Books/Software

Ackerman shows how to do 42 different card control moves (sleights) and offers real-world moves handpicked from his own working repertoire. He guides you step-by-step through the moves, teaching you what he considers the most practical and deceptive moves and a number of professional card routines using these sleights. Not just for budding magicians, this is a useful DVD for those who want to know if they're being cheated by a person dealing cards.

Ackerman shows how to do 36 different card control moves (sleights and switchouts) and 9 special card effects and offers real-world moves handpicked from his own working repertoire. He guides you step-by-step through the moves, teaching you what he considers the most practical and deceptive moves, illustrating a number of professional card routines using these sleights. A useful DVD for those who want to know if they're being cheated by a person dealing cards as it deals with moves such as...

Ackerman shows how to do 36 different card control moves (sleights and seconds dealing) and nine special card effects, offering real-world moves he has handpicked from his own working repertoire. He teaches you the most practical and deceptive moves and a number of professional card routines using these sleights. A useful DVD for those who want to know if they're being cheated by a person dealing cards. Deals with moves such as one-handed second deals, push-offs, bottom deals, minus-one...

Ackerman presents an instructional course encompassing elementary sleight-of-hand all the way through advanced card work. After guiding you step-by-step through the various sleights, he also teaches a number of professional card routines so you can apply what you have learned. This volume focuses on Flourishes, Lifts and Changes (i.e. thumb fan, pressure fans, kosy cut, pop-over lift, instant ace revelation, blank thought deck, card through table and more.)

Ackerman shows how to do 44 different control moves (sleights and palming of cards, chips, etc.) and nine special card effects, real-world moves that Ackerman handpicked from his own working repertoire. Guides you step-by-step through the moves, teaching the most practical and deceptive moves and a number of professional card routines using these sleights. Deals with moves such as palms and theory, magician's full palm, gambler's flat palm, fan steals, spread bottom palms, swing cut...

Ackerman shows how to do 28 different control moves (sleights) and 8 special card effects and offers real-world handpicked from his own working repertoire. Guides you step-by-step through the moves, teaching what he considers the most practical and deceptive moves. Contains a number of professional card routines using these sleights and deals with moves such as double undercuts, Vernon's two-shuffle, Klause Overhand, bottom block transfer, D'Amico Revelation, sideways shuffle, and MGM...

As on all his DVDs, Ackerman presents an instructional course encompassing elementary sleight-of-hand through advanced card work. After guiding you step-by-step through the various sleights, he also teaches a number of professional card routines that you can apply, including ATFUS, Fu-fu switch, Hugard/Braue addition, secret subtraction, Cervon's cut reverse, the devilish miracle, easy-off pips and more.

Explains the following tricks: This Card Gets Around, What A Coincidence, Back Up, Tell How It's Done, New Ace Control, the W.W. Color Change, Miracle Discovery, Military Mixup, Delayed Discovery, the Hindu Slop Shuffle, Instantaneous Four Ace Transposition, The Perfect Card Prediction. Illustrated 18 pages Paperbound 1944

No-Limit Hold'em is an extremely complex game that is difficult to learn and even more difficult to teach. Many authors have produced works on this topic which are either too simplistic or far too complex to be of any practical use. Hunter Cichy has a unique ability to present advanced concepts in a manner that any committed student can understand and implement. In this cutting-edge work, Hunter outlines a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to poker analysis. His philosophy is built around...

Prof. Jones' Strategy for Non-Computer Users. Finally, the ultimate advanced winning strategy that gives you the extra edge to greatly increase winning percentages - a must for serious players intent on winning! Beat any dog track!. For the first time, Jones reveals his computer-proven winning secrets. Learn the advanced strategies the pros use, such as Sloped Speed and Advanced Earning Analysis, and how to really determine recent form so you can pick winner after winner. Receive wheeling...

Understanding how to mark the program will make a difference between losing and winning. The suggestions of how to mark your program in this book refers to any mark to help you correctly make a wagering decision. Casey covers the middle-box break problem dog; class dog gone bad; identifying a 'checker'; an overbet dog; double dropdown dogs. 21 pages, paperbound.

Hold'em is a rather easy game to learn but a tough game to master, partly because the game doesn't always follow a set of rules. Tanenbaum, a professional player and writer, focuses on methods you can apply to dominate your table, including confusing opponents, identifying and dominating weak players, exploiting your position, playing for maximum effectiveness, winning without the best hand, attacking out of position and using card-independent strategies. 247 Pgs. 2007

Hwang uses over 200 hand examples and walk-throughs to reinforce the advanced skills, concepts and strategies in this huge book. Covers short-handed play, 3-betting before the flop without the nuts, value betting the river, small ball, picking off bluffs, deep stack leverage, stack-to-pot ratios, check-raising, bluff raising, positional disadvantage and advantage, playing six-handed or less and other concepts. 534 Pgs. 2009

The final volume in Hwang's three-part series, The Short-Handed Workbook gives players a diagnostic test to gauge their comprehension of Pot-Limit Omaha skills. Includes how to find and plug holes in your game, map out your pre-flop play approach, and apply your skills with over 160 full practice hand quizzes dedicated to short-handed online play at stakes from .25/.50 to $2/$4 blinds with .75 antes. 656 Pgs. 2010

Volume II: Lag Play picks up where Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha Vol. I left off. Key topics include: Variable Ratio Reinforcement; C-Bet Frequency; Opening Fire on the Blinds; Attacking the Limper; 3-Betting vs. Small Ball and more. With nearly 300 hand walk-throughs dedicated to short-handed online play, this book takes Omaha strategy one step further, opening up your game more than ever. 448 Pgs. 2009

Buried within this seemingly simple game is a mathematical puzzle so complex, the game has long been considered unsolvable by the mathematical world. But now the code has been broken and an optimal strategy discovered for playing Yahtzee. Advantage Yahtzee shows you how to improve your results with a powerful score-enhancing strategy--based on the best possible way to play--that's been simplified for easy recall and use. Beat your friends, your kids, and anyone else who doesn't play according...

Subtitled 'The Remarkable Story of Risk'. In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central idea that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against The Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. Indexed 383 Pgs. 1998 ...

The 25 betting angles in this book include: driver changes; trainer claiming; qualifying; class angle; the drop down claiming angle; multiple winners advantage angle; repeater; early speed/stretch gain angle; hidden form; scratched horse; lasix; equipment angles. Also contains specific past performance reproductions, charts, results and analysis to help players remember situations for future bets. 60 pgs, paperback, 1995

Playing cards and dice are two of the most recognized items that can be used in magic. Everyone knows the properties of both dice and cards as they are universally used in all types games. On this DVD, Colombini has collected some of the best routines that logically combine both regular cards and regular dice to form entertaining magic. Additionally the routines selected are exceptionally easy to learn and most of them will fool you. Routines performed and explained: Half A Die Away (Gary...

Playing cards and dice are two of the most recognized items that can be used in magic. Everyone knows the properties of both dice and cards as they are universally used in all types games. On this DVD, Colombini has collected some of the best routines that logically combine both regular cards and regular dice to form entertaining magic. Additionally the routines selected are exceptionally easy to learn and most of them will fool you. Routines performed and explained: The Dark Side (Aldo...

Subtitled "The Criminal Activities of the Depression Era Bank Robbers, Mafia, FBI, Politicians, & Cops". Here for the first time is the complete story of the careers and lives of the four successive Public Enemies Number One who were the most dangerous machine-gun toting Midwestern bank robbers of the early Depression years - John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd and Alvin Karpis with the Barker brothers. Besides being complete this presentation is wholly different from previous...

The culmination of more than a decade of handicapping software excellence. Combining the time-honored best of ALL-IN-ONE 5 with the leading-edge advances of The Handy Capper and Betting Analyst Supreme Express all designed with you in mind. Re-coded from the ground up, V6 carries on the proud All-In-One tradition by living up to its name as a single, comprehensive program. The predictive power and in-depth reports that are the hallmark of the All-In-One experience have now been enhanced by a...

Ackerman, a card-handling expert, has produced eight separate DVDs on card manipulation that clearly demonstrate how people cheat at cards.

Slim, a World Series of Poker champion, offers an entertaining blend of stories, hustles, con men and powerful players from Texas to Nevada and everywhichway. Dinkin spent hundreds of hours interviewing Slim and captures his persona in his drive to find that elusive edge at whatever he played. 270 Pgs. 2003

An in-depth book on America's hottest game. Concentrates on selecting the best machines and the elements of playing. Sections cover Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Joker Wild, and many articles packed with ideas, charts, examples and tables that are invaluable to those looking for a basic understanding of video poker. 200 Pgs. 1992

From Oscar De La Hoya, one of the most celebrated fighters in the history of boxing, comes a frank and touching memoir about achieving the American Dream: His rise to the top, the power of a solid work ethic, his mother's painful death from cancer, the pitfalls of stardom and a very personal take on what it means to be an American. 265 Pgs. 2008 Hardcover

Bakker writes how poker has changed immensely in the last few years. While once played only in casinos and home-games, it's now exceedingly popular on the Internet and has taken on a completely different aspect in terms of winning strategy. 'Analytical No Limit Hold 'em' provides the tools and theory needed for tough mid-stakes short-handed games, specifically those played online. It examines the latest techniques and strategies used by many of today's top players, and explains what strategic...

Subtitled "A Guide to Understanding Theoretical Sound Poker". One of the most daunting moments in a poker player's career occurs when he realizes his knowledge of how to play a specific hand well is incomplete without the additional understanding of how to play every other hand in his range well. This task would be impossible if a player had to actually think about every other hand in his range, but by understanding theoretical sound poker, he can quickly design balanced ranges using the...

Reprint of a classic describing the rules and methods of play of European Baccarat en Banque and Chemin De Fer. A good read for players who want a view of the game that's not usually covered in books about American baccarat. 80 pgs, paperback, 1891

An introductory approach to teach novices the game. Covers rules and tables (mini-table and traditional table) and the shoe. Charts are hand-colored to show streaks more easily; characteristics of a shoe; when and what side to play; and do's and don'ts. 28 Pgs. Revised 1998

Two-time champion Robertie gives easy-to-understand advice on the basics of winning at backgammon. Ten chapters show how to set up a board, how to move, opening strategies and replies, middle and endgame tactics, probabilities, plus back game and doubling strategy, and two sample games with move-by-move insights. A good first book for beginning and somewhat experienced players. 192 pgs, paperback, 2005

This set of nine reports covers a variety of subjects which should make money with its guidance and concrete methods of handicapping. A brief look at each of the reports: SYSTEMS - DO THEY WORK? - Here Meadow makes the bettor think before he invests, in mail-order gimmicks that promise riches but usually wind up in the bottom of a canary cage. Directs the reader to several legitimate individuals who analyze systems and identifies some who have produced overblown methods for their own profit....

Subtitled "Rankings of the Skills, The Achievments, and the Performance of the  Greatest Players of All Time" it is based on criteria including lifetime stats, player durability and consistency. Indexed 638 pages Paperbound 2008

Learn tips and tactics from the very best, in this newly revised and expanded edition. In the game of pool, few names hold more weight than Arthur “Babe” Cranfield. Ranked among the best billiard players in world history, Cranfield is indisputably one of the greats of the game. In this newly revised and updated edition of Basic Pool, you can learn proven tips and tactics to help you improve your game. From basics like choosing a table and selecting a cue to advanced techniques like...

This primer advises the novice on the fundamental rules and methods of play. Geared to the American wheel (36 numbers -  zero and double zero). 80 Pgs.1982 Preface Introduction The Object of The Game Two Fundamental Fractions Wagers And Payoffs Compound Wagers Multiple Wagers A Simple Formula Getting In And Out Of The Game Buying In And Cashing Out Meeting Uncertainty For The First Time The Concept Of Randomness A Question For Mathematicians Two Kinds Of Game A Simple Concept The Formula...

A small plastic card (2 inches wide) that you can use to study basic strategy or take to the table to help you make playing decisions.