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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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- Reading age1 year and up
- Print length249 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.98 x 0.63 x 9.02 inches
- Publication dateNovember 30, 2010
- ISBN-100557500079
- ISBN-13978-0557500079
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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
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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
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,018,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,135 in Poker (Books)
- #1,357 in Southern U.S. Biographies
- #5,343 in Love, Sex & Marriage Humor
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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 an awesome, entertaining read with a thought-provoking look at the hidden side of Vegas.
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Customers find the book an awesome read, written by an excellent writer, and an excellent book on Las Vegas and professional poker.
"...It's a great read for anyone interested in the world of Poker and Las Vegas...." Read more
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Customers find the book entertaining and thought-provoking, with a funny story and interesting Las Vegas stories.
"...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." Read more
"...The behind-the-scenes look at the WSOP was entertaining. The firsthand accounts of famous poker players is also something I find interesting...." Read more
"...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,..." Read more
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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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