"Why they need to lock up a $12 pint of gin behind four inches of bulletproof glass should be studied by the world's social science community. The secret behind all class conflict and social instability in the Western hemisphere lies within the walls of this American public convenience store." The bizarre fact that We Run Bad by John Curry has tons of convent truths mixed with the humor, gambling analogs and sad state of affairs that follow our main character Tim is his search to make a living playing poker after his world collapses along with the market.
Along with new poker terms and sayings such as "chop" which actually means two card players split the pot or "running bad" which means losing fifty thousand dollars in under three months at middle stakes poker; you learn that laughter is sometimes the best medicine and regardless what you think you can not make a living playing poker.
This jewel sitting at one hundred sixty-two pages will completely surprise you the whit and wisdom. John Curry characters, locations, and storyline makes this tale completely his own and even though I am by no imagination a fan of poker or gambling; I found myself cheering his protagonist and hoping that he will finally get what he is searching for.
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