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Stepping Up: The Recreational Player's Guide to Beating Casino and Internet Poker
by Randy Burgess
Customer Reviews
Great beginner to intermediate guide for online play!, December 3, 2004
Reviewer: Real Poker Advice
This book takes a different approach then your typical beginner to intermediate level guide that teaches you how to play (memorizing starting hand requirements, basic and intermediate strategies like raising for a free card, raising for value, isolating loose raisers, blind stealing, etc.). What this book does do is focus on the factors that you need to master, especially for online play where you are isolated from other players physically. The psychological aspects... the game within-the-game, etc. are factors that are magnified for online play. You are your own worst enemy (and since the same applies to your opponents), understanding theae nuances are key to a successful transition from live to online play. Good read and recommended.
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82 pages
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The Ten Best Casino Bets
by Henry Tamburin
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Read this book!, August 19, 2004
Reviewer: A reader
This book helped me incredibly understand the odds and help beat the casino at their games. I recommend it.
Very good simple summary book, December 20, 1996
Reviewer: A reader
Having read a lot of gambling books, it is good to see one that is statistically significant as to various issues. A handy little reference that would help increase your odds in the casino
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400 pages
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Unofficial Guide to Casino Gambling
by Basil Nestor
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Insider Information, June 22, 2002
Reviewer: James M. Sheffield (Henderson, NV USA)
As a layman, that is non-professional and occasional gambler, (after all, I live a stone's throw from Las Vegas!)my curiosity was piqued by the fact that some people seem to have some sort of psychic insight into gaming. How did they do it? Could I do it myself?
I asked a woman, a "high-roller," how she always seemed to cash in on the jackpots. "Oh," she said, " you just go to the new machines." Wow! But how do you know which ones are new? "You just know." I'm sorry, I'm too pragmatic for such an airy answer.
However, I did find what I was looking for in the "Unofficial Guide to Casino Gambling."
I'm still not a millionaire, but I'll tell you I have a lot more fun knowing some of the insider information than I ever did just playing blindly and not knowing what I was really doing wrong.
Read it. You'll love it.
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Whale Hunt In The Desert: The Secret Las Vegas Of Superhost Steve Cyr
by Deke Castleman
Customer Reviews
spellbinding , December 24, 2004
Reviewer: Richard A. Armstrong (Washington, DC USA)
An utterly spellbinding behind-the-scenes look at the world's highest rollers and the professional sycophants/enablers, called casino hosts, who cater to their every whim while encouraging their every base instinct. I couldn't put it down. And Castleman's brief essay on online gambling and religion at the end is worth the price of the whole book.
Compulsively Readable, October 27, 2004
Reviewer: Brian Rouff (Las Vegas, NV USA)
If a non-fiction book can be classified as a page-turner, this is the one. Casino superhost Steve Cyr and the international cast of whales spring from the pages as larger-than-life, almost mythical, characters. Cyr takes center stage as the free-wheeling, fast-talking whale hunter, always pushing the envelope (and changing the entire industry in the process).
I especially enjoyed the cat-and-mouse interplay between Cyr and his "clients." On the one hand, he represents his casino bosses; his earnings are directly tied in to the big money losses of the whales. On the other hand, he must seem like the whales' best buddy, taking their side and making himself available 24/7 to satisfy their every whim. It's a fascinating balancing act, especially when a whale goes on "tilt" and runs the risk of permanently tapping out, thereby damaging Cyr's long-term revenue. I found myself going back and forth, sometimes rooting for Cyr, other times identifying with a particular whale, all the time knowing I could never be either. The later sections on whale psychology (and pathology) are equally fascinating. For anyone who's ever been to Vegas and peeked with amazement into a high-roller salon, marveling at the vast sums of money exchanging hands, this book is a must read.
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