Okay, I'm out. That hurt. A guy went for a straight with a three-way all-in (the proper thing to do with three, but not two opponents) and caught it. My top two pair got bludgeoned.


I don't read very many gambling books. Rob seems to be fixated on Huntington Press kind of publishing, which is small. Many semi-established writers, even if they write primarily for magazines, get advances for writing gambling books. Off the top of my head, I'll give you two obvious examples -- James McManus, a professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, undoubtedly received an advance for "Positively Fifth Street."

Todd may know him. Okay, I verified the advance. McManus used his advance to buy into a satellite tournament, where he qualified for the Main Event.

Another off the top of my head example. Larry Merchant's book, The National Football Lottery. Obviously about sports betting. Great book. He took his 10K advance and used it to gamble on the NFL with legal and illegal books around the country.

Now those are two obvious, famous examples of people who on record received and used their advances in the writing of their books.

So Rob was -- lying. I mean, what other word is there? Why he insists on proclaiming shit he knows nothing about is beyond me.

By the way, both of these books are great. Buy them. Read them. You'll learn something, and they are very well written.