The Man Who Wouldn't Pay: A Christmas Story (Part Two)
by Clara Preve
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In public, he was the country’s top Supreme Court litigator. In private, he won close to $100 million from opponents at the highest-stakes poker games in the world. His double life cost him everything.
Welcome to Whale Hunting.
Tom Goldstein built a career arguing before the Supreme Court. At the poker table, he could bet tens of thousands of dollars without even looking at his cards. The Tell follows his double life in the law and the world’s highest-stakes games.
The story launches The Foundry, Brazen’s new digital magazine for extraordinary stories and hidden worlds. Everything we do at Brazen comes from a belief Tom and I developed while reporting Billion Dollar Whale: stories like these can show us how the world really works. We also want them to be a pleasure to read.
We’re sharing the first two chapters with Whale Hunting readers below: a weekend read to introduce you to Goldstein’s double life. Next week, the story gets wilder, with extraordinary showdowns and portraits of some very unexpected billionaires. All eleven chapters will be free to read at The Foundry.
Over coming days, we’ll also bring you more of the backstory to this project here at Whale Hunting. To follow the rest of The Tell, subscribe free to The Foundry for an excerpt and a link to each new instalment in your inbox as it comes out. (No spam, just content without ads or promotions so not something that will clog your inbox). You can also just keep returning every day to thfndry.com.
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