Wednesday 20th August 2008

Fast Company

How Six Master Gamblers Constantly Defy the Odds and Always Come Out Winners

Jon Bradshaw

In this classic book, Jon Bradshaw singled out from the world of full-time gamblers six men who consistently win – the men who year after year, deal after deal and proposition after proposition come away with their pockets filled and their sense of infallibility intact.

Bradshaw follows three legendary poker players - Johnny Moss, Pug Pearson, and Titanic Thompson; tennis player Bobby Riggs; pool player Minnesota Fats and backgammon player Tim Holland. His evocation of ambience and his dramatic description of the games themselves are fascinating but Bradshaw also deftly probes their minds and hearts as he attempts to define what make some men winners and most men losers.

Jon Bradshaw was one of the most distinguished journalists of the 1960s and 1970s – a professional writer and an amateur gambler. He was a regular contributor to Esquire and New York magazines. His other books include Backgammon: The Cruellest Game. He died in 1986
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