Reading 10/24/11

I finished the book "Aces Up" by Lauren Barnholdt. It was about a girl who was accepted into Wellesley University, but her father had recently lost his job so she decided to get a job at a casino. She needed a fake ID and birth certificate because she was underage, but the job paided more than serving tables at the local diner so she thought it was worth it. At the end of her first day on the job she was giving a note to meet someone in a hotel room as soon as possible. She went to the hotel room thinking it was a meeting for the new employees, but instead it was an invitation for an underground poker team (like the movie "21") She wasn't sure of the offer for a while but eventually she caved and joined this team, because she descovered that she coul make several thousand dollars playing poker in just a couple of weeks, and that would definately help with her college tuition. She started to get really good and she was running the numbers and combinations in her head faster and faster. Later on the "leader" of the team asks her to participate in fixing the World Poker Championship which would be held soon at the casino she was working at. She did't know what to do because she new that using signals to comunicate with other people at the table to win big was completely illegal. She decided to go along with it but she wouldn't follow any signals other team members were giving her, she would then try to loses one of the rounds and therefore would not have to play or be involved in it any more. IN the end she ended up turning herself in and also turning in the poker team she had been participating with. This book was kind of fun to read but also kind of frusterating because she kept making such a big deal of everything and she took for ever to make up her mind when she had a decision to make.