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Men Of Action: Gunfighter Gambler John Wesley Hardin

by Bob Pajich | Published: Dec 17, '13

… blooded. As if the dozens of men he killed isn’t … boy had just taken the men for all they had. … father in the shape the men put him in, so … not one bit of problem stopping the hearts of men? Welcome to … claimed he killed 42 men. The newspapers of that era put …

Men Of Action: Bob Stupak

by Bob Pajich | Published: Dec 03, '13

… he wrote in the foreword of one of two books he wrote … astronaut floating up the side of one of the hotels, tethered to … Vegas. Through incessant mailings of envelops stuffed full of coupons and “freebies … is one of the last of the great Las Vegas wild men. In …

Men Of Action: Johnny Moss

by Bob Pajich | Published: Nov 19, '13

… it. A sign reading: “Birthplace of Johnny Moss, First World Series … but only for the pleasure of stepping on a professional gambler … and Hustlers: The True Adventures of a Rodeo Champion & Poker Legend … Moss was the “old-timer” of the mostly youthful group …

Men Of Action: Titanic Thompson

by Bob Pajich | Published: Sep 23, '13

… Thompson’s read World Series of Poker — Living Legend — “Titanic.” … naturally ambidextrous, a master of psychology and completely numb … of gangster Al Rothstein is counted – he took lives. Four of the men … for the men he tried to fillet, many of which …

Men Of Action: Wyatt Earp

by Justin Marchand | Published: Sep 11, '13

… fistfuls of dollars from a population of men rotating in and out of the … biographer Stuart Lake, was the action game that kept the … being “professional gamblers and bad men,” according to a Gunnison … “Wyatt Earp was a man of action.” Earp died January 13, 1929 …

Men of Action: Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson

by Bob Pajich | Published: Aug 25, '13

… Valley hovered over one of the handful of men everyone seemed to know … tours because, he said, the action was too good to resist … thousands and thousands of dollars in the pockets of bored men was like … stop and get a piece of Pearson. “Of course they know me …

Men of Action: Jack 'Treetop' Straus

by Bob Pajich | Published: Aug 13, '13

… an in-depth look of the role of Texas poker players … as a guy who needed action just as much as … was an excellent player, an action guy. In a two- … ve ever seen.” But the action was never too much for … my own daddy out of room full of Chinamen.’” And then, …

Men Of Action: Benny Binion, The Cowboy Gangster Part 2

by Bob Pajich | Published: May 14, '13

… great The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas. … circumstances surrounded the deaths of several his rivals, but … ’s The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas. … hundreds of thousands of dollars stuffed in the pockets of her … got down to two men, Pug was down to …

Men Of Action: Benny Binion, The Cowboy Gangster Part 1

by Bob Pajich | Published: May 08, '13

… in Dallas was negotiating with men in power. He obviously had … . And even with the dozens of men he greased, his operations still … : The Men Who Made Las Vegas, describes Benny’s point of view … had killed two men and was operating in one of the riches …

Men Of Action -- Jack London

by Bob Pajich | Published: Apr 09, '13

… on to become one of the richest men in the nation. London … included the stories of men playing poker when he wrote, men he surely … combination of hands arrived. It was the moment of moments that men wait … four aces. And the faces of men can tell entire stories.

 
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