite advantage play team that won millions beating casinos at their own games. From an early age, Gina Fiore wanted to win. Her desire was borne from her family’s financial instability—countless evictions, living in a motel, learning to stave off debt collectors with a tightly rehearsed script dictated by her parents. After Gina dropped out of college, her mother taught her how to deal blackjack, and she got her first job dealing in a Las Vegas casino. It was there that she discovered some players win using skill and not luck. She wanted to learn how. Advantage Player follows Gina’s journey to becoming one of the best advantage players in the world, beating casinos out of millions by playing the games they offered better than they did. After teaching herself how to count cards, Gina mastered advanced techniques to gain an edge in the casino like hole-carding and edge sorting. Although the methods were legal, casinos didn’t tolerate players gaining the upper hand, and Gina and the advantage-play team she formed were under constant threat of being chased, assaulted, and detained in backrooms by casino employees and law enforcement. In this propulsive and captivating memoir, Gina pulls back the curtain on a system designed to create losers and how her ability to reinvent her­self allowed her to survive both in the casino and in life. “Gina Fiore has lived a life that seems too extraordinary to be true. Her journey is as gripping as any screenplay because every impossible twist actually happened. Her story is unforgettable—and Advantage Player is one you won’t soon forget.”—Riley Keough, actress and author of From Here to the Great Unknown Gina Fiore spent over two decades beating casinos for a living. The subject of the 2023 film Miss Brown, she now writes books and essays, consults for film and television, and speaks about advantage play in the real world. Gillian Flynn is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl and the New York Times bestsellers Dark Places and Sharp Objects. She is the publisher of Gillian Flynn Books, which publishes conversation-starting and gasp-inducing titles. Event guidelines: Each ticket includes either a paperback copy of ADVANTAGE PLAYER or a $15 Twisted Spine gift card. Limited additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. A signing will follow the discussion. If you have any questions about the guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].