Hunting Fish

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Just got a press release, thought I'd share...
[quote]In gambling circles, fleecing suckers is a time-honored tradition and
in HUNTING FISH: A CROSS-COUNTRY SEARCH FOR AMERICA’S WORST POKER
PLAYERS (St. Martin’s Press; August, 16 2006; $22.95), Jay Greenspan
builds on this history of con-manship by offering a unique narrative
that chronicles a three-month road trip in which he traveled to
underground poker clubs, casinos, and home games throughout the
country. In South Carolina, he wiped out some racial-epithet-spewing
good ole boys; in Houston, he fleeced out the country club set; and
in Vegas he happily pounded drunken tourists.

The author started with one simple goal: Build a large enough
bankroll to play high-limit games when he reached the Commerce Casino
in LA. There, the players would be skilled and fearsome, and thousands
could be lost in a single hand. To safely play in that game, he’d
need to add $20,000 to his bankroll during his road trip. That’s a
lot of fish to fleece.

But Hunting Fish is not merely the story of a hustler’s travels. Jay
set out with a goal that hundreds of thousands of players now share:
of making it as a full-time pro. As he immersed himself in the poker
life, Jay endured the stresses that accompany the game: the abrupt
swings in fortune, the dreadful hours, and strains on his
relationship. At times, Hunting Fish is an intimate account of the
struggles that professional gamblers endure.

“Greenspan narrates a three-month odyssey in which he hopes to win
enough money to take on the power players at California’s Commerce
Casino… Readers will applaud the good sense of this able and likeable
writer.â€