The Hustler's Handbook: How to Play Pool for Fun and Profit

Unlike any other pool book, THE HUSTLER'S HANDBOOK utilizes a classic textbook approach to take players & non-players into the murky, adrenalin-charged world of the pool gambler. Award-winning journalist & veteran pool player Steve Allen provides a riveting profile of today's pool hustlers, the last remaining vestiges of the gunslingers of the wild West & the cardsharps of the Mississippi River steamboat era. The product of ten years of intensive research, the book paints a fascinating portrait of these pool gambling warriors, revealing their favorite tactics, tricks & strategies to achieve financial success. As well as exposing many closely guarded secrets of the hustlers, the book clearly defines how an inexperienced player can learn to hustle...or how he can avoid being hustled! Filled with tips, instructions, & humorous anecdotes, the book provides unique insights into developing the playing skills, mental discipline & confidence to perform with poise & composure when the pressure is on. An informative & entertaining examination of the psychological gulf which separates the winners from the losers. To order: Premier Publishing, P.O. Box 813415, Smyrna, GA 30081, phone: 404-333-6045.