Gin Rummy: How to Play and How to Win

Rating:
Summary: This is a tremendous book
Review: I would like to disagree with the reviewer who said "poor author and teacher." Fraed doesn't give simple formulas or easy answers. That's good, because gin rummy is not that simple! But the answers are there, hiding in Fraed's examples and discussion. You have to work at gin over the table, and you should expect to work at reading a text on it.

I think I found one little mistake on page 92, but that's nitpicking. ;)

People interested in this book should also read the review by ckill2015 of Gin Rummy at its best -- which is basically the same book. C Killebrew had one of the most incredible records of all time playing gin on the internet and in real life.

Rating:
Summary: Fraed Is Gin Rummy At Its Best
Review: NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR POOR A PLAYER YOU ARE YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS WORK. YOU ARE BOUND TO RECOGNIZE MANY OF HIS CHARACTERS. BEST GIN RUMMY BOOK TO DATE. By: [e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: Good player, poor author and teacher
Review: This book is almost totally useless in teaching gin rummy to a relatively new player. It utilizes primarily an anecdotal approach using exclusively examples from games in which the author has played. While this may be interesting to the author's friends and competitors, it is of little or no interest to a member of the general public. Do not waste your time with this book unless you know the author.