Books — Gambling

Gambling

Winning 42: The Strategy and Lore of the National Game of Texas (Fourth Edition)

Lowest new price: $14.36
Lowest used price: $24.00
List price: $15.95
Author: Dennis Roberson

Winner, San Antonio Conservation Society Award There are two types of people in Texas: those who play 42 and those who need to learn. Winning 42 is written for both. A team game that no one tires of, 42 relies on neither luck nor memory. Skill and strategy separate the best from the rest. Veterans who relish the logic of each domino played will find challenge in the advanced chapters and fascination in the history and lore. Many who’ve grown up with 42 are nonetheless surprised by its utterly Texan heritage, reaching back nearly a century and a quarter. Beginners will find easy instruction in all the basics, from bidding a hand or setting an opponent to the challenge of the 84 hand, and can advance at their own pace. Replete with championship statistics and stories from veteran players and strategistsincluding many celebrities from astronauts to presidentsWinning 42 illumines a cherished tradition that links Texans from all walks of life. WHAT’S INSIDE In a Nutshell: The Rules and Terms of 42 Bidding How to Play Your Hand after Winning the Bid Helping Your Partner Make a Bid How to Set the Bidder Concentration and Style Taking Every Trick: The 84 Bid Setting the 84 Bid Doubles As Trumps and No Trumps Tournament Scoring Talking Across the Board Advanced Bidding and Playing Optional Variations: Nel-O, Sevens, and Plunge Lone Star Domino Phenomenon: A Century of 42 Players 42-Playin’ Texas Celebrities Statistical Odds

Features:

ISBN13: 9780896726598
Condition: New
Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

Similar Products:

Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (Vintage)

Lowest new price: $7.29
Lowest used price: $1.60
List price: $13.95
Author: Edward O. Thorp

New York Times Bestseller

Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in Beat the Dealer he reveals the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for two generations. From Las Vegas to Monte Carlo, the tables have been turned and the house no longer has the advantage at blackjack.

Containing the basic rules of the game, proven winning strategies, how to overcome casino counter measures and spot cheating. Beat the Dealer is the bible for players of this game of chance. Perforated cards included in the book are a convenient way to bring the strategies into the casino.

A winning strategy for the game of 21. The essentials, consolidated in simple charts, can be understood and memorized by the average player.

Similar Products:

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

Lowest new price: $8.15
Lowest used price: $3.85
List price: $16.95
Author: William Poundstone

In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory--the basis of computers and the Internet--to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible.

Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the "Kelly formula" to Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenonally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett's rate of return. Fortune's Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider's edge.

Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market--and Fortune's Formula will convince you that he was right.

Fortune's Formula is a fascinating study of the connections between such seemingly unrelated topics as gambling, information theory, stock investing, and applied mathematics. The story involves the stunning brainpower of men such as MIT professor Claude Shannon, who single-handedly invented information theory, the science behind the Internet and all digital media; Ed Thorpe; and John Kelly of Bell Laboratories, who developed the "Kelly criterion," a now-legendary investment strategy for maximizing growth while controlling risk. Initially, Shannon and Thorpe took Kelly's theory to Las Vegas and applied it to roulette and blackjack. Later, they took it to Wall Street and cleaned up--Shannon made a personal fortune while Thorpe created the highly successful hedge firm Princeton-Newport Partners. They both discovered that Kelly's system was particularly effective when applied to arbitrage (minute price differences that result from market inefficiencies). As Poundstone ably demonstrates, the merits of Kelly's criterion are still hotly debated today.

Poundstone has a tendency to meander in his writing, but his asides are so revealing and interesting that they add, rather than detract, from the narrative. The book also includes a cast of fascinating and colorful characters as varied as Ivan Boesky, Warren Buffet, Rudolph Giuliani, and notorious mobsters such as Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky. In explaining the lasting impact of the work done by Shannon, Thorpe, and Kelly, Poundstone even explains Kelly's system for those wishing to follow his formula, offering readers both theoretical and practical lessons. Whether viewed as a how-to guide or straight scientific and financial history, Fortune's Formula proves an entertaining and illuminating analysis of "the most successful gambling system of all time." --Shawn Carkonen

Similar Products:

Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games

Lowest new price: $17.50
Lowest used price: $12.42
List price: $34.95
Author: Dan Harrington

The first years of the poker boom were fueled by the interest in no-limit hold 'em tournaments. Recently, however, players have been gravitating to another, even more complex form of hold 'em - no-limit cash games. Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II continues where Volume I left off. In sections on turn and river play, Harrington explains why these are the most important streets in no-limit hold 'em and shows to decide when to bet or check, when to call or fold, and when to commit all your chips. In later section he shows how to play a looser and more aggressive style, how to make the transition from online to live games, and how to extract the maximum profit from very low-stakes games. Volume II concludes with an interview with Bobby Hoff, considered by many the best no-limit cash game player of all times, who shares some of his secrets and insights.

Similar Products:

Combinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed Wins

Lowest new price: $19.07
List price: $23.99
Author: Iliya Bluskov

This is a book for players or groups of players, who want to play more than six numbers and more tickets in a well-organized, balanced, and entertaining way. The strategies outlined in the book can be used in any pick-6 lottery in the world. The author has used advanced methods of combinatorics and optimization to design the most economical lottery system (wheel) for any given guarantee. Each system in his book comes with a complete table of possible wins. The lottery player will find systems with double and multiple guarantees, excellent navigational tools and presentation. It is a common belief that the lottery is a boring game and the only excitement comes from watching the draw and matching some of the winning numbers. This book shows that choosing the right way of playing your numbers, assessing the possible wins and filling the tickets can be as entertaining as a trip to Las Vegas! Players who are interested in lotto systems for PICK-5 lotteries can check Dr. Bluskov's pick-5 book titled Combinatorial systems (wheels) with guaranteed wins for pick-5 lotteries including Euromillions and the Mega lotteries (also at Amazon).

Similar Products:

Combinatorial systems (wheels) with guaranteed wins for pick-5 lotteries including Euromillions and the Mega lotteries

Lowest new price: $16.40
List price: $19.99
Author: Iliya Bluskov

This book is Dr. Bluskov's newest installment on entertaining lotto strategies, with focus on PICK-5 lotteries. The book covers any pick-5 lottery in the world (a lottery where the main draw has 5 numbers), for example, lotteries such as 5/25, 5/35, 5/39, 5/47, etc., including Mega lotteries such as Powerball, Mega Millions, EuroMillions, Thunderball, etc. It is a book for players or groups of players, who want to play more than five numbers and more tickets in a well-organized, balanced, and entertaining way. The author has used advanced methods of combinatorics and optimization to design the most economical lottery system (wheel) for any given guarantee. Each of the explicitly given systems in his book comes with a complete table of possible wins. The lottery player will find systems with double and multiple guarantees, excellent navigational tools and presentation. This book once again defeats the common belief that the lottery is a boring game and that the only excitement comes from watching the draw and matching some of the winning numbers. It shows that choosing the right way of playing your numbers, assessing the possible wins and filling the tickets can be as entertaining as a trip to Las Vegas! Players who are interested in lotto systems for PICK-6 lotteries can check Dr. Bluskov's pick-6 book titled Combinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed Wins (also at Amazon).

Similar Products:

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategies for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. III--The Workbook

Lowest new price: $11.00
Lowest used price: $5.90
List price: $29.95
Author: Dan Harrington

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategies for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. III--The Workbook

Features:

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategies for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. III--The Workbook

Similar Products:

The Basics of Winning Lotto/Lottery

Lowest new price: $1.72
Lowest used price: $2.55
List price: $4.95
Author: Professor Jones

Learn to be a winner in just one quick read! This handy guide shows you everything you need to know to play and win money at lotto and lottery games, including: the rules and variations, they payoffs, the odds and GRI's, inside secrets, and winning strategies. Illustrations. 64 pages

Similar Products:

No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice

Lowest new price: $16.75
Lowest used price: $9.89
List price: $29.95
Author: David Sklansky

No limit hold em is exploding in popularity. Before 2000, it could be difficult to find a game. In 2006, it is played everywhere in casino cardrooms, in bar backrooms and homes, and on the Internet.

Now anyone can find a game, but few know how to play well. Most players learn by watching television or by listening to dubious advice from their friends. While they may have picked up a valuable tidbit here or there, most players come to the table without a winning plan. These players have two options: wise up or go broke.

The world s foremost poker theorist, David Sklansky, and noted poker authority, Ed Miller, will wise you up quickly. No Limit Hold em: Theory and Practice is the definitive work on this complex game. It provides you a window into the heads of experts, teaching you in straightforward and enjoyable terms the how s and why s of winning play.

It covers critical concepts like manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning the battle of mistakes, reading hands, and manipulating opponents into playing badly. It teaches you about implied odds and how to size your bets and raises effectively. It even covers many principles of short stacked play that will give you a big edge in no limit hold em tournaments.

Never before have so many people played no limit hold em, and never before has there been so much opportunity to win big. If you want your share of the spoils, read this book!

Similar Products:

Picking Winners: A Horseplayer's Guide

Lowest new price: $6.20
Lowest used price: $3.99
List price: $15.00
Author: Andrew Beyer

A classic guide to handicap strategies in the field of thoroughbred racing

Just as football evolved with the introduction of the forward pass and basketball with the development of the jump shot, so too was handicapping forever changed by the use of speed figures—and it all started with Andrew Beyer. With a foreword discussing the changes that have swept horse racing since the book's original publication in 1975, Picking Winners is essential reading both for serious horseplayers and curious amateurs.

Similar Products:

Apparel & Accessories	Books	Classical Music	DVD	Electronics & Photo	Gourmet Food and Groceries	Health & Personal Care	Home & Garden	Industrial & Scientific	Kitchen
Popular Music	Musical Instruments	Outdoor Living	Computer Hardware	Computer Software	Sporting Goods	Tools	Toys and Games	VHS Video	Video Games