Caro on Gambling

by Mike Caro

Book Overview

The Mad Genius explains more than just poker - many gambling games explained here in Mike's unique style. A classic! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897460294
• ISBN13: 9780897460293
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: Gambling Times
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Somewhat outdated - but then again numbers don't change!

Some of the essays here are no longer relevant, particularly the section, "The Computer Age" and some of the primers on Poker, i.e. Five Card Draw and Lowball Draw. Conversely, this book will start to teach you how to think about gambling and positive expectation. It is a good introduction to how some concepts of probability are manifest in gambling. The most notable example of this is Caro's Conception, which is rather simple but certainly counter intuitive for most of us at first sight. The article on Poker: Some Things to Consider is also quite good for giving clues as to how to discipline your thought for making decisions while playing.