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Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker Paperback – November 30, 2010

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Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker. . . Las Vegas lures you to shed moral responsibility and piss away your money on indulgences like decadent food, entertainment, gambling, and sex. If you don't enjoy these pastimes, then what's the point of visiting the land of compromised values? Where else can you get a cheap steak, crash a Mexican wedding, get cold-decked in blackjack by a dealer named Dong, play video poker for thirteen straight hours, drink pina coladas out of a plastic coconut, bum a cigarette from an 85-year-old woman with an oxygen tank, speed away to the Spearmint Rhino in a free limo, get rubbed by a former Miss Teen USA, puke in the back of a cab driven by a retired Navy SEAL, snort cheap cocaine in the bathroom at O'Sheas, and then catch a lucky card on the river to crack pocket aces and win a poker tournament? Only in Las Vegas.
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Pauly gives us his unique take on the bright lights and fast money of the Vegas we all know, as he illuminates the dark corners we don't, or don't want to, see with his driving prose, original voice and impeccable eye for detail. --Joe Speaker

Strippers, killers, cheats, drug fiends, and idiots rub shoulders from page to page with the honest working class, dreamers, family men, the quasi-religious, and the invisible. --Brendan Murray

Pauly has the chameleon-like ability to be the fly on the wall, or the eye of the hurricane when it comes to the crazy stuff that goes on in the poker world. --John Caldwell

About the Author

Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire is a writer originally from New York City. He has lived in Las Vegas, NV on and off since 2005. He covered the World Series of Poker and numerous other major poker tournaments for Tao of Poker, LasVegasVegas.com, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, Fox Sports, Poker News, and Poker Stars Blog. His poker travels have taken him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Spain, Denmark, Monte Carlo, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Mexico, the Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and the UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lulu; First Edition (November 30, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0557500079
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0557500079
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.63 x 9.02 inches
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Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire is a writer originally from New York City. He lived in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, but currently resides in Denver, Colorado.

McGuire is the author of four published novels and one non-fiction book.

McGuire covered the WSOP and other major poker tournaments for Tao of Poker, Fox Sports, MSN, High Roller Magazine, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, LasVegasVegas, Vegas Seven, Poker Stars Blog, and PokerNews. His poker travels have taken him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Spain, Denmark, Monte Carlo, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Mexico, the Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Peru and the UK.

McGuire has also written for Casino News, UK Racing Post, Matchbook, OG Sportsbetting News, OnGame Zone, the Borgata Casino, Poker Pro Europe, iGaming Player, Online Poker Pro, Rise Poker, Wicked Chops Insider, and Coventry Music.

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Customers find the book entertaining and thought-provoking, with a funny story and interesting Las Vegas stories.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2011
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As someone that has read Pauly's blogs for some time now, I anxiously awaited the release of this book on Kindle format and I was not disappointed. It's a great read for anyone interested in the world of Poker and Las Vegas. It also shed a lot of interesting light on some of the things that Pauly has blogged about for years.
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Max922
4.0 out of 5 stars Must Like Poker
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2011
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Yeah I read the title--I truly did. I knew it was going to be about poker somewhat--but it's about poker a lot, and if that's your thing, you will love it. It's a funny story, and I love LV so I liked reading about the city, but really it's centered heavily on poker--just FYI.
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lushington
5.0 out of 5 stars The story of one man's survival of 5 years within the Vegas machine
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2010
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Like most, I found "Lost Vegas" through Pauly's Tao of Poker blog (which can't be recommended highly enough). It's a tome that describes temptations (be they of the flesh, of the pharmaceutical or the felt). But there are many books like that... folks, this one is different... "Lost Vegas" doesn't glamorize the poker world and the many broke "TV superstars" within, but it certainly doesn't demonize it like so many cautionary tales. Pauly simply relates the facts from within. He has seen the highest level of poker supremacy while also witnessing the lowest level of gambling degeneracy. He's seen and lived through the many powerful pills (among other chemical options) that one can find in Sin City. McGuire gives an honest (while often depressing) account of the gentleman's clubs as he experienced them through him and his friends. But there are a glutton of books about the gambling lifestyle out there... "Lost Vegas" will most appeal to those of us who get pushed to our limits every day and may or may not live to tell the tale after the fact. The average Joe who spends one weekend per year in Vegas and sets aside a bankroll, has wife in tow, while avoiding the shadier side of the town won't relate as well to the book as those of us who can't understand moderation and for whom life is a day to day adventure to be maximized or else. It's cliche to compare "Lost Vegas" to Hunter S. Thompson's works, but McGuire actually LIVES this lifestyle and gives a hilarious and honest portrayal of how the house always wins in the end, yet we all keep coming back for more.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Has Some Good Moments
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012
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I bought this book after an especially good Vegas trip a few weeks ago. Can't go back for a while and needed a good Vegas read at the least!

I'll say that there were a good amount of interesting Las Vegas stories to be had here. It is heavy on poker, which I enjoy. The behind-the-scenes look at the WSOP was entertaining. The firsthand accounts of famous poker players is also something I find interesting. The story about Archie Karas was one I had not heard and really enjoyed. I did have the feeling that I was on the inside of the poker scene during those parts.

What I grew tired of was the amount of time spent on how many drugs the author did and what he did and said to all of the strippers he met in Vegas. Stories about alcohol and strippers can be amusing when they happen to your good friends or to someone famous, but when they happen to a random poker writer that doesn't seem all that likable in the first place, they get pretty old.

Not a bad Vegas read all things considered, but be aware that you'll be spending half the book reading about the author doing drugs, hanging out in strip clubs, and making prop bets with friends that you've never heard of.
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Allen Guise
5.0 out of 5 stars This book was great.
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2018
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I was apart of the poker scene back then. This sums it up perfectly. Car surpassed my expectations. Paul is an excellent writer. The last chapter was sublime.
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Michael M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining & thought-provoking look at the hidden side of Vegas
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2012
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Great stories by a writer embedded as a reporter for several years at the World Series of Poker. The stories are less about the actual poker tournament and more about the real, behind the scenes people who live and work in Vegas. Many of the stories are humorous, but the comedy is often dark as the writer always lets the reader peak into the souls of the gamblers, hookers, scam artists, and other degenerates who live in the shadows of the glittering Strip casinos. Must read for anyone who enjoys or wants to enjoy Vegas.
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Blakely F. Bundy
4.0 out of 5 stars if you have made the track to the WSOP, this will resonate
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014
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Having journeyed to the WSOP every year since the Moneymaker boom started it all, this book provides a lurid behind the scenes view of the game, the town and the people behind it. A bit crass at times and certainly not something you want your granddaughters reading over your shoulder, but an easy and enjoyable read. One has to wonder how much is fact and how much is fiction, as he could never remember all the details if he were as jacked up as he claims.
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M. Forehand
5.0 out of 5 stars Poker Degeneracy 101
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2010
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Super-addictive, gut-wrenchingly funny and even - yes - touching, Pauly's adventures to the dark side of big-time tournament poker and Las Vegas is a must-read for poker players, gamblers, and all degenerates in general. A long-time coming, Lost Vegas joins the ranks of "Biggest Game In Town", "Big Deal", and "Positively Fifth Street" in the pantheon of great non-instructional poker literature.
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Rob Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Gifted storyteller
Reviewed in Canada on October 21, 2017
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I've never been to Vegas, and I've never really felt the pull. Dr. Pauly's book is a window into a world that I am happy to view from afar. Been a Tao blog reader since Wil Wheaton plugged it back in 2004 and this is a snapshot of that crazy four year poker boom period. Vivid, hilarious, and sometimes chilling, Lost Vegas is a life lived in the shadows of the Strip, where truth, despair, and one more degen prop bet are waiting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2015
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Tim4king
4.0 out of 5 stars an Entertaining read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2014
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This is not exactly high brow reading, but it is entertaining enough as a travel book, if your heading over to Vegas.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poker, poker and more poker. Little Vegas stories
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2013
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If you love poker then this is the book for you. If you were expecting to read tales about Vegas and gambling then you'll be disappointed. I had to stop reading this book after 30 pages as it was almost in a different language as I have only minimal interest in poker
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