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In a casino in Oregon, Poker Boy beats a man fair-and-square at the poker table while a stranger watches, a stranger who knows too much about Poker Boy and his job.
It turns out that much of Poker Boy’s future rested on that one hand of cards.
A classic Poker Boy story with true heart.
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Dean Wesley Smith
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.
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Living Time - Dean Wesley Smith
In a casino in Oregon, Poker Boy beats a man fair-and-square at the poker table while a stranger watches, a stranger who knows too much about Poker Boy and his job.
It turns out that much of Poker Boy’s future rested on that one hand of cards.
A classic Poker Boy story with true heart.
CHAPTER ONE
I SAT UNDER the gaze of some idiot who had watched too much poker on television as he stared at me like he knew what he was doing. I have no idea what he was looking for, and I had no doubt he didn’t know either, but he kept it up, trying to decide if he should toss in his last two hundred bucks and call my bet.
He had on a heavy wool sweater and had taped one side of his glasses with white tape. The longer he stared at me, the more he sweated. He was in the third chair and I was in the sixth. The two men between us had both scooted their chairs back to stay out of the way of the showdown.
Around us the Spirit Winds Casino poker room was doing a good business for ten o’clock on a Thursday night in the middle of January. Five tables
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