Cowboys, Gamblers and Hustlers: The True Adventures of a Rodeo Champion and Poker Legend (Poker books) - Softcover

Wolford, Byron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580420834 ISBN 13: 9781580420839

Publisher: Cardoza Publishing,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

The memoirs of a late World Series of Poker champion recount his adventures of being hijacked, arrested, and confronted by numerous card sharps, describing his relationships with such figures as Amarillo Slim and Titanic Thompson. Original.

About this title

Synopsis:

Ride along with the road gamblers as they fade the white line from Dallas to Shreveport to Houston in the 1960s in search of a score. Feel the fear and frustration of being hijacked, getting arrested for playing poker, and having to outwit card sharks and scam artists. Wolford survived it all to win a WSOP gold bracelet playing with poker greats Amarillo Slim Preston, Johnny Moss and Bobby Baldwin (and he also won thirty rodeo belt buckles). Read fascinating yarns about life on the rough and tumble, and colorful adventures as a road gambler and hustler gambling in smoky backrooms with legends Titanic Thompson and Doyle Brunson and get a look at vintage Las Vegas when Cowboy's friend Benny Binion ruled Glitter Gulch. Read about the most famous bluff in WSOP history. Bobby Baldwin says, "Cowboy is probably the best gambling story teller in the world." 304 pgs, photographs. In the style of Doyle Brunson's Poker Wisdom of a Champion, Amarillio Slim in a World Full of Fat People, and Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets - great stories of road gambling from a legend of the game.

About the Author:

Byron "Cowboy" Wolford, who won the limit hold'em championship at the 1991 World Series of Poker, was born in a tent during the '30s oil boom. At age 17 he began a colorful career on the rodeo circuit and went on to set the record at Madison Square Garden and win back-to-back championships at the Calgary Stampede. In 1960 he became a professional poker player, crisscrossing the South as a road gambler and hustler on the exciting and dangerous poker circuit. Along the way he met and became friends with Titanic Thompson, Doyle Brunson, Jack Straus, Bobby Baldwin and Benny Binion, and many other colorful and dynamic gamblers

About this edition

• Publisher: Cardoza Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1580420834
• ISBN 13: 9781580420839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304