Las Vegas lures you to shed moral responsibility and piss away your money on indulgences like decadent food, entertainment, gambling, and sex. If you don't enjoy these pastimes, then what's the point of visiting the land of compromised values? Where else can you get a cheap steak, crash a Mexican wedding, get cold-decked in blackjack by a dealer named Dong, play video poker for thirteen straight hours, drink piña coladas out of a plastic coconut, bum a cigarette from an 85-year-old woman with an oxygen tank, speed away to the Spearmint Rhino in a free limo, get rubbed by a former Miss Teen USA, puke in the back of a cab driven by a retired Navy SEAL, snort cheap cocaine in the bathroom at O'Sheas, and then catch a lucky card on the river to crack pocket aces and win a poker tournament? Only in Las Vegas.
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Pauly gives us his unique take on the bright lights and fast money of the Vegas we all know, as he illuminates the dark corners we don't, or don't want to, see with his driving prose, original voice and impeccable eye for detail. --Joe Speaker
Strippers, killers, cheats, drug fiends, and idiots rub shoulders from page to page with the honest working class, dreamers, family men, the quasi-religious, and the invisible. --Brendan Murray
Pauly has the chameleon-like ability to be the fly on the wall, or the eye of the hurricane when it comes to the crazy stuff that goes on in the poker world. --John Caldwell
Strippers, killers, cheats, drug fiends, and idiots rub shoulders from page to page with the honest working class, dreamers, family men, the quasi-religious, and the invisible. --Brendan Murray
Pauly has the chameleon-like ability to be the fly on the wall, or the eye of the hurricane when it comes to the crazy stuff that goes on in the poker world. --John Caldwell
About the Author
Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire is a writer originally from New York City. He has lived in Las Vegas, NV on and off since 2005. He covered the World Series of Poker and numerous other major poker tournaments for Tao of Poker, LasVegasVegas.com, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, Fox Sports, Poker News, and Poker Stars Blog. His poker travels have taken him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Spain, Denmark, Monte Carlo, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Mexico, the Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and the UK.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Steven Maehl
Format:Paperback
Las Vegas. The glitz and glamour as bright as the lights on the Strip. An adult's playground where lady luck may smile on you and give you a jackpot on the slot machine or a run of good luck at the blackjack tables. Where food is king and fun runs abundant.
But like all cities, there is the belly of the beast. The things that happen off the strip. The people that walk the sewers and scrounge the alleys, devising schemes to take your money. No one in Vegas wants to talk about the dark side. Until now.
Paul has a unique style of describing what is 'behind the curtain'. He doesn't pull punches and calls it like he sees it, painting a vivid picture in your mind that makes you feel like you are there. Best of all, it is real. Nothing in this book is made up. Paul doesn't need to when the dark side does the job itself.
From the Redneck Riviera to the World Series of Poker, each tale told is more magnificent than the one before it. Lost Vegas is a book that once you start, you won't put down.
But like all cities, there is the belly of the beast. The things that happen off the strip. The people that walk the sewers and scrounge the alleys, devising schemes to take your money. No one in Vegas wants to talk about the dark side. Until now.
Paul has a unique style of describing what is 'behind the curtain'. He doesn't pull punches and calls it like he sees it, painting a vivid picture in your mind that makes you feel like you are there. Best of all, it is real. Nothing in this book is made up. Paul doesn't need to when the dark side does the job itself.
From the Redneck Riviera to the World Series of Poker, each tale told is more magnificent than the one before it. Lost Vegas is a book that once you start, you won't put down.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Max922
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Yeah I read the title--I truly did. I knew it was going to be about poker somewhat--but it's about poker a lot, and if that's your thing, you will love it. It's a funny story, and I love LV so I liked reading about the city, but really it's centered heavily on poker--just FYI.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By M. Forehand
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Super-addictive, gut-wrenchingly funny and even - yes - touching, Pauly's adventures to the dark side of big-time tournament poker and Las Vegas is a must-read for poker players, gamblers, and all degenerates in general. A long-time coming, Lost Vegas joins the ranks of "Biggest Game In Town", "Big Deal", and "Positively Fifth Street" in the pantheon of great non-instructional poker literature.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hunter S. Thompson wannabe, doesn't measure up.
The author turns some neat gonzo journalism phrases, I'll give him that, but fails to measure up to the original "Uncle Duke". Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lost Vegas Goes Right To The Soul
Thought it was an excellent book on Las Vegas and the world of professional poker.
Loved the opening section of the book the most, where Pauly talks about the characters... Read more
Loved the opening section of the book the most, where Pauly talks about the characters... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Big Pauly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining & thought-provoking look at the hidden side of Vegas
Great stories by a writer embedded as a reporter for several years at the World Series of Poker. The stories are less about the actual poker tournament and more about the real,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Michael M.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Has Some Good Moments
I bought this book after an especially good Vegas trip a few weeks ago. Can't go back for a while and needed a good Vegas read at the least! Read more
Published 5 months ago by CAL
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very well written, humurous and a bit crude
I enjoyed this book immensely. It's not quite "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," but it is a great description of the two or three different workers--waitresses, prostitutes, pimps,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by ReaderinReno
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good
If your interested in a good book about Vegas and the world series poker this would be a good book for you.
Published 7 months ago by RustyP
5.0 out of 5 stars
A gifted writer who crafted a humorous tale about Life, Poker, &...
Reminds me of reading Hunter S. T. And from having spent time in many of the places described in his book, only a half a decade earlier really made the story come alive for me. Read more
Published 12 months ago by nwjimmy
3.0 out of 5 stars
Las Vegas: Raw
This book smacks the reader with a hard-hitting look at the Las Vegas lifestyle. The narrative is written from a down and dirty, raw point-of-view -- a little coarse, a little... Read more
Published 16 months ago by W. Frazier
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Amazing, picked it up & never put it down. If you have ever been to Vegas this is a must read.
Published on May 7, 2011 by john brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic
As someone that has read Pauly's blogs for some time now, I anxiously awaited the release of this book on Kindle format and I was not disappointed. Read more
Published on January 7, 2011 by C. Cernosek
More About the Author
Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire is a writer originally from New York City. He has lived in Las Vegas, NV on and off since 2005, yet currently resides in San Francisco, CA.
McGuire covered the World Series of Poker and numerous other major poker tournaments for Tao of Poker, Fox Sports, MSN, High Roller Magazine, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, LasVegasVegas.com, Vegas Seven, Poker Stars Blog, and PokerNews. His poker travels have taken him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Spain, Denmark, Monte Carlo, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Mexico, the Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Peru and the UK.
McGuire has also written for the UK Racing Post, Sportsbetting News, the OnGame Zone, the Borgata Casino, Las Vegas Business and Politics, Poker Pro Europe, PokerNews Magazine, Online Poker Pro, Poker From the Rail,Rise Poker, Wicked Chops Insider, Coventry Music, and Tao of Fear,
McGuire covered the World Series of Poker and numerous other major poker tournaments for Tao of Poker, Fox Sports, MSN, High Roller Magazine, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, LasVegasVegas.com, Vegas Seven, Poker Stars Blog, and PokerNews. His poker travels have taken him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Connecticut, Spain, Denmark, Monte Carlo, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Mexico, the Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Peru and the UK.
McGuire has also written for the UK Racing Post, Sportsbetting News, the OnGame Zone, the Borgata Casino, Las Vegas Business and Politics, Poker Pro Europe, PokerNews Magazine, Online Poker Pro, Poker From the Rail,Rise Poker, Wicked Chops Insider, Coventry Music, and Tao of Fear,
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