Repeat Until Rich by Josh Axelrad (22-Apr-2010) Paperback

by Josh Axelrad

'I was thrown out of my first casino in spring of 2000. In the years since then I've kept playing and kept winning, in wigs, under aliases, from behind fake glasses. I've been chased across casino floors; followed outdoors by crazed goons with drawn weapons; pursued in a car at high speeds; and placed wrongfully under arrest. Casinos continue to provide my entire income, along with free rooms, Champagne, and, most important, a mission in life. The heat, this business of getting thrown out, hasn't kept me away from the action at all; it's the very force that keeps me coming back.'Repeat Until Rich is the hotly awaited true adventure of how an average Joe in a dead-end spreadsheet job took to the road as a member of a blackjack card-counting gang taking millions of dollars from casinos across the US.Josh was an Ivy League graduate who grudgingly started a regular life before a chance meeting at a party changed his life forever. This is a brilliantly written memoir first and gambling book second - a universal tale of an everyday guy's unexpected exit into a mysterious and dangerous underworld from which there's no going back. It is a story about finding meaning in a crazed ongoing battle far from the dull and comfortable confines of the 9 to 5 world.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published April 22, 2010

About the author

Josh Axelrad is a former professional blackjack player and author of the memoir Repeat Until Rich . He was born in Southern California.

Reviews

[Neko · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was a book I'd properly enjoy but it turned out I just couldn't get into the guys writing style. Plus the text within the book itself was just to thin and small. It was easy enough for me to read but not enjoyable at that size.

[Darrendriven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast and easy to read, but captivating account of a professional gambler and what happens when things go wrong. Fun book!