No BJ at Barnes & Noble.....MAYBE GOOD!

[phantom007]

My local B&N store, for the last few years, had an excellent selection of BJ books...major/popular titles by Wong, Schlessinger(sp?), Carlson, etc., as well as a few dozen other titles/authors who I did not recognize (and after I bought several of these books, I understood why).

These BJ books were sorted with other gaming books, including craps, poker, roulette, etc. Gambling books, however, were separated from other "games", i.e., chess, cribbage, etc.

However, this week, when I visited this store and this section, I found:

1. Books on Poker.
2. Books on Poker.
3. More of the SAME!

ESSENTIALLY NOTHING BUT POKER BOOKS IN THE Gambling/Gaming SECTION!

Initially upset/concerned, I later realized that "MAYBE THIS IS GOOD (for BJ)!

Certainly, with the "MIT Book", and multiple History Channel, Discovery Channel, etc. shows that followed, I feared that "our game was dead"!

However, with all of the "hype" for Poker on TV, media, etc., maybe the SALVATION for BJ! Divert the attention away from BJ as the primary advantage game. Sweet!

Now not to totally disparage the game of Poker...I play it myself, and at least for the last 2 years, to slight advantage....with about the same amount of effort/practice that it took me to learn Basic Strategy for BJ.

Anyhow, KUDOS to B&N! POKER IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN!

phantom007.

 

[Abraham de Moivre]

GOLDEN AGE

This is the Golden Age of Poker. "Basic Strategy" Poker can be profitable, while you look for those juicy blackjack games. And if you can't get out to the B&M casino, there are 50,000 fish every night on Party Poker waiting to give you their money. A true Advantage Player goes where ever the advantage is.

 

[Sonny]

Hooray!

> However, with all of the "hype" for Poker on TV, media, etc., maybe the
> SALVATION for BJ! Divert the attention away from BJ as the primary advantage
> game. Sweet!

Just as long as they don't convert any of the BJ tables into poker tables!

Nah, that would be too expensive. They'll probably just invent "mini-poker" games. The prospectus will read "Why not? They fell for mini-craps and mini-baccarat!"

-Sonny-

 

[Automatic Monkey]

Three-Card Poker

This sucker bet is already very popular around these parts. People believe they are doing something like playing poker when they sit down at the table. I haven't played any poker since the televised poker boom began; are these people actually finding their way to the poker tables in casinos?

 

[Abraham de Moivre]

YESSSSSSSSS!

Some table conversation I've heard the past few weeks:
(usually by people you have already lost at least a rack of chips)

"Now which is it again? Does a straight beat a flush?"

"Any two cards can win, it all depends on the flop."

"If I get two clubs, I'm raising. Clubs have come out on almost every flop."

And one of my all time favorites ---

"What is a 'kicker'?"

 

[TwuntyWun]

WPT All-In Hold 'Em table game *LINK*

>They'll probably just invent "mini-poker" games. The prospectus will read "Why not? They fell for mini-craps and mini-baccarat!"

They're way ahead of you. A new "World Poker Tour All-In Hold 'Em" table game that has been introduced at a casino in San Diego this summer.

Here's a link to an article about it.