Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World's Greatest Gamblers
- ISBN-10
- 0929712056
- ISBN-13
- 9780929712055
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Huntington Press Inc
- Author
- Richard W. Munchkin
Description
Can you imagine betting a million dollars on a football game or winning seven million on a single horse race? Can you even fathom what it would be like to be the resident backgammon player at the Playboy Mansion or to win the World Series of Poker -- twice? How would you react if a gun-wielding casino owner demanded back the money that you won playing blackjack in his casino? It's all in a day's work for the gamblers in this book. Billy Walters--sports bettor Chip Reese--poker player Tommy Hyland--blackjack card counter Mike Svobodny--backgammon player Stan Tomchin--sports bettor Cathy Hulbert--blackjack/poker player Alan Woods--horse bettor Doyle Brunson--poker player It isn't luck. Collectively, they've won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the games most people consider unbeatable. Discover what it really takes to become a master gambler. Gambling Wizards delves deeply into the lives and minds of some of the most successful professional gamblers of all time.
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