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Old 08-04-2006, 04:48 PM
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Around 2001, before the boom kicked off, I came across a memoir on the shelf in Borders Books by a mid-limit grinder. I read most of it in the store, but didn't get around to buying it. Now I'm curious. So the best I can do to identify it is a couple of the anecdotes. He tells of having a female dealer as his significant other. she was also a player, and eventually they started colluding at the table. They got busted when a mark recognized their matching wedding rings. another anecdote was that either he (or someone) did, or joked about, cutting a hole in his pants pocket to j-off while sitting at the table for hours. the main theme of it was the grind of playing midlimits over months and years.

anyone know what this book is?
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Old 08-04-2006, 06:41 PM
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Around 2001, before the boom kicked off, I came across a memoir on the shelf in Borders Books by a mid-limit grinder. I read most of it in the store, but didn't get around to buying it. Now I'm curious. So the best I can do to identify it is a couple of the anecdotes. He tells of having a female dealer as his significant other. she was also a player, and eventually they started colluding at the table. They got busted when a mark recognized their matching wedding rings. another anecdote was that either he (or someone) did, or joked about, cutting a hole in his pants pocket to j-off while sitting at the table for hours. the main theme of it was the grind of playing midlimits over months and years.

anyone know what this book is?

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it was a section in michael konik's book about the 100k breats i think.
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Old 08-04-2006, 07:15 PM
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poker nation by andy bellin ?

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Old 08-04-2006, 07:54 PM
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poker nation by andy bellin ?

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I think this is right.
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Old 08-04-2006, 08:36 PM
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poker nation by andy bellin ?

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I think this is right.

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this is prolly right, not michael konik's book.
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Old 08-04-2006, 09:41 PM
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another anecdote was that either he (or someone) did, or joked about, cutting a hole in his pants pocket to j-off while sitting at the table

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I always wondered why the chips at Foxwoods stuck together.
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Old 08-05-2006, 02:28 PM
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This is from Poker Nation by Andy Bellin, in the chapter titled "Small-Time Pros." It is about Dicky Horvath.
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Old 08-07-2006, 01:24 AM
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thanks, all.
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