Barry Meadow

Blackjack Autumn: A True Tale of Life, Death, and Splitting Tens in Winnemucca

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Produktbeschreibung

When Barry Meadow decided to take two months off from his everyday life to play blackjack in every Nevada casino, he had no idea what he would find. Leaving behind his business, his fiancée, and his son, he set out on the road with a suitcase, a tape recorder, and $8,000 on the trip of a lifetime. He ran into cowboys and Indians, suffered the Stardust curse, split 10s in Winnemucca, and learned more about real-world gambling than anyone should have to know. With wit and wisdom, Meadow takes you on an incredible journey -- literally, figuratively, even spiritually -- all within the context of a professional blackjack player's remarkable way of life. Gambling lessons, life's lessons, Nevada geography lessons -- this one has got it all. One of the most highly acclaimed gambling books in the past half-decade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Huntington Press
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 138mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780929712086
• ISBN-10: 0929712080
• Artikelnr.: 21892708

Autorenporträt

Barry Meadow has spent more than 30 years in the gambling world. He wrote his first book, Success At The Harness Races, in 1967. He's also written Money Secrets At The Racetrack, which has been lauded as the definitive guide to money management at the track. Meadow's eclectic resume includes serving in Vietnam, writing television sitcoms, playing the professional tennis circuit in India, doing standup comedy in California-and, of course, playing blackjack at the professional level in his spare time.