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Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Much like a pilot need not know the pure physics behind his flight, a skilled poker player need not know the pure mathematics behind winning poker play. Too often have poker books taken a purely theoretical approach to poker instruction.
This book is the only poker book available that caters specifically to online sit-n-go (SNG) single-table low-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments. More importantly, it is the only poker book that guides the reader on...
Publisher
Regency Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Princeton graduate student, Richie, believes he has been tricked online by a fellow gambler. He travels to Costa Rica to meet Ivan Block, an online gambling tycoon. When the FBI tries to pressure Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever.
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A history of Indian casinos in America reveals the lesser-known partnership between Native American tribes and the Mafia that has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Vegas-style casinos throughout the United States, in part by taking advantage of historical injustices and cultural protections,"--NoveList.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min) : col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spellbinding drama that tells the story of Neil Chaine, a charming co-owner of a casino who is double-crossed by his partners and left high and dry. But rather than suffer the agony of defeat, Chaine gets his revenge by turning a run-down building, located right across the street from his ex-p[artners, into Las Vegas' leading attraction.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An international backgammon hustler, who has amassed a fortune through psychic tomfoolery, develops a large tumor on his face that compromises his vision and eventually threatens his life, forcing him to pursue an experimental surgery and contemplate existential questions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorchester Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008, c1969
Physical Desc
253 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A winning tip on a horse race and things are looking up for NY cabbie Chet Conway. But, when the bookie is found dead, the police want him for questioning, and rival criminal gangs are interested in him as well, things don't look promising for Chet. And then, the murdered bookie's beautiful sister shows up to exact her revenge.
11) Even money
Author
Language
English
Description
Ned Talbot, a bookmaker working the Royal Ascot, finds himself in a race to solve his father's stabbing--a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money--it could cost him his life.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super Bowl bet of $3.5 million alone. Competitors desperate to...
Author
Publisher
Hill & Wang
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory-the basis of computers and the Internet-to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible. Shannon and MIT...
19) Runner runner
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Princeton graduate student, Richie, believes he has been tricked online by a fellow gambler. He travels to Costa Rica to meet Ivan Block, an online gambling tycoon. When the FBI tries to pressure Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever.
Publisher
Ditributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world.
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