Alex O’Brien

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My book rubbing spines with some other great reads in a super cool bookstore in Paris! Merci, Smith&Son. 😍

If anyone was to observe you today would they believe you are serious about your goals?

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Runner's high is cool and all, but Writer's high? That’s next-level euphoria, like caffeine for the soul without the jitters. Nothing beats body-slamming a creative block and strutting away like a literary rockstar...

Alex O’Brien: To bag or not to bag - when a stack messes with your flight plans If you have a flight booked at the end of Day 1 of a live poker tournament, how many chips make it worth cancelling it and playing on? Alex O'Brien an...

It was meant to be a cash-and-dash, until the stack got too big to ignore. @daraokearney.bsky.social
“The Professor” did the math.

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Aww amazing I can't wait to read it!!

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Please DM me with your postal address and a signed copy of The Truth Detective will find its way to you soon.

Science writer by day. Poker player and commentator by night.

I am calling the action tonight from 6.30pm at the Hippodrome Lightning Tournament! Expect fast play, big pots, and plenty of fireworks.
Let’s gooo! 🔥 #poker #livestream
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🚨 Signed book giveaway! 🚨

To celebrate the paperback release of The Truth Detective, I’m giving away three signed copies!

Here’s how to enter:
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Winners will be picked at random by May 7th. Good luck!

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🥳Last week #ABSWmembers met for the annual after-Christmas party🎉
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Do you think you're sitting still right now?

- You're on a planet that orbitis a star at 30km/s

- That star is orbiting the center of a galaxy at 230km/s

- That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s.

Since you started reading this, you have traveled about 3000km.

A first for me: go play poker and guy in line at cash desk pulls out my book still in its Amazon packaging from his backpack asking if I could sign it for his daughter. Made me smile all day. 🤩