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Summary: Brilliant adventure wonderfully told
Review: After reading dozens of gambling books I have become jaded. This book, however, was riveting. I loved the true stories, insights and felt the life of an itinerant card counter. Finally, I love his dry sense of humor.
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Summary: Very entertaining and humerous
Review: Barry takes the reader through what every gamblers dreams of - two months on the road playing at every casino in Nevada. It is not just a day by day, deck by deck summary, but an imaginative tale of his travels across the state of Nevada. It is well worth your time.
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Summary: A really fun book
Review: Don't miss this book if you play Blackjack or want to, especially if you are Nevada bound. Here you can live the life vicariously before jumping in with both feet. Seems like a NO-BULL book. As well, the wife enjoyed it as a casual read.
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Summary: for gamblers and wannabees
Review: Don't miss this book if you play Blackjack or want to, especially if you are Nevada bound. Here you can live the life vicariously before jumping in with both feet. Seems like a NO-BULL book. As well, the wife enjoyed it as a casual read.
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Summary: Very funny, GREAT book
Review: I have read MANY book on Vegas and blackjack. From the dry, strictly strategy themed blackjack books, to humorous stories of Vegas adventures.This is by far the best. I could not put it down. I came to Amazon searching for Vegas books, and bought many. This one was recommended by a good friend or I would have never read it. Take my advice, get this book... I more enjoyable read I can not recall.
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Summary: A really fun book
Review: I loved this book. It isn't the one to read if you want to learn to count cards at blackjack, but really gives a wonderful description of what casinos are like. Barry Meadows isn't Paul Theroux, but he is a lot funnier and sounds like a much nicer guy. Anyone who loves visiting Nevada will love this one. If you haven't visited Nevada, you will want to after you read this book.
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Summary: Please do not post this
Review: I made a correction, and rather then fix my origional review, you put up my correction. Can you please delete my correction 'post' and simply fix my origional one? THANKS :)
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Summary: I hated the author's sense of humor
Review: I was really looking forward to reading this book. However, the author's attempts at making witty jokes throughout the novel really grow old. There's a couple on every page, and they're not good. Even the stories he had to write weren't exactly gripping. I much prefer the dated "Ken Uston on Blackjack" if you want to read about high-stakes, professional Blackjack play.
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Summary: CORRECTION
Review: I wrote the review on Blackjack Autumn... I messed up and put "I more enjoyable.." rather then "A more enjoyable" Can you fix that? Thanks
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Summary: If you REALLY like to read about blackjack . . .
Review: This book works well as in-flight entertainment on the way to a gambling vacation, although Meadow's writing is about as predictable as a cocktail waitress with a 25-cent tip. I'm not sure what that means, but that's a good illustration of Barry Meadow's prose style. Over and over and over and over he employs that technique, which for lack of a better name I'll call sarcastic simile. Card counters are about as popular with casino personnel as Jerry Falwell at a gay-pride parade. Over the long haul, counters are as likely to lose as Mister Rogers is to be caught in a Watts cocaine bust. Mesquite, Nevada, is growing faster than Warren Buffett's bank account. There are probably 200 more examples. If you can put up with that, it's a decent book. If not, imagine being stuck in an elevator with an unfunny version of Dennis Miller. (There -- are you happy, Barry? Now you've got me doing it!)
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