Synopses & Reviews
A fearless gambler who got breast implants to win a $100,000 bet. A hard-core dice shooter who turned a borrowed stake of $10,000 into $17 million. A marketing genius who created a and#147;900and#8221; line for selecting winners of NFL football gamesand#151;and had his four-year-old son make the picks. These are some of the characters who populate Michael Konikand#8217;s
The Man With the $100,000 Breasts and Other Gambling Stories, a collection of the renowned gambling writerand#8217;s best magazine pieces.
Written in a literary style thatand#8217;s both informative and entertaining, Konik gives rare behind-the-scenes glimpses of a subculture rarely seen by the vast majority of readers.
Synopsis
Some people will do anything for money. Take Brian Zembic, recipient of the world's most notorious boob job. After a fellow gambler bet $100,000 that Brian wouldn't subject himself to the breast implants he so admired in women, Brian found himself going under the knife to become a 38C -- and $100,000 richer. Sharing these and dozens of other stranger-than-fiction gambling stories, The Man with the $100,000 Breasts explores the spine-tingling subculture of high rollers and hustlers alike.
Taking readers into the gambling scene in Las Vegas and beyond, this rollicking ride also reveals the basics of card counting and other insider tips, such as how to get comped at Fight Night. Celebrating the glamour and guts behind one of the nation's most lucrative entertainment industries, The Man with the $100,000 Breasts is a sure bet for Americana aficionados everywhere.
About the Author
A former professional sports gambler and gaming columnist,
Michael Konik has served as expert commentator on more than 100 televised poker broadcasts and penned several highly acclaimed books on gambling, including
Telling Lies and Getting Paid, The Smart Money, and one of the Wall Street Journaland#8217;s and#147;Five Best Gambling Books of All Timeand#8221; and#151;
The Man With the $100,000 Breasts.
Konikand#8217;s writing has appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines on every continent, including the New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Sports Illustrated, and virtually every special-interest publication extant. He was the regular gambling columnist for Cigar Aficionado, where he earned the honorific and#147;Dean of the Worldand#8217;s Gambling Writers,and#8221; and for more than 10 years he penned the golf column for the Delta Air Lines in-flight magazine, SKY. More recently Konik has turned his hand to fiction, with Becoming Bobby, Instructions for My Funeral, Making It, and Year 14.