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This book is for you only if you gamble to make money.
If your idea of "fun" and "entertainment" includes giving away your hard-earned money to casinos, I can't help you.
If you enjoy sitting in a mindless, bright lights/dinging trance while you drop quarters down a slot, this book is not for you.
If you think casinos are built and run by stupid people, you better stay out of them.
If you think you can beat a blackjack dealer by wild-assed guessing,...
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Introduction to Most Popular Casino Table Games
Are you planning that Vegas vacation? Or, do you simply have an interest in casino table games? Many people have considered testing their luck at games of chance. If you are one of them and your interest is in table games, this book is for you!
While these games do have an element of luck involved, there is also a good deal of knowledge and skill that goes into playing smart at casino table games. Gambler's...
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In Play Poker Like the Pros, poker master Phil Hellmuth, Jr., demonstrates exactly how to play and win -- even if you have never picked up a deck of cards -- the modern games of poker, including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz.
Phil Hellmuth, Jr., a seven-time World Champion of Poker, presents his tournament-tested strategies to beat any type of player, including:
The Jackal (crazy and unpredictable)
The Elephant (plays too many...
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Most existing table tennis teams never play each other as a team. "Triples" for the first time allows three-person teams to play "serious" table tennis. The book explains its rationale, equipment and its manufacture, its rules, and its integration into existing table tennis events. It strives to enhance the already popular image of table tennis by adding a "true team sport" to its repertoire, thereby increasing its player, spectator and media appeal....
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Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood shares his million-dollar winning strategies for mastering the odds and consistently beating the house at their own game. Play Blackjack Like the Pros is the requisite introduction to the modern game of blackjack, including high and low stakes casino, shoe games (several decks shuffled together), online, and tournaments. Blackwood begins with the basic rules of play and then moves on to teach his proven...
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Frank Scoblete and Dominator are two of the best dice rollers in the nation, and they're back to share even more secrets and tips for craps players looking to get an edge on the game. The authors thoroughly explain their proven Cutting Edge Craps technique with photos and words that make their system easy for anyone to learn, whether you're a veteran of the craps table or new to the game. The authors have a variety of elements to their teaching system,...
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The Insider's Guide To Playing-And Winning-Like A Pro!
Some say gambling is a "tough way to make an easy living". . .but that's only if you let Lady Luck determine your fate. Victor H. Royer has authored more than fifty casino reports, and his trade secrets and step-by-step techniques will enhance your gaming and fatten your bankroll.
This fully updated, comprehensive guide contains professional tips and never-before-revealed strategies for Baccarat,...
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Craps is the only casino game in which it is possible to go from $1 to $900 in 2 throws of the dice. It is also the only game where all of the players, regardless of wealth or experience, start out at exactly the same place. And it is by far the fastest and most fun table on any casino floor. You can always find the Craps table just by following the sheer noise and excitement. It's the one game where players can work together to share the good fortune...
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Most gaming books tell you too much fluff, razzle dazzle and too many pages on the one subject that is not needed.
This book is designed to cut to the chase, giving you quick knowledge of blackjack, roulette, and craps.
In blackjack using card recognition is an unbalance of face cards vs. face value cards, doubling down hitting twelve when the dealer is weak, also not taking even money or insurance. By understanding the ratios are in your favor....
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With the help of the easy-to-master steps in this book, even a novice gambler can go from being a traditional craps player to a dice controller-an advantage player with a true edge over the house. For a dozen years, Frank Scoblete and his wife angered casino bosses around the country by knowing more about how to win money than almost anyone who ever challenged a casino. They used sophisticated methods-including controlled shooting and little-known...
34) Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker
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In 2004 the number of entrants -- and the winning pool -- at the World Series of Poker tripled, thanks in large part to Chris Moneymaker, an amateur player who came out of nowhere to win the 2003 Series, and prove to newcomers and poker pros alike that anything is possible with a chip and a chair.
Moneymaker was a young accountant from Tennessee who loved to gamble but only took up cards after college. Three years later he was playing a $40 game...
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One billion Chinese pong fans can't be wrong.
With an all-star team of contributing writers-including Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Harold Evans, and Jonathan Safran Foer-and quirky, fascinating images of table tennis from around the world, editors Eli Horowitz (McSweeny's) and Roger Bennet (creator of Bar Mitzvah Disco and Camp Camp) deliver a humorous but heartfelt paean to ping pong, the world's most popular, yet least appreciated sport....
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The most comprehensive craps book ever written, this is the book that gives readers everything needed to get a real, verifiable edge at the game of craps. The authors, two of the greatest living dice controllers, share, in words and pictures, their secret Golden Touch technique and give the edge needed to beat the house. Readers will learn several keys to winner craps, including how the game is really played, how to develop a Golden Touch controlled...
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Beat The House With Tips From One Of Today's Top Pros.
Successful players know that Craps offers some of the best odds of winning of any casino game-but only if you know the tips and tricks the pros use! With the expert, easy-to-follow advice in this fully updated book, you'll learn:
-Why playing Craps may be your best bet at any casino.
-How to virtually eliminate the "House Edge".
-Tricks some casinos use to lower your payouts.
-Why all Craps...
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Amarillo Slim Preston has won $300,000 from Willie Neslon playing dominoes and $2 million from Larry Flynt playing poker. He has shuffled, dealt, and bluffed with some of twentieth-century's most famous figures. He beat Minnesota Fats at pool with a broom, Bobby Riggs at table tennis with a skillet, and Evel Knievel at golf with a carpenter's hammer. Amarillo Slim has gambled with 'em all, and left most of them wishing they hadn't.
The memoirs...
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There's no B.S., with this proven roulette strategy With this unique strategy you're about to learn, there will be no theories, no B.S., no outdated roulette techniques- nothing but down to earth, practical, and proven roulette strategy which will take your gambling experience to the next level at blinding speed. You're not going to be taught stuff that "sounds" good in theory but doesn't work in a live casino. You're not going to learn outdated ideas...
40) Win at Craps
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Play like a winner! Although you may not be a professional gambler, there is no reason why you can't win like one. All you need is a little advice on proven betting strategies, successful money management, and self-control under pressure to win instant cash! Play the Odds and Play it Smart by Learning About: Pass, Don't Pass, Come, Don't Come, Odd Bets, Place Bets, Buy Bets, Lay Bets…
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