Is Confessions of a winning poker player a real book ?

[KungFuSandwich]

I heard about it in Rounders but I couldnt find it anywhere. Is it out of print, made up, or am I just looking in all the wrong places? Its the book the famous quote about remembering bad beats came from.

the author is supposed to be Jack King. (A perfect name if you were going to make up a poker author, I just think its real since the other references seemed legit)

If it exists where could it be found?

[MarkL444]

wow i never seemed to question if it was real or not. i looked around and didnt find anything.

[exist]

i found this when i googled it.

Dowling, Allen Nicholas. Confessions of a poker player by Jack King (pseud.). New York, I. Washburn, Inc., 1940. 209 pages

[BugsBunny]

http://tinyurl.com/5a5oe

[KungFuSandwich]

I thought Jack King was a fake name. I mean that name is just too good for a poker player.

I googled and found what you found but still couldnt find anywhere to buy it. If any of you happen to find a place that sells it could ya post a link. Id like to give it a read. Mike McDurmot shouldnt get to have all the fun.

[KungFuSandwich]

It said that it found no matching results.

[slavic]

Confessions of a poker player,

LC Control Number: 40033848
Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description: [Dowling, Allen Nicholas], 1900- [from old catalog]
Confessions of a poker player,
New York, I. Washburn, inc. [c1940]
4 p. l., 11-209 p. 20 cm.


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[Kellon]

I don't know how to put this in a nice little link like some people are able to do, but check this link:

http://www.pokerfied.com/poker/RobLP__Confessions_of__40__if_interested_516998.ht ml

[slavic]

Looks like the UF doesn't have a copy. Not really sure were you could find one.

UF library system (http://uf.aleph.fcla.edu/F/I2T8VY7CSMJEIKJR5L2ETT5MVJRH2T984Q9CGIIGEV91AGVTVU-01727?func=short-action&submit_action=&jump=&action_short_previous. x=24&action_short_previous.y=10)

[Abe]

GBC did a "reprint" in 1970. They added the word "Winning" to the original 1940 title. Its 209 pages, paperback and ring-bound and is 4" by 7".

I paid $3 for my copy 34 years ago - I was very young.

[BugsBunny]

There were 2 or 3 copies available when I posted the link. I guess that they got bought.

[j0n_blayze]

Has anyone found this book available for purchase. I would love to get my hands on it. I found another interesting looking book by the same author (not under the psuedo Jack King)

Dowling, Allen
Title is The Raw, Rowdy World of Poker

I wonder if this is the same book... with a diffrent title as i'm sure the content is the same or similar.

[j0n_blayze]

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[npc]

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Has anyone found this book available for purchase. I would love to get my hands on it.

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I found a copy a while back through used book sources via the Internet. Check out the out-of-print book search at Amazon and www.biblio.com. (http://www.biblio.com.) You may have to search for a while to find a copy, but I expect that one will turn up eventually.