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  1. 09-30-2016, 07:44 AM #1
    ZeeBabar
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    A fun book of fiction with poker and BJ

    If you like Elmore Leonard type books with great dialogue and action, I am reading a book called "Double Down" by Tom Kakonis. It's about a card shark, loan sharks, hitmen and low life but the writing style and the poker (he knows the arithmetic) and some bJ make it quite gambling related and funny.
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    I will look forward to this.
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    This is available at eBay/half.com for 75 ¢ + S/H

    http://product.half.ebay.com/Double-Down-by-Tom-Kakonis-1992-Paperback/1265157&tg=info

    A far better book BY THE SAME NAME is ...

    Double Down : Reflections on Gambling and Loss by Steven Barthelme and Frederick Barthelme (1999, Hardcover, Teacher's Edition of Textbook)


    (Hardcover, 1999)

    Author: Frederick Barthelme, Steven Barthelme

    "So each night begins. One of us picks up the other and we drive into the Mississippi darkness, head...More Details
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    Format: Hardcover
    ISBN-10: 0395954290
    ISBN-13: 9780395954294
    Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company208 pages
    Language: English
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