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Summary: Do not expect secrets revealed
Review: "Gambling Wizards" is a compilation of interviews with gamblers who are the best in their field. Covering sports betting, blackjack, backgammon, horses and poker, Munchkin assembles an impressive array of talent to fill the content of his book.Do not expect the masters to reveal their inner gambling secrets. The professionals will not keep out information that will jeopardise the small edge that they possess. Do expect to see some of the attributes that are necessary to become a successful professional gambler. The traits that are necessary are much the same as in any other profession. You need skill, hard work, persistence, a healthy appetite for risk and of course a little bit of luck. Slightly alarming is the frequency with which the protagonists of the book go from being broke to being a millionaire and then back again. Although trivialised in the book, when a professional gambler goes broke it often represents damage that is irreversible. Nevertheless, each person in the book has character attributes worthy of emulation. A good read for historians of the game and those who wonder what it is like to be a professional gambler.
Rating:
Summary: Do not expect secrets revealed
Review: "Gambling Wizards" is a compilation of interviews with gamblers who are the best in their field. Covering sports betting, blackjack, backgammon, horses and poker, Munchkin assembles an impressive array of talent to fill the content of his book. Do not expect the masters to reveal their inner gambling secrets. The professionals will not keep out information that will jeopardise the small edge that they possess. Do expect to see some of the attributes that are necessary to become a successful professional gambler. The traits that are necessary are much the same as in any other profession. You need skill, hard work, persistence, a healthy appetite for risk and of course a little bit of luck. Slightly alarming is the frequency with which the protagonists of the book go from being broke to being a millionaire and then back again. Although trivialised in the book, when a professional gambler goes broke it often represents damage that is irreversible. Nevertheless, each person in the book has character attributes worthy of emulation. A good read for historians of the game and those who wonder what it is like to be a professional gambler.
Rating:
Summary: Do not expect secrets revealed
Review: "Gambling Wizards" is a compilation of interviews with gamblers who are the best in their field. Covering sports betting, blackjack, backgammon, horses and poker, Munchkin assembles an impressive array of talent to fill the content of his book. Do not expect the masters to reveal their inner gambling secrets. The professionals will not keep out information that will jeopardise the small edge that they possess. Do expect to see some of the attributes that are necessary to become a successful professional gambler. The traits that are necessary are much the same as in any other profession. You need skill, hard work, persistence, a healthy appetite for risk and of course a little bit of luck. Slightly alarming is the frequency with which the protagonists of the book go from being broke to being a millionaire and then back again. Although trivialised in the book, when a professional gambler goes broke it often represents damage that is irreversible. Nevertheless, each person in the book has character attributes worthy of emulation. A good read for historians of the game and those who wonder what it is like to be a professional gambler.
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Summary: A must-read book for aspiring pros and curious readers
Review: Gambling Wizards is a must read whether you're aspiring to become a professional gambler or are just curious about what makes real pros tick. The book contains advice more valuable than any gambling "secret." You will learn from their successes, but more importantly, you learn from their mistakes without having to make them yourself. Read how some of them stumbled at first and went broke (perhaps multiple times), and then went on to make millions. Learn what's most important in being a great gambler -- there are a couple of things much more important than being the greatest player and playing perfectly. Best of all, you read it straight from the point of view of the players themselves, not distorted by an author's agenda. Even seasoned gamblers, like myself, will benefit from reading the book, by reinforcing important ideas. I for one wish I could have read this book years ago -- I definitely would have made a lot more money. Andy Bloch
(former blackjack player and professional poker player with 2 World Poker Tour finals)
Rating:
Summary: A must-read book for aspiring pros and curious readers
Review: Gambling Wizards is a must read whether you're aspiring to become a professional gambler or are just curious about what makes real pros tick. The book contains advice more valuable than any gambling "secret." You will learn from their successes, but more importantly, you learn from their mistakes without having to make them yourself. Read how some of them stumbled at first and went broke (perhaps multiple times), and then went on to make millions. Learn what's most important in being a great gambler -- there are a couple of things much more important than being the greatest player and playing perfectly. Best of all, you read it straight from the point of view of the players themselves, not distorted by an author's agenda. Even seasoned gamblers, like myself, will benefit from reading the book, by reinforcing important ideas. I for one wish I could have read this book years ago -- I definitely would have made a lot more money. Andy Bloch
(former blackjack player and professional poker player with 2 World Poker Tour finals)
Rating:
Summary: A must-read book for aspiring pros and curious readers
Review: Gambling Wizards is a must read whether you're aspiring to become a professional gambler or are just curious about what makes real pros tick. The book contains advice more valuable than any gambling "secret." You will learn from their successes, but more importantly, you learn from their mistakes without having to make them yourself. Read how some of them stumbled at first and went broke (perhaps multiple times), and then went on to make millions. Learn what's most important in being a great gambler -- there are a couple of things much more important than being the greatest player and playing perfectly. Best of all, you read it straight from the point of view of the players themselves, not distorted by an author's agenda. Even seasoned gamblers, like myself, will benefit from reading the book, by reinforcing important ideas. I for one wish I could have read this book years ago -- I definitely would have made a lot more money. Andy Bloch
(former blackjack player and professional poker player with 2 World Poker Tour finals)
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Summary: Rare Vegas Winner
Review: Gambling Wizards is for two types of readers: gamblers who understand the environment; and those that get the jitters buying a $1 lottery ticket. If you want to travel past the glitz and into the minds of a select group of people who are skilled professionals buy this book. The true stories titillate, provide insider information, and offer advice on how to avoid ending up a sucker.
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Summary: A book worth reading!
Review: Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the Worlds Greatest Gamblers, gives you exactly what you read in the title. A short intro to each person interviewed then a Q&A format from there on, some questions have some prior research on the part of the author so he knew which way to lead the conversation as well as a couple standard questions asked each person like "If your teenager came to you and wanted to be a professional gambler, what would you say?". What I liked about this book the most is the personal information learned about these very famous gamblers. How they started on the road of gambling, personality, views on other gamblers and what it is like to be a professional gambler. I didn't expect them to be so candid and honest. The stereotype that most gamblers are liars hooked on drugs and alcohol didn't even come close to being upheld, most of them talk about having a great routine of exercise and are either completely against drinking and drugs or very infrequently touch it, especially while "working". There are some really great stories about things that they've gone through, some shaken down by the government/police for money or flat out robbed by someone waiting in the parking lot. Being a millionaire one day, broke the next, and back again the day after. The gamblers don't give up secrets about particular games, which is something I didn't expect to see anyway since every time someone does then everyone knows and it doesn't work anymore. The book is what you would expect if you were buying based on the title, candid conversations with professional gamblers. I enjoyed it.
Rating:
Summary: Candid Conversations with Professional Gamblers
Review: Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the Worlds Greatest Gamblers, gives you exactly what you read in the title. A short intro to each person interviewed then a Q&A format from there on, some questions have some prior research on the part of the author so he knew which way to lead the conversation as well as a couple standard questions asked each person like "If your teenager came to you and wanted to be a professional gambler, what would you say?". What I liked about this book the most is the personal information learned about these very famous gamblers. How they started on the road of gambling, personality, views on other gamblers and what it is like to be a professional gambler. I didn't expect them to be so candid and honest. The stereotype that most gamblers are liars hooked on drugs and alcohol didn't even come close to being upheld, most of them talk about having a great routine of exercise and are either completely against drinking and drugs or very infrequently touch it, especially while "working". There are some really great stories about things that they've gone through, some shaken down by the government/police for money or flat out robbed by someone waiting in the parking lot. Being a millionaire one day, broke the next, and back again the day after. The gamblers don't give up secrets about particular games, which is something I didn't expect to see anyway since every time someone does then everyone knows and it doesn't work anymore. The book is what you would expect if you were buying based on the title, candid conversations with professional gamblers. I enjoyed it.
Rating:
Summary: Candid Conversations with Professional Gamblers
Review: Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the Worlds Greatest Gamblers, gives you exactly what you read in the title. A short intro to each person interviewed then a Q&A format from there on, some questions have some prior research on the part of the author so he knew which way to lead the conversation as well as a couple standard questions asked each person like "If your teenager came to you and wanted to be a professional gambler, what would you say?". What I liked about this book the most is the personal information learned about these very famous gamblers. How they started on the road of gambling, personality, views on other gamblers and what it is like to be a professional gambler. I didn't expect them to be so candid and honest. The stereotype that most gamblers are liars hooked on drugs and alcohol didn't even come close to being upheld, most of them talk about having a great routine of exercise and are either completely against drinking and drugs or very infrequently touch it, especially while "working". There are some really great stories about things that they've gone through, some shaken down by the government/police for money or flat out robbed by someone waiting in the parking lot. Being a millionaire one day, broke the next, and back again the day after. The gamblers don't give up secrets about particular games, which is something I didn't expect to see anyway since every time someone does then everyone knows and it doesn't work anymore. The book is what you would expect if you were buying based on the title, candid conversations with professional gamblers. I enjoyed it.
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