<p>This hard-boiled tale from A. W. Gray takes its title from its hero con artist and poker player Sizemore Brandon a gentle if criminal giant and sidekick to Pecos Jimmy a Dallas racketeer majoring in gambling. When Size is called to testify against his boss Jimmy decides the time has come to dispense with his services permanently.</p> <p>The stakes are high and Size will have to play his cards right if he is to come out on top in the seamy underbelly of Texas.</p>