COWBOYS GAMBLERS AND HUSTLERS by Wolford, Byron

COWBOYS GAMBLERS AND HUSTLERS
by Wolford, Byron
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Among all the living poker legends Wolford stands tall among them all. His peers recognize him and much of the this book is about people, the characters in casinos and card rooms who survive, through skill, guide, wits and, of course, hustling. Wolford ldrops names and incidents and his vivid, colorful descriptions make you think you're listening to an oral history of gambling in America. You want to know what it's like to be a rodeo-riding, high-flying wild man in the West? Or what his thoughts were about legend Titanic Thompson, the great Hall of Famer Blondie Forbes; the one-of-a-kind pioneer Benny Binion? Puggy Pearson, Bobby Baldwin, Jack Straus, Amarillo Slim Preston? The "Cowboy" has it. Wolford was born in East Texas "and first hit the open road in 1947." Three years later he was making $20,000 a year on the rodeo circuit where he rubbed shoulders with the greats of the sport. Along the way, poker attracted his attention. The people he met, the cons, scams, cheaters, sharpies, scufflers are documented here. It's both a history of a man, a game and the nation. What's it like to win big, lose big, be shot at, endure numerous "bad beats" and still have the confidence to survive and roll up some big scores? Wolford is a story-teller supreme, with advice here and there for the hopeful professional. The survival advice for big-stakes games is here on two levels-street-smartness and strategies. 343 pages, paperbound. 1997.

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