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Tales from the Tiltboys [Hardcover]

The Tiltboys (Author), Kim Scheinberg (Author), Phil Gordon (Author)

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If you have any interest in poker or gambling, you will enjoy reading about the Tiltboys. Even casual poker fans will recognize Phil Gordon, the ringleader of the bunch, as the expert commentator on Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown." Imagine the guys from "Animal House" with high SAT scores. They are a bunch of buddies who went to Stanford together and began a weekly poker game that led to weekend trips to Las Vegas and, for a few of them, to a life of playing poker professionally.

Phil Gordon made dot.com millions and is now living the good life in the poker world and on television. Perry Friedman won a World Series of Poker event a couple years ago. While Dave "Diceboy" Lambert is, according to the other Tiltboys, the luckiest human being on the planet. It’s "Swingers"-meets-"Rounders." Read these true tales of gambling, friendship, and Wednesday night poker. These anecdotes are a testament to just how amusing a life devoted to excess and debauchery can be.

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Praise for the Tiltboys "This book goes to show you how one group of guys that play poker together can go on to rule the world!"--Phil Hellmuth Jr.—Poker legend and author of Play Poker Like the Pros

"Getting near the Tiltboys is like falling into the orbit of a very bright, unstable star. Their cheerful message: quit your job, ignore the advice of your loved ones and go live forever on the Island of the Lost Boys. Read this book at your own peril."--Ira Glass—Host of public radio’s award-winning This American Life

"Thank you, Tiltboys! You’ve changed my life! It drives my girlfriend wild when I spank her with your new book Tales from the Tiltboys."--Chris "Jesus" Ferguson—2000 World Series of Poker Champion and Honorary Tiltboy

"If enough people buy this book, maybe I won’t have to pay Perry to be quiet during tournaments anymore."--Erik Seidel—Six-time WSOP bracelet winner

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Product Details

Hardcover: 207 pages
Publisher: Sports Publishing; 1st edition (July 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596701404
ISBN-13: 978-1596701403
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,207,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In 1997, Smithsonian Magazine described us as "...a half-dozen recent Stanford graduates and their friends, whose escapades, fueled by Rusty Nail and Green Apple cocktails, would delight Dean Martin." Read the first page

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poker room, final table, circle game, poker table

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Las Vegas, World Series of Poker, Courtesy of the Tiltboys, Palo Alto, Phil Hellmuth, Garden City, New York, Rafe Furst, Bay Area, Perry Friedman, Phil Gordon, Celebrity Poker Showdown, Diceboy Club Card, Steve Miranda, Big Dance, Desert Pines, Dispute Arbiter, Doyle Brunson, Fried Factor, Full Tilt Poker, Hotel Guy, Michael Stern, Pai Gow, San Jose, Space Cadet

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Times and Fast Friends, July 8, 2005

By	Stevan H. Goldman "goldiefish" (Montville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I just finished this lovely book. This is a book about friendship and shared life experiences, woven around poker and roshambo and the circle game. Once you understand the concept of "tilt" as a form of currency in the game of life (to be earned, spent, loved, leveraged and traded) you will ADORE every word of this funny, imaginative, entirely entertaining book. Kudos to Kim Scheinberg the editor. She did an admirable job.

I smiled from the first page to the last. I laughed out loud - a lot. I identified with the camaraderie of people making and cherishing lifelong friendships. Anyone who has ever had a shared life experience with even one close friend will enjoy this book. It made me jealous - I wished I had been a Tiltboy. But, more than mere jealousy, I increased the value I put on my own friendships with every page I turned. I hated to reach the end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Verdict: Excellent, July 8, 2005

By	E. Baker "erb2000" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I received the Titlboy book on Wednesday and finished it on Thursday. It's a very enjoyable and entertaining book. Anyone who has had fun at BARGE will have fun reading these tales. It will also appeal to non-BARGErs, as long as they like to have fun. Bible Beating Baptists (tm) may want to give it a pass. Although it talks about gambling, sex, cheating, lying, and drinking, it's really a book about friendship and life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, wonderful reading!, March 26, 2007

By	The Chad - See all my reviews

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These guys are my heros! If you spend a night reading, it will feel like you're out on the town. I enjoy reading for recreational pleasure and for factual education. Most of the time reading is work. I blew threw this book in about 5 days! I've also made it required reading for all of my poker friends.
In reality, they are just a bunch of sick-smart guys (and gal) who love to play poker, gamble (yes, there IS a difference between the two!), and screw with each other. This book is a compilation of some of their shennanigans over the years. I'm sure some of their best material is in here. However, to really be a tiltboy, I'm sure this has to be an attitude, a way of life. I read somewhere that you should think of the guys in Animal House with an average IQ of 120. I'd say that this is a correct assessment. And I hope that someday that I will aspire well enough to have the honor of being called a Tiltboy.
Great reading!

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is awful
I am sure this book would be very funny if you were a tiltboy or friend of the tiltboys. The tiltboys sound like a fun and smart bunch of people to hang around with. Read more

Published on March 22, 2007 by Brian Farrelly

5.0 out of 5 stars presto!
Great book about a regular Wednesday poker game and the characters involved with it. This book takes you through the trials and tribulations of the tilt boys from back rooms to... Read more

Published on January 11, 2007 by D. J. Korlewitz

5.0 out of 5 stars A book with a sly subliminal message
This book is a ripoff of the Anthony Burgess "A Clockwork Orange" novel with "tilt" being substituted for "ultra-violence". Read more

Published on July 26, 2005 by Ira Friedman

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