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Summary: i paid $30 to read an infomercial...
Review: ..dont make the same mistake as i.there are maybe 10 pages of interesting reading in this book. otherwise, we are stuck with: (1) minutae only interesting to the author and his friends (2) endless references to how lovely his wife is, and boring stories about her, her and frank, her and her friends, and her witty little sayings that arent so witty. every passage about his wife is like hearing another boring story from the father of a newborn about how his kid just learned to pick his nose or wash his hands. **YAWN** (3) stuff that should embarass the author but does not, making me continually wonder about his upbringing and level of education. the writing is sophomoric at its best moments; otherwise it's high-school level. and stories about saying "hello" to flowers, or how great he looks strolling down the strip in a golden touch craps jacket....all i need is a couple of happy meals and a mullet and i feel like i've got a jerry springer guest writing this book. (4) most prominently, non-stop promotion for golden touch craps, and the author's website, etc etc. anyone involved in putting out this book-- the author, the publisher, the editor-- should be wholly ashamed of themselves. promotion is one thing, but trying to disguise it under the banner of real writing is both pathetic and shameful. Save your money and DO NOT believe the 5* reviews...those MUST be from friends of the author (All of whom seem to be mentioned in the book...as if that should be of any interest to anyone not in this group). Spend your money elsewhere.
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Summary: Take this with you
Review: when you go to sleep at night and you'll have pleasant dreams. This is the true story of the greatest casino players in the world who have won millions playing craps. You'll learn about the Lee Brothers who are the leaders of a team of high rollers. The Captain and the Arm, the two who won over a million in six months in Atlantic City, also Dominator and his Golden Touch crew. You'll go with Scoblete, the author, as they take on the casinos on television. The book is crisply written and you will find Scoblete's insights and narration to be excellent. Even if you don't play craps, this is a book that you'll want to read. You go into America's greatest casinos and watch the greatest players win money in a game where the house has done everything to get the edge. Well, they can't beat these people! Book is absolutely terrific.
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Summary: Adventure and Wise Advice
Review: This book is a true adventure story, even though it takes place inside the casinos. Scoblete has structured a riveting account of the greatest casino dice players of the modern age. The book is honest, funny, and insightful. I think even non-gamblers will love going on the great adventures with these terrific players.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a book that is impossible to put down as it is filled with stories about the greatest craps players of all time. Those craps players who have been able to attain through hard work and discipline, the ability to change the game of craps to favor them. The book is also very funny and has some scenes that will give you belly laughs. You also get to see the author Scoblete and his pal, Dominator, on television as they take on the casinos with real money on the line. And they make a great win happen in front of the hot television cameras. You get to meet the Captain of Craps and his devastating partner, the Arm, as they win more than a million dollars in just six months - before the casino foolishly moves against them. Scoblete is a great writer and this books proves that once again. It is a great book and loads of fun to read.
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Summary: Enjoyable true adventure story
Review: The goal of many Americans today is to go into a casino and win some money. They rely on luck. This book is about the men and women who do not rely on luck but have developed a skill that allows them to win at craps. They use what is called dice control. Frank Scoblete has written a wry, funny, and insightful book about the great ones who can do this feat. I loved the stories about the Captain and the Lee Brothers. Scoblete tells you what it is like to achieve this success. The book is weill written and Scoblete really holds your interest as he recounts his great adventures with the world's greatest dice controllers!
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Summary: Book is an INFOMERCIAL for Scoblete's crap school
Review: This book is pretty expensive for what should be really be a series of advertisements, magazine articles and "trip reports". I haven't read much by Scoblete before, but if this is any indication it's not good. There are a few redeeming passages about characters in the crap world but other than that I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it if I hadn't read it already. First, his editor should be fired for allowing through the 12th grade composition level writing. Second, every second sentence is about Scoblete and how he eventually got involved in a craps shooting school. Third, he admits this was the second of three books his publisher required him to write under contract. This explains a lot. Like how it seems to be a mish mash of random notes taken on gambling trips rolled into a "book" to be sold to YOU. If you are at the poker table and you can't tell who the sucker is - it's you.
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Summary: Enjoyed this a lot
Review: This is a book that takes you into a world very few people get to see. An exciting world where the odds of the casinos are turned into the players' favor because of the players' skill at controlling the dice. Although this is not a how-to book, it is a book about the greatest gamblers using skill to defeat the casinos. Scoblete has made the book fun and interesting. He has great characters that he is writing about and the story breezes along at a rapid clip. The book is one of those that is hard to put down because you always want to know what is coming up next. The book ends with a smashingly great three week Vegas trip where Scoblete goes throught the good and th ebad of an extended playing trip. The book is definitely worth getting.
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Summary: The Real Fun is WINNING
Review: Frank Scoblete, casino gaming's greatest author, takes us on a roller coaster ride with the greatest dice conttrolers in history, from the Captain and the Arm to Dominator and the Lee Brothers. You'll meet Mr. Finesse, Sharpshooter, Bill Burton, and a host of other great shooters who have made it their passion to beat the casinos at their own games. The book reads like an adventure story and it is never dull. The characters are charming and some are downright eccentric. Scoblete's adventures over 15 years of playing steadily in the casinos are exhilarating and at times precarious. This is not a how-to book and can be read by anyone interested in a marvelous story of the few who have taken on the casinos and beaten them.
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Summary: Exciting and fun book to read
Review: This book is devoted to the true stories of the greatest craps players of all time and their great adventures in the casinos. Even if you aren't a craps player, you'll find the winning of millions of dollars by a cast of great characters to be a fun-filled activity, as I did. Scoblete is an excellent writer who has written a book that can be read by gamblers and by those who enjoy exciting stories about action and victory. I think the book is one of the best I've read in years as it combines the excitement of the casinos and the drive of those who have dedicated their lives to beating the casinos.
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Summary: Go on a Thrill Ride with this book
Review: I love to read books where the main characters do things that other people can't do, especially if the book is non-fiction, as this one is. Frank Scoblete has shown us the greatest craps players in history, those who have developed the ability to influence the dice to change the nature of the game of craps to one that now favors the players. You will meet a whole host of great players in this book and each and every one of them is worth acknowledging. The greatest shooters, The Captain, The Arm, Dominator, and the Lee Brothers, all have a burning desire to best the casinos at their own game. The book is fun reading and you'll find it hard to put down. Scoblete is also telling us his own gambling story and it is also amazing. If you are looking to go to a world that few people ever see, this is the book to get.
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