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 enlarge | Author: John Patrick
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 774375
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 393
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0818405775
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.12
EAN: 9780818405778
ASIN: 0818405775
Publication Date: June 1, 2000
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 This book is a gambler's bible. December 25, 2002
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned this book for about a year and still continue to pick this up and read it constantly. It is that good! There is so much information in this book it still amazes me every time I thumb thru it. If you are new to craps, don't let the advanced theme of this book intimidate you into not buying this for your first book. There are only a few good plays in craps (place bets and Pass/dont pass with odds) and he goes into extensive instruction on how to play these. As other reviews have stated, everything revolves around his money management theme which is RIGHT ON! This is my best book in my gambling library. Get it now.
Tell it like it is. November 2, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
John has a style all his own. He pulls no punches, insults his readers, and offers them the chance to start winning for a change. Money management is the name of the game and John is the best. He teaches you how to gamble smart. How to leave the table a winner. Don't read this book unless you want to win. Forget the pie in the sky other gambling writers tell you about their system. John lays it all out in a easy to read manner. A book you'll read over and over again. Great to read just before a trip to the tables.
Advanced Craps Review April 24, 2000
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Personally, I read the special 600pp edition of this book, available through the publisher, but I imagine this one is similar, and that the extended version is just that, extended. This is a great book because it stresses the most important factor in gambling, money management. There is no way, no matter what anyone says, no matter which system you play, to gain an edge on the house in craps. The best you can achieve is close to but not exactly 50-50. This book is the best I have read, in terms of money management. Some people may not like to hear the reality of gambling(IT WILL NOT MAKE YOU RICH! )but John Patrick's book is exactly that, REALITY! If you want a get rich quick scheme, don't buy ANY gambling books! If you want to minimize your losses and maybe come home a small winner, then this is a great book for you. What I like about John Patrick is that he doesn't preach a system, he simply gives you ideas, and states that any systems or variation is fine, as long as you know how to manage your money. This book is great for those who want to know about the reality of gambling. By far the best book on craps I have ever read!
It is truthful. The best education on money management. August 20, 1999
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is the first of two steps in learning money management. The book super craps completes the course started by John Patrick on money management, which is what gambling is. Managing your money when in the casino. I took the time to learn everything I could with this book before going to the casino and gambling at the craps table. It took me five years to fully understand his approach. It is conservative, but very effective in putting strings of small consistent wins togeather. Im now a winner at craps. Thank you John. It was worth the effort.
CRAPS is as CRAPS PLAYERS does!!! June 19, 1999
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like another reviewer, I never knew SQUAT about the table when first encountering John Patrick's INCREASED GENIUS concerning this wonderful game. His style of "telling it EXACTLY like it is" upsets MANY who feel they have "just arrived" and Vegas had better watch out for their expertise. However, HIS is, by far, the more realistic. In observing the BEGINNERS at a CRAPS table, I see them, constantly, betting the Pass line REGARDLESS of the trend of the table to "seven out" every other toss of the dice - John comments on these "dorks" and it upsets them. They, then, try to transfer THEIR lack of expertise at the table to his blame with such inane comments as "That must be why he writes books - in order to compensate for his losses". In California casinos, the math, apparently, isn't the same as covered in this SUPERB instructional book; because some actually believe [because they know no better] and comment that the Come bet is so much better than the Place bet. Just a simple point that John brings out [and backs up] is that the Come bettor must receive the "6" for example, TWICE before he collects a cent. The Place bettor needs that 6 to hit, only, once. Any mention of 6/5 [come] opposed to 7/6 [place] doesn't build your winnings as much as listening to the advice in this book and it is grossly faulty in its math. First, for every Come bet, as soon as the 6 would hit, you'd be paid [one-to-one for the basic bet and true odds ONLY on the odds you've taken] and you'd have to go through the Come again to get back to that 6 - meaning two more times a 6 hits for you to collect ANYTHING. Yet, the Place bet just sits there collecting each time that the "Come bettors" are playing around with that Come space. Such faulty advice as the "6/5 as opposed to 7/6", simply, isn't the way it happens and John Patrick brings out all of these excellent points. It is money WELL spent to buy this book; but, is money much BETTER won when this book is read and its advice is followed!!!
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