Confessions of a Crossroader

Sid Wyman — Life is a Gamble

Guest: Sid Wyman — pool player, golf gambler, poker player, and what they used to call a rounder (or cross-roader).

Show Notes

00:00 Growing the show — please subscribe and review

02:45 Meet Sid Wyman: pool player, golf gambler, rounder

03:54 Fort Smith kid: the bookie umpire and the CB radio

05:24 Bought a new Cadillac the day he turned 16

08:56 Chauffeur for Big Eddie Glantz in Oklahoma City

12:44 Meeting Bobby Baldwin

14:33 The Vegas golf crew: Puggy Pearson and company

17:40 Fifty dollars to Vegas, hustling pool along the way

18:24 The daub: marked cards at the Lady Luck