{"id":321,"date":"2015-03-31T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/becoming-bobby\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:50:16","slug":"becoming-bobby","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/becoming-bobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Bobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00FR2ZTE8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00FR2ZTE8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkId=a62d1525be338df4020a5979066cd4e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Becoming-Bobby-Audiobook\/B0FC453LKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Audible_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/becoming-bobby\/id999570016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iBooks_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/becoming-bobby-michael-konik\/1113838768?ean=2940016161082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nook_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>He quit his job,\u00a0<\/b><b>abandoned his wife,\u00a0<\/b><b>and checked in at the <i>Nirvana Casino.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Michael Konik\u2019s darkly satirical debut novel, an American Humbert Humbert is overwhelmed by fantasies of becoming a Vegas big shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Konik is a former <i>Cigar Aficionado<\/i> gaming columnist\u00a0and TV poker analyst. The best-selling author of three acclaimed gambling-story collections, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/man-with-the-100000-breasts\/\"><em><strong>The Man with the $100,000 Breasts<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, he brings his vast knowledge of the casino world to the pages of this viciously funny (and strangely inspiring) evisceration of our modern aspirational lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click to read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/BecomingBobbySample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>Becoming Bobby<\/u><\/b><\/a> excerpt.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\"><strong>About The Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>A former professional sports gambler and television poker commentator, <strong>Michael Konik<\/strong> once earned the honorific \u201cDean of the World\u2019s Gambling Writers.\u201d Konik is the best-selling author of acclaimed books about risk and reward, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/man-with-the-100000-breasts\/\"><em>Man With the $100,000 Breasts<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/telling-lies-and-getting-paid\/\"><em>Telling Lies and Getting Paid<\/em><\/a>, <em>The Smart Money<\/em>, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/reefer-gladness\/\"><em>Reefer Gladness<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/nice-shot-mr-nicklaus\/\"><em>Nice Shot, Mr. Nicklaus<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0and many more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this darkly satirical debut novel, the protagonist quits his job,\u00a0abandons his wife,\u00a0and checks in at the\u00a0Nirvana Casino<em>,<\/em> overwhelmed by fantasies of becoming a Vegas big shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[36,1917,1918,518,378],"product_tag":[167,149,156],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}