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If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the twentieth century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Call them the Odds Couple. Breitling is the kid who lives next door if you grow up in Burnsville, Minnesota. He never saw a hundred dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family of oddsmakers who reach for the Doritos on football Sundays and scream for the point spread. He was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas high school. Their unlikely friendship began in college over an eight-dollar veal parmigiana sandwich that led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. Starting with a desk, a chair, a pillow, and a telephone, Tim and Tom grew a company that they sold during the dot.com boom for $105 million. This allows Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and bringing back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim ups the odds and raises the limits to give gamblers the best game in town, a craps player nicknamed Mr. Royalty, who's on one of the hottest winning streaks in history, heads for the Nugget. When he begins to take Tom and Tim for millions, the partnership is put to the test. But Tim refuses to back off on the odds or the high limits, telling his partner, It's a ballsy proposition here. It's gonna be a roller coaster ride. But we don't have a public company to answer to. It's just you and me. When Mr. Royalty rolls twenty-two consecutive passes and rakes in a mountain of chips, he takes Tim and Tom to the brink. They must figure out a way to hold up the House. Just as they do, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling--and the ride becomes crazier than they'd ever imagined.

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Tom Breitling cofounded Travelscape.com, which later sold to Expedia for $100 million. He and his partner then bought and sold the legendary Golden Nugget hotel and casino, and they are the main subjects in the FOX reality series The Casino. Breitling also runs an independent film production company in Las Vegas. Cal Fussman is a contributing editor for ESPN The Magazine and Esquire, for which he has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Robert DeNiro, George Steinbrenner, Rudy Giuliani, and LeBron James, among many others. A graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cal Fussman is a contributing editor for ESPN The Magazine and Esquire, for which he has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Robert DeNiro, George Steinbrenner, Rudy Giuliani, and LeBron James, among many others. A graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Patrick Lawlor, an actor, director, and combat choreographer, is an Earphones Award-winning narrator.

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