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    Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
    Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
    Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
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    Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story

    By Dean Wesley Smith

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    A Poker Boy story. Laverne, Lady Luck herself is missing. Poker Boy, Front Desk Girl, and Screamer are on the case as well as every other Gambling God and hero in the gambling universe. The three of them have the power to get to the truth of what happened to Laverne and save the world from unraveling. But without luck, they may not have the time.

    “Luck be a Lady” was first publised in Intelligent Design anthology edited by Denise Little from Daw Books.

    Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith is the author of over ninety novels and hundreds of short stories. Not only has he written for Pocket Book in the Star Trek universe, but did the only two original Men in Black novels for Bantam Books. He has been an editor and a publisher and is currently writing thrillers under another name.

    The Poker Boy full novel called The Slots of Saturn will be out later in 2011 in both electronic and trade editions.

    If you liked “Luck Be A Lady,” you might also like these other Poker Boy stories:

    Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy
    The Old Girlfriend of Doom
    Sighed the Snake
    Nonexistent No More
    Dead Even
    Pink Shoes
    Daddy is an Undertaker

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateJul 11, 2010
    ISBN9781452397313
    Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
    Author

    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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      Luck Be A Lady - Dean Wesley Smith

      Luck Be A Lady

      A Poker Boy Story

      Dean Wesley Smith

      Luck Be A Lady

      Copyright © 2012 by Dean Wesley Smith

      Published by WMG Publishing

      Cover Design copyright © 2012 WMG Publishing

      Cover art copyright Cornelius20/Dreamstime

      Smashwords Edition

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved.

      This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

      This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

      Chapter One

      One night, while playing in a great, no-limit game, I was asked if I believed in luck. I said, Sure, I’ve met her. That got a laugh and the subject changed.

      Now understand that professional poker players like me tend to really downplay the factor of luck in our sport, using the great old saying, It will all even out.

      I have to admit that I agree with that, even though I sometimes wonder why luck exists at all when a bad player hits a two-outer to beat me out of few hundred bucks. Particularly when I know I had the best hand going to the last card, and ninety-four-point-four percent of the time I will win that same hand. Correct as far as the math goes, but not very comforting as I watch the idiot player pull my money toward him.

      Most people would say in those circumstances that I was unlucky and the idiot was lucky. I never looked at it that way. I just repeated, It will all even out, as if I didn’t really believe in luck.

      I have to admit, I’ve hit my share of two-outers over the years against other players, but as Poker Boy, one of the only superheroes in the Poker World, I try not to get into hands where the only way I can win is hit one of two cards left in the deck that could win the hand for me. It is just too embarrassing.

      So, do I actually believe in luck? Like I said, sure. I’ve met her. And I’m not kidding. And she scared hell out of me.

      Her name is Laverne, and she runs everything. She’s the top Gambling God, the CEO of all gambling of all types, including risks in business, health, sports, and life in general. She’s the one woman in the world you would not want mad at you.

      I met her right after the

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