Let me first off thank the person that sold me the book. They post on on the forum here and compared to what the last book went for on ebay they gave me a good deal. The book is in pretty good condition and well worth what I paid for it. Thanks again.
Now on to the book. The first thing that I noticed is how small the print was. I thought this was going to be a problem but ended up being a very good thing. An already thick book (at least 300 pages) but with the small print this book in normal sized print would be well over 500-600 pages. I have been reading it for 3 days now (couple of hours here and there) and I am only on page 39.
The thing that makes this book different is you get insight to not only Buddys life but also things he learned about the game along the way. Another nice twist is the way matches and situations are explained. One of the drawbacks on Hustler Days and Playing off the Rail is a lot of times players will go off on ramblings on who they beat instead of explaining what happend. Playing off the rail was the worst, although a good book, I found myself flipping through the 5 pages that bucktooth went on a rant on all the players he broke. To me I could really care less. Anyway back to the review. Another thing is W. W. Woody also throws his life in the book as well. He was more of a two bit hustler than anything. The guy admits that he is deceitful and always looking for an angle. Some of the things he admits to doing are pretty down but it made him money. Buddy was (still is) a great player and won his matches because he works hard at his game. Wallace Woody made a living at knowing the angles and trying to never make a bad gamble.
Very interesting how it is put together and very well written.
JV
Now on to the book. The first thing that I noticed is how small the print was. I thought this was going to be a problem but ended up being a very good thing. An already thick book (at least 300 pages) but with the small print this book in normal sized print would be well over 500-600 pages. I have been reading it for 3 days now (couple of hours here and there) and I am only on page 39.
The thing that makes this book different is you get insight to not only Buddys life but also things he learned about the game along the way. Another nice twist is the way matches and situations are explained. One of the drawbacks on Hustler Days and Playing off the Rail is a lot of times players will go off on ramblings on who they beat instead of explaining what happend. Playing off the rail was the worst, although a good book, I found myself flipping through the 5 pages that bucktooth went on a rant on all the players he broke. To me I could really care less. Anyway back to the review. Another thing is W. W. Woody also throws his life in the book as well. He was more of a two bit hustler than anything. The guy admits that he is deceitful and always looking for an angle. Some of the things he admits to doing are pretty down but it made him money. Buddy was (still is) a great player and won his matches because he works hard at his game. Wallace Woody made a living at knowing the angles and trying to never make a bad gamble.
Very interesting how it is put together and very well written.
JV
