Tales from the Tiltboys

by The Tiltboys, Phil Gordon, Kim Scheinberg

Imagine the guys from Animal House with high SAT scores. The Tiltboys are buddies who went to Stanford together and began a weekly poker game that led to weekend trips to Las Vegas and, for a few of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596701404
• ISBN13: 9781596701403
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious, wonderful reading!

These guys are my heros! If you spend a night reading, it will feel like you're out on the town. I enjoy reading for recreational pleasure and for factual education. Most of the time reading is work. I blew threw this book in about 5 days! I've also made it required reading for all of my poker friends. In reality, they are just a bunch of sick-smart guys (and gal) who love to play poker, gamble (yes, there IS a difference between the two!), and screw with each other. This book is a compilation of some of their shennanigans over the years. I'm sure some of their best material is in here. However, to really be a tiltboy, I'm sure this has to be an attitude, a way of life. I read somewhere that you should think of the guys in Animal House with an average IQ of 120. I'd say that this is a correct assessment. And I hope that someday that I will aspire well enough to have the honor of being called a Tiltboy. Great reading!

presto!

Great book about a regular Wednesday poker game and the characters involved with it. This book takes you through the trials and tribulations of the tilt boys from back rooms to fame and fortune, it's and entertaining read.

A book with a sly subliminal message

This book is a ripoff of the Anthony Burgess "A Clockwork Orange" novel with "tilt" being substituted for "ultra-violence". Yet, I thoroughly enjoyed every page with a smile on my face. But, I don't believe any of the stories about Perry.

Fast Times and Fast Friends

I just finished this lovely book. This is a book about friendship and shared life experiences, woven around poker and roshambo and the circle game. Once you understand the concept of "tilt" as a form of currency in the game of life (to be earned, spent, loved, leveraged and traded) you will ADORE every word of this funny, imaginative, entirely entertaining book. Kudos to Kim Scheinberg the editor. She did an admirable job. I smiled from the first page to the last. I laughed out loud - a lot. I identified with the camaraderie of people making and cherishing lifelong friendships. Anyone who has ever had a shared life experience with even one close friend will enjoy this book. It made me jealous - I wished I had been a Tiltboy. But, more than mere jealousy, I increased the value I put on my own friendships with every page I turned. I hated to reach the end. Enjoy!

Verdict: Excellent

I received the Titlboy book on Wednesday and finished it on Thursday. It's a very enjoyable and entertaining book. Anyone who has had fun at BARGE will have fun reading these tales. It will also appeal to non-BARGErs, as long as they like to have fun. Bible Beating Baptists (tm) may want to give it a pass. Although it talks about gambling, sex, cheating, lying, and drinking, it's really a book about friendship and life.