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For phil ivy and billy chan. they're the rock stars. they come out of nowhere. nowadays, nowhere means the world of online poker which has grown controversial not just because of moms yelling at sons to stop playing poker all day and make something of their life, they were charged with money laundering shocking the industry. i wonder why that happened? could it be the desire to protect the poker industry which one big fish is sheldon addleson? things that make you go, hmm. for answers, let's talk to a big kahuna of poker, the author of many books about the poker world. including "straight flus...

Doing that all the time. so, ben, what's your absolute limit then when it comes to researching your books? >> you know, the truth is i'm scared of just about everything. i'm very neurotic. so i try and put myself in the room, but i hide in the back. so i won't go anywhere that i really feel like i'm in danger, but i've definitely had to run from places. so i have a very good flight reflex. i think that's my thing. >> sounds like it for sure. ben, your book, "accidental billionaires" went on to be a very successful movie. who in hollywood would you want to play some of the guys in "straight flu...

That looks really good. >> people want to go on the internet and check out their friends. that's what the facebook is going to be about. i'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online. >> recognize that? that was the clip from the "social network," the oscar winning movie that told the story of how facebook came to be. harvard kids behind the site that arguably made a fundamental change of how we interact with each other. it's all based on a book by ben mezrich and he's at it again. "straight flush" a billion-dollar poker empire comes crashing down. ben ...

Books, give us a sneak peek. what are you working on for your next project? >> i just sold a big movie project with bret ratner, the director. it's about the seven wonders of the world. it's a thriller kind of thing. i'm also working on another big nonfiction story, but that's still kind of secret. and a children's book next summer about young math science geniuses who take down carnival game. it's bringing down the house for younger audiences. i'm always working. i've always got a lot in the works. but "straight flush" i think will be a movie, so i think that will be the next movie project. >...

>> the real failure was them and they didn't know this and do this is a bomb. >> the fact they didn't know about the larry from the volleyball team in the '90s. >> calling them quite a few names. >> much more coming up on "morning joe." also coming up -- >> we really should have al hunt in more on the next block. keep him focused because he wonders off into the field reading about bra stories. >> former governor jon huntsman will be here and david axleroad and eugene robinson and david gregory. his books has inspired many. "straight flush"'s author will be with us. form governor howard dean ha...