After a death-defying jump from a burning casino hotel room, Ricky Smith's luck changes. Surviving the five-floor nosedive into the pool, the loser is miraculously transformed into a major-player winner.
but this is getting better every day. I'm quite surprised at the lack of comment on this one. here's my question to put out there: What's a "shoe"?(show him how the snapping test is no different than when the cards are dealt from a "shoe") I've been reading online with you guys for several months but this is my first post... and here I am showing my total lack of gambling lingo! Maybe if I read the rest of the book I'll be wanting to go to Las Vegas?
I don't know anything about gambling, either, and I'm not really interested in casinos, but the more I read of this book, the more interested I become. I'm having a very complicated week, and after the first read I had considered putting this book on my "delete" list, but now I'm glad I've stuck with it. I think I'll look into checking it out from the library.
I'm not reading this book but seems i remember the word "shoe" in connection with gambling casinos from another book way back - think shoe is a cardholder - if you want more info, go to google and type in gambling shoe which is what I did and there is much info there -
A shoe is what they hold the cards in. I'm not a gambler, either, though I did get quite a lot of information by reading the fabulous book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions." If you haven't read it, DO SO! It's nonfiction that reads like a novel -- a great novel.
I hated this book at the start of the week. It sounded like pulp fiction, clichéd, trite, you name it. But here I am at the last day thinking, "Darn. Another one to put on my library list!" I may yet be disappointed -- I've had that happen a few times with book club titles -- but Suzanne and crew's track record is really good!
I've been eager to get back to a computer after almost a week on the road...a week that I spent two days reading this selection...couldn't put it down in spite of the grandeur of the British Columbia scenery. The first part was a little rough, but the remainder of the story was great: action packed, funny, and smart. I recommend it highly. And, yes, a "shoe" (in casino lingo) is a box into which the deck(s) of cards are placed and then dealt one at a time. Supposed to prevent cheating by the dealer. I'm not a gambler, never having dropped a single nickle into a slot machine on our five trips through Reno and Las Vegas, but the descriptions of the scams pulled off by this bunch is fascinating.
