--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jaydavidson118"
<jaydavidson118@y...> wrote:
Since the Huntington Press shills are out in force promoting the
horribly written "Whalehunt in the Desert" I thought I would try
to
steer the readers on this site to a much better book that covers
similar ground, "24/7 Living it up and Doubling Down in the New
Las
Vegas" by Andres Martinez. "Whalehunt" actually made a subject
that
should be interesing to the recreational gambler seem both tediuos
and boring.
24/7 is well written, witty, account of the author's experience as
a
quasi "high roller" He took the $50,000 advance from the publisher
of
the book, and squandered it away on "research" for the book.
Documenting his experience in many of the high-limit rooms on the
strip to the more modest local's casinos. I highly recommend this
book for the vicarious thrill...it's almost as good as being in
Vegas!
I totally agree. This was an account of someone doing something I
think we all have fantasized about doing one time or another. The
interesting part is that he survived his initial designated gambling
spree with his bankroll intact, if I remember correctly, and only
tanked it on SUBSEQUENT trips. (I loaned the book to someone so I
can't go check.) The accounts of the author's emotional up-and-downs
as he moves several million dollars' of bets across the Vegas tables
in the span of a month are well-written and easy to empathize with.
I hope he writes another book soon.
I don't know about "Whale Hunt" but the subject itself doesn't seem
appealing, with the two principals being bored megarich people
looking to piss away hundreds of thousands of dollars to amuse
themselves, and the casino bosses that go to outrageous lengths to
pander to them, with each side holding the other in barely-concealed
contempt. I'd rather read divorce court transcripts.