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2) Croupier
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
London's gambling world is the setting where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated.
8) Even money
Author
Language
English
Description
Bookmaker Ned Talbot, dealing with having to pay out a large sum of money after the first day of Royal Ascot, is reunited with his father, who he believed was dead, only to see the man killed an hour later, leading Ned to race to uncover secrets in the man's past and the reason for his murder.
9) Everything Casino Poker: Get the Edge at Video Poker, Texas Holdem, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pai Gow Poker!
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Aiding the average poker player to obtain above average results at the casino, this guide to some of the hottest games in poker goes beyond teaching the game itself for intelligent and direct strategies on how to win. In Everything Casino Poker, acclaimed gambling expert Frank Scoblete looks at popular casino poker games-including video poker, Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pai Gow-and analyzes ways to gain an edge to beat the house. Thoroughly examining...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Everyone who has ever gambled knows how even small bets can make the heart race. Gayle Mitchell understands because that's how she felt when she first walked into a Las Vegas casino nearly twenty years ago. Because her first experience was such a pulsating one, she committed herself to learn every game in the casino so that she could return the next time a better-educated gambler. Today, she is considered one of North America's leading experts on...
Author
Publisher
Puzzlewright
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Read this book -- and we bet that the cash you save in just one trip to the casino will more than make up for its cost! Simply put, this is the best guide to gambling ever written. It reveals the secrets of success known only to the most expert gamblers: how to bet smart, play the cards right, recognize when the odds are in your favor, and walk away a winner. You'll learn about beating the bank with odds and probability, "the house edge," money management,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Guide to playing regular, mid-stakes poker, providing a survey of the varieties of games and players, explaining the basic principles of the game, discussing the skills that distinguish good from so-so players, and offering cautionary advice on less than friendly games.
17) The gamblers
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of gambling in the American West and discusses numerous gamblers and the games they played.
Author
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Almost everyone is familiar with Monte Carlo's association with gambling, and its famous Casino. Many may also have come across the Monte Carlo fallacy, so-called after the Casino's roulette wheel ball fell on black 26th times in a row, costing players, who believed that the law of averages made such streaks impossible, millions of dollars. However, the Casino also lends its name to a tool of statistical forecasting, the Monte Carlo simulation, used...
20) Moneymaker: how an amateur poker player turned $40 into $2.5 million at the World Series of Poker
Author
Publisher
HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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