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SandBaggins

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Just received my copy of the book. It is pretty huge.

I'm curious if anyone has any advice on how I should tackle it. Should I read straight through cover to cover? Are there certain chapters I should focus on? Should I take notes? etc.

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Lonesome Gambler

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Cover to cover (literally; pun only half-intended), and it'll require a few thorough readings. A very sharp poster on another site posted about his inability to find the answer to a seemingly simple question, and the author indicated the the answer was somewhere in the book. It took me over a year to find that particular answer, but I can assure you that it's in there!
 
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Read it ALL, and I mean even the parts that usually no one would read. Take your time.
 
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21gunsalute

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I just read the chapter that states "the dealer beats the table 83.5% of the time he has a 2 showing." What I don't understand is why we're not supposed to surrender against this hand. Or does that give the table "bad karma"?
 
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21gunsalute said:
I just read the chapter that states "the dealer beats the table 83.5% of the time he has a 2 showing."
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Something is very wrong with this statement. Even if the dealer has a deuce up and a NINE as his HOLE card, he STILL won't win 83% of the time! Perhaps this was a misprint, or perhaps you've taken something out of context.
 
zengrifter

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21gunsalute said:
I just read the chapter that states "the dealer beats the table 83.5% of the time he has a 2 showing." What I don't understand is why we're not supposed to surrender against this hand. Or does that give the table "bad karma"?
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No I understand why the price is so high and the buyers so restricted! :laugh:
 
zengrifter

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wickss said:
What is this book of which you speak?
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Hint: Its the greatest spill-the-beans book of casino secrets ever written,
by the greatest living casino AP holecarder of ours or any generation. zg
 
zengrifter

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Sucker said:
The FIRST part of this statement is probably true. ;)

As far as the second part: The author of that book CLAIMS to be the greatest holecarder of our time. Other than you and him; everyone else that I know of that's worked with him rates his HC skills to be merely "above average". :rolleyes:
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Are there many HCs and APs that you know (or know of?) who feel that The Book should never have been published?
And/or that some (or much?) of the material was not the author's to make public? What is the climate tone among "real" pros? zg
 
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zengrifter said:
Hint: Its the greatest spill-the-beans book of casino secrets ever written,
by the greatest living casino AP holecarder of ours or any generation. zg
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So naturally, it is a secret. ;)
 
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21gunsalute

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Sucker said:
Something is very wrong with this statement. Even if the dealer has a deuce up and a NINE as his HOLE card, he STILL won't win 83% of the time! Perhaps this was a misprint, or perhaps you've taken something out of context.
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No, I heard it from the ploppiest ploppy so it must be true!
 
zengrifter

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Holy Toledo! I was expecting (maybe) one PM, but got messages from 4 members regarding how "real pros" (ExhibitCAA's term) "really feel" about the author and his release of (some) information that was 'collectively-owned', and how the casinos benefited the most by the two releases.

I recall a time after the first release when 90% of the copies were being bought by casino agents. zg
 
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