Hootie's Fortune | Trusted

"The guy across from me? He didn't have a better hand. He didn't have anything. But he reached into his pocket, pulled out a slip of paper just like this one, slid it across the table, and said, 'I see your money, and I raise you a fortune.'"

"I was a gambler," Hootie said, his eyes unfocused, staring at a past only he could see. "Cards. Dice. Horses. I was good. Real good. But I got cocky. I bet everything I had on a hand of poker in the back room of a place just like this. I had four queens. I thought I was invincible." hootie's fortune

When Cracked Rear View exploded, Hootie & the Blowfish were young, generous, and financially naive. They sold over 10 million records before they even hired a business manager. "The guy across from me