 | How to gamble at the casinos without getting plucked like a chicken by James Harrison Ford
Buy new: $16.96 / Used from: $6.75 Excellent Book - it covers virtually the entire field of Casino Gambling honestly, accurately and professionally. For example, it explains how to play winning blackjack in about 30 pages.
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 | The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, Revised Edition by Richard A. Epstein
Buy used from: $28.09 Serious Mathematics - In order to play the percentages, you must first know what they really are.
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 | The Mathematics of Games And Gambling: Second Edition. The Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library by Edward Packel
Buy new: $44.95 / Used from: $29.00 This newer hard-core math book will improve your chances of being a winner. Consistent winners don't play hunches. They play the numbers.
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 | The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One by David Sklansky
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.00 Of all of Sklansky's poker book (which are all good), this is probably the best.
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 | Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition by Doyle Brunson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.42 Super System is an essential poker book. Everyone has read it (and the best players have moved on).
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 | Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play by Dan Harrington
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $15.00 Harrington's first book was his best and it is still hard to beat.
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 | Caro's Book of Poker Tells by Mike Caro
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.98 This one is subjective. Either you get it or you don't. It is either obvious or pointless or absolutely essential depending on your point of view.
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 | Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.45 This book probably contains more information about blackjack than you ever wanted to know, but it is right on. For a shorter course in blackjack see "How to Gamble at the Casinos Without Getting Plucked Like a Chicken".
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 | The Theory of Blackjack: The Compleat Card Counter's Guide to the Casino Game of 21 (6th Edition, Indexed) by Peter A. Griffin
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $5.95 Griffin's book really says more about mathematics than about blackjack, but in the end that's really what it is all about.
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 | Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One by Edward O. Thorp
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.38 This is the grandfather of Card Counting books and mostly of historical interest. Ford's book or Wong's will give you more relevant information.
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 | American Casino Guide: 2007 Edition by Steve Bourie
Buy used from: $0.01 Finally, you need to know the best places to play. This little gem will save you a lot of legwork and grief.
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