Vegas to Wall Street: Luck, Lies, and Loss

I: The Greatest Run In History Archie Karas was slouched over a bar at the Bellagio, nursing a whiskey and a bad beat story. He had that look about him – the hollowed-out eyes, the three-day stubble, the rumpled suit that had seen better days. He was, in short, the very picture of a man who had just watched his last chip disappear into the unforgiving felt of a Vegas poker table. Archie is not your typical hard-luck case. Far from it. A few years back, Archie rolled into this very same town with nothing more than fifty bucks in…...